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…
"More Fun In Every Sense"
That is the advertising campaign of the National Aquarium in Baltimore. I LOVE their new ads. You can even make your own aqua faces! Here…
View More "More Fun In Every Sense"An Earth Systems Science Agency
“The United States faces unprecedented environmental and economic challenges in the decades ahead. Foremost among them will be climate change, sea-level rise, altered weather patterns,…
View More An Earth Systems Science AgencyThe Patron Saint of Marine Scientists
Saint Brendan of Clonfert is often referred to Brendan the Voyager. He is Irish monastic saint born in 484 in Ciarraighe Luachra, near the present…
View More The Patron Saint of Marine ScientistsMichael Turner
Comic book artist Michael Turner passed on late last month at age 37. Although young, Turner already had an accomplished much including art for Witchblade,…
View More Michael TurnerDiving To 100ft…Indoors
Sure you can do that deep scuba dive in 47 degree Fahrenheit water off the California coast. Sure you might get to see some kelp,…
View More Diving To 100ft…IndoorsTGIF: Don't Mess with the Japanese!
From LiveLeak.com: Smugglers Chased and Rammed by Japanese Coastguard.
View More TGIF: Don't Mess with the Japanese!Friday Deep Sea Picture: Ninja Hydromedusa!
From National Geographic’s new Translucent Creatures photo gallery: A hydromedusa spreads its luminescent tentacles in the Weddell Sea near Antarctica. Photograph by Ingo Arndt/Minden Pictures.…
View More Friday Deep Sea Picture: Ninja Hydromedusa!More bubblin crude
An oil rig as large as the Eiffel Tower is heading towards an ultra-deep site eight miles north of Mexico’s maritime border. The rig is called Perdido, spanish for Lost. Its one of several that will be installed in the Gulf of Mexico coming years.
View More More bubblin crudeBoy Band Meets Automated Pippetting
Being a deep-sea biologist is not all riding around in a wetsuit in a zodiac chasing down giant squid at 30 knots. Sometimes I have…
View More Boy Band Meets Automated PippettingMarch of the Penguins Dwindles
From CNN.com: “Penguins may be the tuxedo-clad version of a canary in the coal mine, with generally ailing populations from a combination of global warming,…
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