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…
Oceanographer or Marine Biologist?
A new article over at Red Orbit tackles the age old question. The article rightly presents the case but glosses over the fact that sometimes…
View More Oceanographer or Marine Biologist?Necessary Admiration For A Hunk of Steel
In 1932 two men became the first to descend into the deep sea. Their descent, in nothing more than hunk of steel, took them past…
View More Necessary Admiration For A Hunk of SteelRed Hot Titantium Sphere
Advanced Imaging and Visualization Laboratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Workers at Ladish Forging drove a press onto hot titanium, transforming it into a cup, part…
View More Red Hot Titantium SphereTGIF: Late or Early Depending On How You View It
O’ the oddness that is Charlie the Unicorn. The first one is here.
View More TGIF: Late or Early Depending On How You View ItFat and Lazy
No I am not talking about how Kevin spent his last weekend. The Colossal Squid is apparently not the voracious predator (say the last in…
View More Fat and LazyNorth Carolina Zoo Is Possibly the Best Zoo Ever
Seriously, I was very impressed with the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. My wife, kids and I are something of zoo experts too. Out of…
View More North Carolina Zoo Is Possibly the Best Zoo EverExpedition underway
by Peter Etnoyer NOAA’s RV Nancy Foster left port in Gulfport, MS today with a complement of biologists, geologists, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) pilots, and…
View More Expedition underwayScience Online '09
– by Kevin Zelnio Science is being revolutionized by the internet. More and more scientists are blogging, using wiki’s, special search engines, social networking sites…
View More Science Online '09Deep Sea Biologist Heads Inland to Party
– Kevin Zelnio For those in the know, Scienceblogs, our former overlord, is having a millionth comment party extravaganza. The North Carolina contingent of Scienceblogs…
View More Deep Sea Biologist Heads Inland to PartyFollow the New England Aquarium to the Sea of Cortez
by Kevin Zelnio Staff and collaborators from the New England Aquarium in Boston are out to sea. This expedition is funded by the National Geographic…
View More Follow the New England Aquarium to the Sea of Cortez