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…
Crazy ‘Bout Those Dwarf Males Profizzah
The Southern Fried Scientist is TA’ing Invertebrate Zoology with Cindy Van Dover at the Marine Lab here. They are having their students create a 2-3…
View More Crazy ‘Bout Those Dwarf Males ProfizzahVents of Gold
In light of the workshop below, I thought you might enjoy this REPOST from DSN March 24, 2006 This is one in a series of…
View More Vents of GoldDeep-Sea Mining Workshop at Wood’s Hole
Journalists looking for a compelling story of greed, adventure, and science on the high seas might want to consider attending this Deep-Sea Mining Workshop at…
View More Deep-Sea Mining Workshop at Wood’s HoleScience Online ’09: From Blogging to Paying Bills
The last session of Saturday I spent in a room with ~30 other eager individuals wishing to be imparted magical advice on how to make…
View More Science Online ’09: From Blogging to Paying BillsScience Online ’09: Nature Blogging
Bright and early Sunday morning, I hosted a session on Nature Blogging with GrrlScientist of the fantastic blog Living the Scientific Life. It was a…
View More Science Online ’09: Nature BloggingTGIF: Shark Ballet
This shark obviously has a some classical training.
View More TGIF: Shark BalletAnticipation…
Something fishy is going on at Google. CNET has the drop once again, putting names like Dr. Sylvia Earle and Former Vice-President Al Gore together…
View More Anticipation…New interview with Sylvia Earle
Dr. Sylvia Earle appears on the local news in Sandy, Utah as she helps to raise money for their new aquarium. The interview is a…
View More New interview with Sylvia EarleDeep-sea webcam
Marine biologists Edith Widder and Erika Raymond installed the first deep-sea webcam on the ocean floor in Monterey Bay this week using MBARI’s Ventana ROV…
View More Deep-sea webcamTGIF: Swimming elephants
When I see this video it just makes me wonder who would win in a showdown between an elephant and a killer whale. Or better…
View More TGIF: Swimming elephants