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…
Crown-of-Links
Starfish fight scientists back with… MUCUS! And LOTS of it! Details at the oozyliscious Echinoblog. Of maps and octopuses. ‘Nuff said. Over at ye Old…
View More Crown-of-LinksI’m on a boat, and, its goin’ fast, and…
My first week in the Gulf of Mexico has been a whirlwind of labwork, long drives, and airports, but its been a productive trip so…
View More I’m on a boat, and, its goin’ fast, and…Why Glycolysis Sucks! Formate 4-Evah!
The basic energy molecule for life is ATP, adenosine triphosphate. It fuels all those cellular reactions that life needs. To produce one mol of ATP…
View More Why Glycolysis Sucks! Formate 4-Evah!The Oil’s Impact On the Gulf
A recent article in New York Times indicates that the Gulf of Mexico avoided the worst of our predictions and recovery is already abound. Marsh…
View More The Oil’s Impact On the GulfNOM NOM NOM
Ahhh… Indian Summer in San Francisco. Warm, fog-free days. King salmon begin their run back into the Sacramento River. Tourist crowds thin a bit. And…
View More NOM NOM NOMCrepiduLinka fornicata
In a bold move that the world should pay close attention to, the small island nation of Kiribati closed off all 150,000+ square miles of…
View More CrepiduLinka fornicataDeep sea fishing is ‘oceanocide’
Claire Nouvian, author of The Deep, provides a blunt and passionate discussion of why deep-sea fishing is very, very bad over at CNN. In blatant…
View More Deep sea fishing is ‘oceanocide’Avatar 2: Now With More Deep Sea.
I was not one of the fans of Avatar. I wasn’t even close. In fact the movie, more specifically the plot and dialogue, made me nauseous.…
View More Avatar 2: Now With More Deep Sea.Female snails in Australia are just happy to see you
At my former blog, The Oyster’s Garter, I occasionally wrote an advice column inspired by Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation and Dan Savage.…
View More Female snails in Australia are just happy to see youSo big I could pet it
While sorting through my deep-sea Gulf of Mexico samples this morning I found this freakin’ huge nematode. Isn’t it awesome???? Usually its only the parasitic…
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