How Life Thrives Under the Ocean’s Crushing Pressure
Like most deep-sea biologists, I have a large collection of decorated Styrofoam cups. A couple dozen line the bookshelf of my office, each displaying a…
Still need a Halloween costume?
…Then how about dressing up as a really crappy version of King Triton (shout out to all my Little Mermaid fans out there). Note to…
View More Still need a Halloween costume?New Fossil Anemone Reveals Innard Secrets
Continuing its trend as one of the top destinations for out-of-this-world fossil finds, China is yielding yet another piece to the evolutionary jigsaw puzzle. In…
View More New Fossil Anemone Reveals Innard SecretsWorst Headline Ever?
Deep sea fish take ugliness to new level, says Niwa Shame…shame…shame to ever thought that calling deep-sea fish ugly was a compelling way spin the…
View More Worst Headline Ever?“We Didn’t Know the Impacts” of Dispersants on Sea Life
But we decided to use them anyway. Go U.S.A.! U.S.A….U.S.A. Too much oil was collecting on the surface above the wellhead, ruining any would-be attempt…
View More “We Didn’t Know the Impacts” of Dispersants on Sea LifeMore reports of oil in the deep, but corals seem OK
Two important Gulf of Mexico stories catching my attention this week. First off, dives to a deep-sea coral reef appear to bring back good news–coral…
View More More reports of oil in the deep, but corals seem OKRIP Paul the Octopus
He was good cephalopod. He will be sorely missed by the Spanish, not so much by the Germans. NPR reports that at the ripe age…
View More RIP Paul the OctopusEuprymna scoLinkes
Heath of the We Beasties blog (its about microbes) describes new research about the role of 2 important microbes in the ocean and how using…
View More Euprymna scoLinkesGreenwashing: The Case of “Sustainable Fisheries”
Green washing is misleading publicity or propaganda designed to present an image of environmental responsibility. TerraChoice has a nice list of the Six Sins of Green…
View More Greenwashing: The Case of “Sustainable Fisheries”Curiouser and Curiouser
This is a special report Jarrett Byrnes, a marine ecologist at University California, Santa Barbara and blogger at I’m a Chordata, Urochordata. ————————————– Something new…
View More Curiouser and CuriouserThanks for YOUR Ocean Education Support!
We are about halfway through our Ocean Bloggers United for Education Donor’s Choose Initiative! Its amazing that we have already helped to fully fund 9…
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