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…
Harpooned! Its Like So Scientific!
G4TV’s coverage of the manly hit game Harpooned, brought to us by phisrow who left a comment on the last whale post. You can visit…
View More Harpooned! Its Like So Scientific!Who's faster: Phelps or flounder?
Michael Phelps is faster than a flounder. He swims about 6 mph. But what if he was fighting currents, swimming upstream, and jumping dams?
View More Who's faster: Phelps or flounder?4th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems
YEAH!!!!! One of my favorite conferences (naturally) put up the first curricular for the 4th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems. It was formerly called the…
View More 4th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based EcosystemsWhale Conservation Fumbles from Lack of Data
BBC reports: “The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species reveals that some large species, like humpbacks, have seen numbers increase. However, it warns that smaller…
View More Whale Conservation Fumbles from Lack of DataOne question squid quiz
Can you name the genus of this deep-sea squid?
View More One question squid quizSponge Bob Square ROV
At the request of some of the readers…
View More Sponge Bob Square ROVHybrid Ships…R/V Prius?
The Blue Economy has started a list of hybrid sea going vessels. With with research institutes and industry starting to feel the crunch there seems…
View More Hybrid Ships…R/V Prius?Everything Poops
Well not everything technically but copepods do. You may see poop but I see the beginning of a long happy process that ends on the…
View More Everything PoopsAutosub6000 & Volcanic Ridges
The National Oceanography Centre in Southampton is leading an expedition to the Cayman Trough to explore the world’s deepest volcanic ridge. The will be using…
View More Autosub6000 & Volcanic RidgesSeal Oceanographers
We’ve talked about deep-diving seals here before. Now it appears oceanography is being outsourced to Antarctica. Grad students beware, seals are the latest species to…
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