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…
Why We Need To Dispense With The GRE
Most of you are probably aware of the GRE or Graduate Record Examination. Those applying for graduate programs are required to report scores from this…
View More Why We Need To Dispense With The GREDarwin and the Adventure Day 2
On Friday we were picked up in the morning by a very nice, and patient, driver from Paraty Tours, who deciphered from my pidgin spanish…
View More Darwin and the Adventure Day 2Darwin and the Adventure Day 1
Thursday saw an early morning arrival of a bleary-eyed american to Rio de Janeiro. After making a somewhat easy trip through immigration and customs and…
View More Darwin and the Adventure Day 1TGIF: Maori War Dance
The haka is the traditional dance form of the Maori of New Zealand. Dances may contain stamping of the feet, slapping of the thighs, pounding…
View More TGIF: Maori War DanceNautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Freeze the B@!!$ Off A Brass Monkey
A special one for Kevin Z’s time aboard a tall ship… On ships, cannon balls were sometimes stacked in what was called a monkey, usually…
View More Nautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Freeze the B@!!$ Off A Brass MonkeyOhh! Ocean Fertilzation Snap!
From Nature Adding iron to the ocean is not an effective way to fight climate change, and we don’t need further research to establish that,…
View More Ohh! Ocean Fertilzation Snap!Sand Shack For Your Flippy Floppy Needs
The Sand Shack is an environmentally friendly brand of apparel and accessories founded in Cape Cod. The company was started by Brian Lintonin 2006. After…
View More Sand Shack For Your Flippy Floppy NeedsKevin Z…21st Century Darwin
Duke News and Communications just put up a press release about the Beagle Project! “In an inspiring mix of 19th and 21st Century technologies, a…
View More Kevin Z…21st Century DarwinGreenpeace Intercepts Tuna Trawler – Doin’ it Right
In the how to achieve conservation goals and police international waters within the bounds of international law and without harming the life of a ship’s…
View More Greenpeace Intercepts Tuna Trawler – Doin’ it RightAnd speaking of autonomous underwater robots…
how about this little gem from (video) the US Office of Naval Research. ONR recently conducted tests with a developmental ship hull grooming robot, called…
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