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: Let The Cat Out of the Bag
In the Royal Navy the punishment prescribed for most serious crimes was flogging. This was administered by the Bosun’s Mate using a whip called a…
View More Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Let The Cat Out of the BagBiodiversity Pt. 1: Richness vs. Evenness or What Kinds Of Beer Are In My Refrigerator
Knowing how diverse an ecological community is should be a simple matter. At the most basic level, we can go into the field take a…
View More Biodiversity Pt. 1: Richness vs. Evenness or What Kinds Of Beer Are In My RefrigeratorBacterial assemblages in deep Lophelia coral
DSN friend and colleague Dr. Christina Kellogg published a new paper this month characterizing the bacterial assemblages of deep Lophelia pertusa coral in the Gulf…
View More Bacterial assemblages in deep Lophelia coralUK Launches Bold Ocean Acidification Research Program
Way to go brits! The BBC reports: “The UK government has launched an £11m ($16m) five-year research programme into ocean acidification… The study will focus…
View More UK Launches Bold Ocean Acidification Research ProgramReinventing academia, but for whom?
The New York Times published an interesting opinion piece saying its time for major changes in academia. Dr. Mark Taylor of Columbia University’s Religion Department…
View More Reinventing academia, but for whom?One Thing Every Oceanographer Should Know
How to make beer at sea in a coffee pot! Southern Fried Scientist may just have become my new best friend. I guess what I…
View More One Thing Every Oceanographer Should KnowHerring Aids
Obviously, fish do not possess the big fleshy ears. Talk about swimmer’s ear? Instead, sound transmits from the water into the fish body and to…
View More Herring AidsRussian oil exploration halted for gray whales
The BBC reports that oil and gas companies in operating in Russian waters have agreed to suspend seismic work, giving gray whales a chance to…
View More Russian oil exploration halted for gray whalesTGIF: Marianas Trench (and Angelo) on NBC
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy MSNBC does a nice in depth report on the Marianas Trench National Monument…
View More TGIF: Marianas Trench (and Angelo) on NBCSylvia’s Earth Day fantasy, to be a turtle
Her Deepness, the Sturgeon General, is in the house! National Geographic Explorer Dr Sylvia Earle posts her own Earth Day fantasy “I wish I was…
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