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…
Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: On your beam ends
A little late and again from the spectacular website of Gary Martin. Definition: Hard-up – in a bad situation. Origin: The beams are the horizontal…
View More Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: On your beam endsDeep Ocean Conveyor Belt Reconsidered
Science Daily is reporting that just because they teach you something in graduate school doesn’t make it right. A 50 year old model of global…
View More Deep Ocean Conveyor Belt ReconsideredMY NEW GEETAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I ordered this bad boy with my Obama first-time homebuyers stimulus! Thanks Obama! Like any good american I put my money right back into the…
View More MY NEW GEETAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The Great Thing About Being a Marine Biologist Is
I get to sit around this morning drinking coffee at a beautiful location and listen to talks about Komokiacea (see here, here, and here also…
View More The Great Thing About Being a Marine Biologist IsIn Which the Universe Overheats From a Supernova of Awesomeness
Yes, this will be liveblogged as soon as it comes out in video. There is nothing wrong with a B-movie that knows it’s a B-movie.…
View More In Which the Universe Overheats From a Supernova of AwesomenessAmazing Growing Deep-Sea Volcano
When put in water, volcanoes may increase in size From National Geographic: The science team, led by Bill Chadwick of Oregon State University, reports the…
View More Amazing Growing Deep-Sea VolcanoCensus of the Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life
[googlemap lat=”48.532975799741635″ lng=”-123.01666259765625″ width=”400px” height=”300px” zoom=”11″ type=”G_HYBRID_MAP”]48.532976,-123.016663[/googlemap] This week finds me for the first time in Friday Harbor. This week I am meeting with 19…
View More Census of the Diversity of Abyssal Marine LifeAround the net…
Bloom carbon won’t sink Scientists studying the fate of carbon particles originating in Southern Ocean plankton blooms find that the carbon never reaches the deep…
View More Around the net…Sheiks reject Somalian sea bandits
The New York Times reports that religious leaders are helping to form an anti-pirate movement, now underway in Somalia, and the Toyota Surf joins the…
View More Sheiks reject Somalian sea banditsBurrard-Lucas Wildlife Photography Contest Winners
Amazingly awesomely stunningly beautiful photography from the Burrard-Lucas Photography’s Wildlife Photography Competition. Nothing is more artistic than Nature. Thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster for talented…
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