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…
TGIF: Diving Suit Fail
Mythbuster’s examines what would happen to a human body if pressure is not equal inside and outside of a diving suit. The ‘human body’ is…
View More TGIF: Diving Suit FailKnot Wednesday: The Bowline
One of the most useful knots to know for a marine scientist and generally anyone around boats. The name derives its name from its often…
View More Knot Wednesday: The BowlineLosing the Lions of the Ocean
“Western Atlantic bluefin have declined by 82% since 1970 and it’s estimated there are only remaining 41,000 remaining reproductively mature individuals.” Those are the words…
View More Losing the Lions of the OceanLife in the Deep Sea: Only the Fragile Survive
At this year’s National Association for Biology Teachers conference, Steve Haddock from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, spoke on deep ocean habitats. The National…
View More Life in the Deep Sea: Only the Fragile SurviveHammer Time
Every time you see me that Hammer’s just so hype I’m dope on the floor and I’m magic on the mic Now why would I…
View More Hammer TimeKnot Wednesday: The Monkey’s Fist
Every ocean scientist should know how to tie a half dozen or so knots. One of those should be a monkey’s fist, name because it…
View More Knot Wednesday: The Monkey’s FistCnidarian Lifeforms
Cnidarian Lifeforms from Delrious on Vimeo. Hat tip to Penguin Wanderings.
View More Cnidarian LifeformsWhy Are There No Super Whales?
The question is not why are whales big but why are whales not bigger? The blue whales reached weights of 150 tons prewhaling. To appreciate…
View More Why Are There No Super Whales?Ocean Explorer Bob Ballard on 60 Minutes
A nice 9 minute interview of Bob Ballard on a recent 60 minutes. (click on link if player below does not work) Watch CBS News…
View More Ocean Explorer Bob Ballard on 60 MinutesHave You Scrubbed Your Cephalopod This Morning?
Squidy by ~ced66 on deviantART Hat tip to @sevenbullsboy on Twitter.
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