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…
Finding Coral Expedition Underway
Canada’s Living Oceans Society (LOS) is helping to usher in a new era in “pro-active ocean exploration”, wherein a marine non-governmental organization (MaNGO) can mount…
View More Finding Coral Expedition UnderwaySea-Link Petition is Front Page News
The plight of the RV Seward-Johnson and Sea-Link submersibles made the front page at the Palm Beach Post yesterday. The article features interviews with Harbor…
View More Sea-Link Petition is Front Page NewsWednesday Nautical Terms and Phrases: Black Book
As a consequence of your actions you offend someone and thus are “listed in their black book.” From Brian Berlin… From the 1300’s – a…
View More Wednesday Nautical Terms and Phrases: Black BookMy World Ocean Day Wish – Kevin Z
I am absolutely horrible about remembering to bring in my cloth sacks to the grocery store. It is quite shameful too considering my background and…
View More My World Ocean Day Wish – Kevin ZAir France 447
[googlemap lat=”2.5479878714713706″ lng=”-32.87109375″ width=”500px” height=”500px” zoom=”4″ type=”G_SATELLITE_MAP”]2.547988,-32.871094[/googlemap]Normally, I wouldn’t discuss an airline disaster here and before I go on let me say my heart goes…
View More Air France 447Metal Taste Goood…Nom, Nom, Nom
New research out in Microbiology reports on a strain of the bacteria Brachybacterium (Mn32) that can remove toxic metal manganese from solution by oxidizing in…
View More Metal Taste Goood…Nom, Nom, NomMy Wish for World Ocean Day
I wish everyone would donate $10 to their favorite marine conservation organization. NGO’s rely on small donations, not large donations, to keep their organizations running…
View More My Wish for World Ocean DayWorld Ocean Day Message from Bob Breen
To celebrate World Ocean Day, Deep Sea News is publishing an unsolicited letter from a reader, Bob Breen. We’re thankful that our community is the…
View More World Ocean Day Message from Bob BreenS.O.S – Save Our Subs website goes live
The petition to save the Johnson Sea Link submersibles has reached nearly 1700 signatures to date, and the commotion seems to be working. Florida State…
View More S.O.S – Save Our Subs website goes liveFinding Coral in Canada, World Ocean Day
Hello, I’m Michael, I’ll be the Deep Sea News “field correspondent” for the Finding Coral Expedition with Living Ocean Society. We launch on World’s Ocean…
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