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…
Dispersants! Part II: Toxicity
Part II: How toxic are dispersants? This, I suppose, is the million-dollar question. The EPA has continually insisted that the actual dispersants is less toxic…
View More Dispersants! Part II: ToxicityStaring Down the Barrel of a… SHARK!
Former DSN rockstar and Aquanautix founder Peter Etnoyer, and colleagues, recently explored 900 meter depths off Roatan, Honduras and came across a 10 foot long…
View More Staring Down the Barrel of a… SHARK!Pirate Peaches!
A recipe for “Pirate Peaches” – peaches + sugar + Kraken rum! Sent to me with the tagline: “Attn: Miriam (pirates + sugary toppings, Together…
View More Pirate Peaches!Dispersants! A multi-part series to enlighten your brains.
When I don’t know enough about a subject, I tend to Google and data-mine—obsessively. So it has become with dispersants. In the wake of oil…
View More Dispersants! A multi-part series to enlighten your brains.TGIF: Penguins chasing a butterfly
In case you have not yet received your FDA-recommended dose of cute. (Thanks, Birch Aquarium!).
View More TGIF: Penguins chasing a butterflyNobody gets out of here without singing a shanty
The kitties compel you. Thanks, Jason R!
View More Nobody gets out of here without singing a shantyIt’s Deep Sea News Day at WIRED Science
Your friendly Deep Sea News bloggers have taken WIRED Science by storm – and apparently we specialize in depressing, large-scale pollution. Check out Dr. M…
View More It’s Deep Sea News Day at WIRED ScienceScientists With Data Agree…A Deepwater Oil Plume Exists in the Gulf
BP want’s to deny the presence of a deepwater oil plume in the Gulf of Mexico. The very oil plume both predicted by models published in…
View More Scientists With Data Agree…A Deepwater Oil Plume Exists in the GulfFanglinktooth
Linwood Pendleton of the Nicholas Institute has an interesting post up about Marine Spatial Planning. Will it (___) The Ocean? save privatize prevent fishing in…
View More FanglinktoothWe are Number 3!
Yes we are number 3 at Nature Blog Network! Watch out Greg Laden and Zooillogix. Your next…
View More We are Number 3!