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…
Thanks George Bush!
Yellow sponge (Staurocalyptus sp. nov.), basket star (Gorgonocephalus sp.), white ruffle sponge (Farrea occa), and white-branched sponge (Asbestopluma sp. nov.) on the Davidson Seamount at…
View More Thanks George Bush!A Sea Change
Online Videos by Veoh.com The trailer above was brought to my attention by Miriam. A Sea Change "will focus public attention on this urgent but…
View More A Sea ChangeWhale Birth
Not Cute At All..
View More Whale BirthTGIF: Oktapodi HQ
Too cute…
View More TGIF: Oktapodi HQOne Million Hits
By the time you read this DSN* will have reached 1,000,000 total hits. Bwahahahahaha…1 million hits. If every one of those hits were a foot…
View More One Million HitsBeware of the Dessert
It might just eat you! Shark Attack Cupcakes by Moogie & Pap
View More Beware of the DessertLophelia II cruise update (09/24/2008)
No diving here today. A pressure wave rolled in from Nova Scotia (?), and the 5-7 ft. swells associated with the trough make ROV deployment…
View More Lophelia II cruise update (09/24/2008)'One by One' Lets Stop Dumping Plastic
by Kevin Zelnio Over at Oceana’s blog, I found this music video from hawai’ian musician Micah Wolf. Together with the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, creators…
View More 'One by One' Lets Stop Dumping PlasticThe Hummer of the Sea
Does my ego look big in this? Picture from Luxury Property Blog Obnoxious has a new name, GigaYacht “A”. This massive behemoth of yacht sucks…
View More The Hummer of the SeaPhoto from the field: Lophelia II 2008
Here’s an image from yesterday’s dive to 300 m at a Green Canyon site with SeaView’s SeaEye Falcon ROV in the Gulf of Mexico. The…
View More Photo from the field: Lophelia II 2008