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…
Parasitism at Hydrothermal Vents
A post in a nightmare fueled lifestyle in a nightmarish hell scape…or a nice story of parasitic nematodes find in fishes at hydrothermal vents over…
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The Rise of Category 6 Storms in a Warming World
After being away for four days, I’m finally returning home, uncertain about the condition of my house after Hurricane Ida ravaged my hometown. The aftermath…
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Has Amelia Earhart’s Plane Been Found?
It really isn’t my goal to turn DSN into a conspiracy blog, but then I wasn’t expecting someone to claim to have found Amelia Earhart’s…
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Alien Antenna on Deep-Sea Floor
It is somewhat common knowledge now that extraterrestrial creatures have visited us multiple times stoled cows, built the pyramids, and spoke with Nikola Tesla .…
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Graduate Student Opportunities in the McClain Lab
Ph.D. Student to research the Macroecology of Body Size Are you a dedicated and innovative researcher looking to contribute to a groundbreaking project that will…
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Holy Glowing Sea Cucumbers!
When we ponder bioluminescence, our minds often conjure images of mesmerizing squids and radiant fish, captivating our imagination with their dazzling displays. However, as research…
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A New Deep-Sea Family of Roly Polies
As I sit at my computer, not even a month into the new year, four new species of sponges from underwater volcanoes, three new species…
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WWII Munitions Discovered in Deep Sea off California Coast
An expedition led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has revealed World War II military weaponry scattered across the seafloor in extensive dumping…
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2023: More Days at Highest Temperatures
Mapping the Human Wakeprint
Despite the evident reliance of humanity on the vast global ocean—where a staggering 1 billion individuals rely on it as their primary food source, where…
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