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…
TGIF: Penguin's and Kid's Edition
OK, for the penguins out there reading Deep Sea News, don’t get any ideas! My favorite kid’s channel Noggin has a moose that sings songs…
View More TGIF: Penguin's and Kid's EditionTGIF: Nautilus
Peter Ward is the man. I became acquainted with his work through reading is papers on the rise (and fall) of mollusks through time. His…
View More TGIF: NautilusFriday Deep Sea Picture: Rosy Lipped Batfish
(image credit: Birgitte Wilms, National Geographic) (image credit: David Doubilet, National Geographic) National Geographic says it best, “Perpetually pouting with vermilion lips and probing with…
View More Friday Deep Sea Picture: Rosy Lipped BatfishOMG That's Not A Sea Angel
…it’s a sea demon! Actually its a pteropod, a shell-less gastropod, and even crazier it is a simultaneous hermaphrodite.
View More OMG That's Not A Sea AngelForget space travel…
…the ocean is our final frontier. Besides if we need to explore it before it is overfished, mined, covered in trash, or a sink for…
View More Forget space travel…Mozambique's ocean ambassadors
If you have been following the story of Andrea Marshall and the manta rays off Mozambique you may notice she responded to questions in the…
View More Mozambique's ocean ambassadorsJason-2 Maps Sea Level
BBC News reports: “Less than a month after it was put in orbit, the ocean-mapper Jason-2 has returned its first pictures to Earth. From an…
View More Jason-2 Maps Sea LevelLego Research Vessels
When I was a kid, I was infatuated with Legos. Who am I kidding? I am still infatuated with Legos! Imagine when I realized that…
View More Lego Research VesselsHappy Birthday William Beebe!
Thanks to Michael Barton, FCD we would have almost forgotten to honor the anniversary of William Beebe‘s birth. He lived from July 29, 1877 to…
View More Happy Birthday William Beebe!US Governors launch West Coast Ocean Action Plan
West Coast politics are hot. Senator Ted Stevens of the four seas of Alaska (Chukchi, Bering, Beaufort, and the Pacific) was indicted for false statements…
View More US Governors launch West Coast Ocean Action Plan