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…
Bonus TGIF: Photographs From the Channel Islands
A nice video featuring the photography of DSN favorite and close friend, Jason Bradley Channel Islands 09/09 from Bradley Photographic on Vimeo.
View More Bonus TGIF: Photographs From the Channel IslandsDarwin and the Adventure Day 3 (Pictures)
As promised, here are some pictures from last Saturday. We are back in business now, held our last day of the event and will spend…
View More Darwin and the Adventure Day 3 (Pictures)Nautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Garbled
From ye ol’ source… to be distorted or mixed up Garbling was the prohibited practice of mixing rubbish with the cargo.
View More Nautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: GarbledThere Is No Marine Biodiversity Crisis…
…because it has already happened. During a conference this summer, I heard Jeremy Jackson give talk. He highlighted the severely degraded state, as measured by…
View More There Is No Marine Biodiversity Crisis…More on the 2009 NE Pacific Expedition
Chris Mah provides the next installment of his ongoing series covering our previous cruise. Although I think Chris is buttering me up and here is…
View More More on the 2009 NE Pacific ExpeditionBiogeography of the Deep Sea
“There is absolutely nothing to restrict the geographical ranges of animals in the deep sea. Dr. Wallich, the pioneer of deep-sea research, eighteen years ago…
View More Biogeography of the Deep SeaDarwin and the Adventure Day 3
On Saturday, we had logistical operations all day. We needed to finalize our plans for Monday’s workshop and discuss operations with the Tocorimé organizers. The…
View More Darwin and the Adventure Day 3Architeuthis Caught In Gulf of Mexico
From NOAA… Scientists from NOAA’s Fisheries Service have captured a giant squid while conducting research off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. This…
View More Architeuthis Caught In Gulf of MexicoProtection For Deep-Water Corals Close
From the wire… A vast stretch of deepsea coral reefs in the south Atlantic passed a key step toward full federal protection as a special…
View More Protection For Deep-Water Corals CloseCoral: Symbol, Substance, and Significance
October 30-31st you can catch the Coral: Symbol, Substance, and Significance conference in the Big Apple. Mercer R. Brugler a graduate student at the University…
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