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…
That’s 56,000 Barrels A Day…Not 5,000
That’s right, new work suggests BP’s estimates of oil flowing from the broken well were an order of magnitude off. With these revised estimates, the BP…
View More That’s 56,000 Barrels A Day…Not 5,000Why ocean scientists can’t ignore geoengineering
Among scientists, geoengineering tends to be greeted with mirth and scorn. Implying that we can reliably manipulate the planet’s life-support systems seems to many to…
View More Why ocean scientists can’t ignore geoengineeringMolluscan sexcapades cause unrest in Australia
[EDIT: Except the slugs are in New Zealand, not Australia – brain fail! Sorry to all Down Under. See comments below for an invigorating discussion…
View More Molluscan sexcapades cause unrest in AustraliaHonduras and Micronesia Throw Down Global Challenge to Save Sharks
In May of 2008, I first reported on how the small Micronesian nation of Palau’s then President, Tommy Remengesau Jr., had signed into law the…
View More Honduras and Micronesia Throw Down Global Challenge to Save SharksI want to meet the legend who painted these
I spotted these kick-ass signs on the side of the road yesterday in Grand Isle, LA (the community profiled in Sunday’s Times-Picayune Article). Whoever took…
View More I want to meet the legend who painted theseOur Impacts on the Deep
I could write about a detailed account of a new study in PLoS One. I could discuss how the researchers imported information on the spatial…
View More Our Impacts on the DeepIs Deep-Sea Mining Bad?
Newsweek broaches this subject discussing the move by China to being exploring the mining of massive sulfide deposits, i.e. hydrothermal vents. Samantha Smith from Nautilus,…
View More Is Deep-Sea Mining Bad?Hidden Oil and Gas Plumes in the Gulf
Mile O’Brien reports for Science Nation, an online by the National Science Foundation (NSF), on the plume tracking expedition of Samantha Joye. Read the accompanying…
View More Hidden Oil and Gas Plumes in the GulfOil on beaches “doesn’t stay gone”
Seeing as I seem to be living, eating and breathing this Gulf Oil Spill (figuratively, I hope, although the proximate air of New Orleans air…
View More Oil on beaches “doesn’t stay gone”Parler Heureux Comme Un Jour Des Pirates
Happy September 19, also known as Talk Like a Pirate Day! Personally, I’m rather fond of French pirates. There’s a certain elegance in being forced…
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