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…
Down with talking dolphin science fiction!
I love science fiction. I love the ocean. Seems like science fiction & the oceans go together like Old Bay on an oyster. Except that…
View More Down with talking dolphin science fiction!Batman + Lightsaber + Shark. That is all.
Thanks, Garrett!
View More Batman + Lightsaber + Shark. That is all.A Requiem for ABE
It is with great sadness and a heavy we report on the loss of the Autonomous Benthic Explorer (affectionately known as ABE). It was lost…
View More A Requiem for ABE12 New Shipwrecks Uncovered In Baltic
The Bitter End Blog and gCaptain are reporting news of several new shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea between the Scandinavian Peninsula and Russia. The Baltic…
View More 12 New Shipwrecks Uncovered In BalticSay Hello to My Little Friend
What looks like a worm, is completely symmetrical in cross-section, and in the words of Dr. Peter Holland: “It has no mouth, no gut, no…
View More Say Hello to My Little FriendDeep Sea Tweets for March 13th, 2010
Below the fold is a summary of tweets from March 13th, 2010
View More Deep Sea Tweets for March 13th, 2010Chilean marine science devastated by earthquake
UPDATE: The Consortium for Ocean Leadership has set up a University of Concepcion Oceanographic Relief Fund. You can donate here. Along with the lives lost…
View More Chilean marine science devastated by earthquakeIsopods Cause Reproductive Death in Shrimp
Isopods, you know them as those adorable little roly-poly bugs under rocks in the forest or the gigantic Bathynomus of the deep sea. They are…
View More Isopods Cause Reproductive Death in ShrimpAbsolute Awesomeness of Arthropods Vol. I (#invwars)
They get huge! And can take down a frikkin house! Also, dey vill piiiiiiiiinch yooooo!!!!
View More Absolute Awesomeness of Arthropods Vol. I (#invwars)Deep Sea Tweets for March 11th, 2010
Below the fold is a summary of tweets from March 11th, 2010
View More Deep Sea Tweets for March 11th, 2010