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…
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Mercury is distributed across the earth whether it is in the atmosphere, biosphere, or geosphere. In the marine realm, the methylated form of mercury (CH3Hg+)…
View More More Mercury DeeperNew Hydrothermal Vent Sanctuary
President Felipe Calderón announced the creation of three new marine protected areas including Mexico’s first deep sea marine protected area, the Guaymas Basin and Eastern…
View More New Hydrothermal Vent SanctuaryThe Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer
From the New York Times… Enter Tim Watts. His show, called “The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer,” uses animation, puppetry, live drawing and…
View More The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea ExplorerShrimp Tails: Describing a New Species
Dr. M was kind enough to mention and congratulate me on my first publication several months back. I just had two more papers published in…
View More Shrimp Tails: Describing a New SpeciesThe Future of Online (Academic) Publishing
A presentation to the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors on August 2009 from Peter Binfield Chief Editor at PLoS One
View More The Future of Online (Academic) PublishingWednesday Nautical Phrase/Term: Stern Lecture
to be reprimanded The quarterdeck at the stern of the ship was officer’s country. A sailor didn’t go there unless he had work to do…
View More Wednesday Nautical Phrase/Term: Stern LectureThe Creation of a New Deep-Sea Feature
A recent oceanographic survey on the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer led by James V. Gardner, a marine geologist at the University of New Hampshire, discovered…
View More The Creation of a New Deep-Sea FeatureSending Peter Off with Haiku’s
I’ve asked blog buddies to bid Peter adieu in haiku. I’ll aggregate them here and ask our readers to contribute their own deep sea haiku…
View More Sending Peter Off with Haiku’sCircus of the Spineless Finally Up!
I’m sorry guys, I’ve been drinking too much with the Southern Fried Scientist that he just passes out before he can even open his laptop.…
View More Circus of the Spineless Finally Up!A Natural History of One Dr. Peter Etnoyer
Peter has made 4 years of contributions to Deep Sea News! Between January 2007 and July 2009 Peter averaged 12.7 ± 5.4 posts per month.…
View More A Natural History of One Dr. Peter Etnoyer