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…
A Decade of Deep Sea Decadence
Today is legendary! Why, you ask? Well, we are celebrating TEN YEARS of DSN posts. That’s right – if you go wayyyyyyyyy back in…
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Have you been nautical or nice? Dr. Sargent’s Maritime Gift Guide
Dr. Elizabeth Sargent, posted this amazing #OceanGift list on twitter and was kind enough to share it with DSN! And I am going to insert…
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Have you been nautical or nice? A week of DSN holiday gift guides
It’s December. With all the parties, year-end-deadlines and general holiday shenanigans, have you found the perfect gift for that marine science-lover in your life? If you have,…
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There is an image of a breaching shark making the rounds on social media as National Geographic’s Image of the Year. Although admittedly shark breaching…
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The DSN Superteam Just Got Bigger
We are not messing around at DSN. We are building our ranks. We are coming back strong. I am very excited to announce the addition of…
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A 100-year-old mystery blob solved
First, let’s be clear: in the ocean, mucus is king. On land, mucus is tragically confined to various animal orifices, unable to last long outside…
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Last Name: Eva, First Name: Greatest
This year marked the 100th Anniversary of the Western Society of Naturalist (WSN) meeting. An organization developed in 1910, WSN is the second oldest natural…
View More Last Name: Eva, First Name: GreatestAn Alarming Tweet From the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Karen James (@kejames on Twitter) is an independent researcher in Bar Harbor, Maine. Her work is at the…
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The Twelve Days of Christmas – NASA Earth Science Edition
On the first day of Christmas NASA Earth Science gave to me: advance warning of Hurricane Activity. On the second day of Christmas NASA…
View More The Twelve Days of Christmas – NASA Earth Science EditionWhat are these strange round blobs on a Southern California beach?
The internet is abuzz today at the sight of these fleshy-colored grape-sized sea blobs found on Huntington Beach, CA. As something of sea-blob fancier myself, my…
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