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…
The Great Darwin Beard Challenge Week 4
Daniel of Biochemical Soul has posted up the latest edition of the Great Darwin Beard Challenge. I was supposed to host it here last week,…
View More The Great Darwin Beard Challenge Week 4Visualizing the Tonga Earthquake
A nice visualization of seismic activity occurring under the Tongan Ridge and subduction zone. This animation was done after the magnitude 8 earthquake on May…
View More Visualizing the Tonga EarthquakeTsunami Warning in the South Pacific
[googlemap lat=”-22.857194700969636″ lng=”-174.55078125″ width=”500px” height=”300px” zoom=”6″ type=”G_HYBRID_MAP”]Tonga[/googlemap] News on the wire from Rick is that a tsunami warning was issued for the South Pacific after…
View More Tsunami Warning in the South PacificSubmarine Volcano Erupts Off Tonga
[googlemap lat=”-20.730428476781324″ lng=”-175.27862548828125″ width=”500px” height=”300px” zoom=”8″ type=”G_SATELLITE_MAP”]Tonga[/googlemap] From the Times Online…. Scientists are on their way to the site of a large undersea volcano that…
View More Submarine Volcano Erupts Off TongaSex For Flatworms is Both Love and War
From the video, “It’s known as penis fencing, and the worms are the swordsmen” Potentially NSFW if having the word the penis said a dozen…
View More Sex For Flatworms is Both Love and WarDracula Fish From Myanmar Doesn’t Vant to Suck Your Blood
Not deep sea but awesome nonetheless! The Full story is National Geographic News. “Despite their ghoulish appearance, the fangs likely aren’t used for feeding. “We…
View More Dracula Fish From Myanmar Doesn’t Vant to Suck Your BloodNew DSN Feature: Google Maps
[googlemap lat=”36.820278951308744″ lng=”-121.99493408203125″ width=”500px” height=”300px” zoom=”9″ type=”G_SATELLITE_MAP”]Monterey Canyon, Invertebrate Cliff[/googlemap] Another of the new features on this website will be Google Maps. For future posts…
View More New DSN Feature: Google MapsDSN On Your iPhone
Although KZ and Peter tease me about my iPhone (they secretly want one), I have today released DSN optimized for your iPhone. It now will…
View More DSN On Your iPhoneNew Website
My new personal research website is now up. If you have some free time head over and take a look around. I have everything about…
View More New WebsiteZombies and Submarines
One of my long time favorite sites is Graph Jam. The idea is graphs are presented that represent cultural norms, comedic concepts, etc. Of course,…
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