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…
I Love the Smell of the Deep Sea in the Morning
Following in the footsteps of Craig, I have a short piece published in the July/August issue of SEED Magazine for their Why I Do Science…
View More I Love the Smell of the Deep Sea in the MorningHawksbill turtles tagged by satellite in Gulf of California
Sea turtle biologists in the Gulf of California in northwest Mexico are having continued success with efforts to monitor and restore sea turtle populations in…
View More Hawksbill turtles tagged by satellite in Gulf of CaliforniaHydromedusa Mounts Ninja Style Invasion
Dr. Maria Pia Miglietta, a postdoc in my lab at Penn State, just published a fascinating paper on a “silent invasion” happening around the world’s…
View More Hydromedusa Mounts Ninja Style InvasionDeep Volcanic Explosion: The Video
The previous post reminded of this video we posted awhile back. From Youtube: This is the largest explosive burst that was observed at the Brimstone…
View More Deep Volcanic Explosion: The VideoExplosive Volcanism in the Deep
Can a volcano be explosive in the deep sea? What about violent? What about mildly aggravated? Historically, we’ve assumed the answer to be no. Explosive…
View More Explosive Volcanism in the DeepOil Post Part 3
Please note that the following post is riddled with sarcasm. Those whose delicate nature cannot handle such are strongly encouraged to not read this post.…
View More Oil Post Part 3TGIF: mmmmmm… Whale
This whale fall video was produced by the laboratory of Dr. Craig Smith, University of Hawaii (craigsmi at hawaii dot edu).
View More TGIF: mmmmmm… WhaleTGIF: A Passionate Affair With a Squid
Hat Tip to Matt for pointing us to this post at Ectoplasmosis. Two parts beautiful and three parts disturbing you’re unlikely to forget this video…
View More TGIF: A Passionate Affair With a SquidSo Very Close But No Squid
Craig meet Fate…Fate meet Craig…Fate you can now proceed to slap Craig in the face. In my 2 year reign tenure at MBARI, I have…
View More So Very Close But No SquidFriday Deep Sea Picture: Polychaete From Aquarium
The following polychaete worm, probably a Nereid, was found in our deep sea mussel tanks. Often times we will collect a bunch of mussels in…
View More Friday Deep Sea Picture: Polychaete From Aquarium