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…
Sometimes I Love My Job (Part II)
[cross-posted at the SEAPLEX blog] The romance of the sea, at least in my mind, is tied to the Age of Sail. This might be…
View More Sometimes I Love My Job (Part II)The Jones Act and the Oil Spill…Not What You Think
gCaptain beat me to the punch on writing about the Jones Act as it relates to the oil spill. The Jones Act, actually Section 27…
View More The Jones Act and the Oil Spill…Not What You ThinkPouring Oil on ‘Troubled Waters’
We love getting interesting emails from our readers. Some are complaints about our (mostly mine) colorful language, many are emails telling us how they appreciate…
View More Pouring Oil on ‘Troubled Waters’Mass Murder of Sea Cucumbers near the Deepwater Site
The ‘hidden’ ecological catastrophe is manifesting itself…. Starting yesterday night we have been seeing a large number of dead sea cucumbers floating on the surface.…
View More Mass Murder of Sea Cucumbers near the Deepwater SiteOil Spill Update: June 23rd, 2010
Its been 64 magical days and 160 million glorious gallons (or is it even more…nobody knows…) since the Deepwater Horizon laid down the ultimate Gulf of Mexico…
View More Oil Spill Update: June 23rd, 2010How We Killed the Gulf of Mexico By Mowing Our Yards
When I bust on my 1/2 acre yard weekly with my Scotts 20-Inch Classic Push Real Reel Lawn Mower, I draw a lot of attention…
View More How We Killed the Gulf of Mexico By Mowing Our YardsOil Platforms in the Gulf: How Many and Who Owns Them?
My original intent for this post was to provide a nice infographic detailing by percentage the operators/owners of all the oil platforms in the Gulf…
View More Oil Platforms in the Gulf: How Many and Who Owns Them?Squids ‘R’ Us
Awesome squid footage from MBARI! Hat tip to Zooillogix.
View More Squids ‘R’ UsExaminer Taxonomy FAIL
Do I really need to point out the error here? At least they got it down to Kingdom correctly… Click on the image to go…
View More Examiner Taxonomy FAILHappy Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s day to all our daddy-readers. Here is a new clip National Geographic on the rare, endangered Knysha seahorse, one of Earth’s great fathers.…
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