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…
Summary of tweets for January 25th, 2010
Below is a summary of tweets from January 25th, 2010 @DrCraigMc: RT @MNNDaily: 8 bizarre newly discovered deep sea creatures http://bit.ly/4KERhW #DSN – 25 Jan…
View More Summary of tweets for January 25th, 2010Celebrating the Deepest Dive
Last year saw the passing of a legend, Jacques Piccard. Along with Don Walsh, these two trailblazers forged an era of deep-sea exploration that no…
View More Celebrating the Deepest DiveSummary of tweets for January 23rd, 2010
Below is a summary of tweets from January 23rd, 2010 @DrCraigMc: New issue of Deep-Sea Research http://bit.ly/6mt9Om #DSN – 22 Jan 10 21:21 @DrCraigMc: the…
View More Summary of tweets for January 23rd, 2010Nom Nom Nominate Us for a ResearchBlogging Award!
We enjoy writing about peer-reviewed research of the deep sea. We hope that you find it interesting and our writing enjoyable. If you have enjoyed…
View More Nom Nom Nominate Us for a ResearchBlogging Award!Hash Tag #DSN Means Super Fun
Have a Twitter account? Want content you write to show up at DSN? Simply add the tag #DSN and your Tweets will show up here…
View More Hash Tag #DSN Means Super FunThe Evolution of Iron-Clad Samurai Snails With Gold Feet
It is told in the Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai At the time of the attack on the castle at Shimabara, Tazaki Geki was…
View More The Evolution of Iron-Clad Samurai Snails With Gold FeetMolluscs NOM shipwrecks into oblivion
National Geographic reports that shipworms are nibbling upon the Baltic Sea’s well-preserved shipwrecks, nom-ing them into oblivion. The shipworm is actually a wood-boring mollusc, Teredo…
View More Molluscs NOM shipwrecks into oblivionKnot Wednesday: Half-Blood Knot
This is useful angling knot to attach a line to hook, lure, or swivel. The half-blood prince knot is a basic and multipurpose knot you…
View More Knot Wednesday: Half-Blood KnotGreat Abyssal Diversity Among the Microscopic
An area the size of a coffee table on the deep-sea floor would yield hundreds of species. A few species would dominate with numbers in…
View More Great Abyssal Diversity Among the MicroscopicMega Shark vs Plane: The Physics
Mega Shark: faster than a bullet train, more powerful than that puny wimp Megalodon, and able to take down commercial airlines in a single bound.…
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