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…
If You Need to Kill Some Time Laughing…
…visit Tiny Art Director. I spend the morning there reading over Bill Zeman’s posts. Bill is an artist, who receives art direction and guidance from…
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About a month ago, I published my first paper at PLoS One. I believed an open access journal was the most appropriate place for the…
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I just sent in the proofs to a paper that will come out in the next issue of the Proceedings of the Biological Society of…
View More New Paper TeaserExcuse me sir there is a call
Nautilus CEO: Hello Official Representative of Teck Cominco Limited: This is —-, I have some good news and some bad news. CEO: Good news first…
View More Excuse me sir there is a callSurfing PhD
My good friend Chad Nelsen, Environmental Director at Surfrider Foundation, has a great post at the Surf Economics blog about daily beach attendance at Trestles,…
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Two oceans couldn’t be farther apart. The Arctic and Antarctic Oceans have about 160 degrees of separation but Census of Marine Life scientists say they…
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Holy Flying Fish Captain, That’s A Submarine!
From the Gaurdian… A Royal Navy nuclear submarine and a French vessel have been damaged in a collision deep below the surface of the Atlantic…
View More Holy Flying Fish Captain, That’s A Submarine!Marine Biology Videos at Wired Science
Mo, the Neurophilosopher, brought to my attention via Twitter Wired Science’s “10 Fantastic Marine Biology Videos“. They are all great bits from the marine youtube-o-sphere.…
View More Marine Biology Videos at Wired ScienceShe said spawning
I’m really enjoying The Oyster’s Garter these days. Miriam Goldstein keeps me updated with important nature stories like “When sponges ruled the Earth” 635 million…
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