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…
Bad Times For Deep-Scientist May Mean Good Times For the Deep
Rising gas prices may have one more causality, one you many not have thought of…oceanographic science. Our main tool is the research vessel, large contraptions…
View More Bad Times For Deep-Scientist May Mean Good Times For the DeepDeep Water Corals Invade!
Sometimes research comes about that really makes my whole week. This time it is a little diddy from Lindner et al. in PLoS. We could…
View More Deep Water Corals Invade!Planet Herzog
New York Times reviews Werner Herzog’s Antarctic documentary “Encounters at the end of the World” calling it ‘hauntingly beautiful’. The film is set at McMurdo…
View More Planet HerzogNot So Whale of a Catch
The Raging Wombat of Ugly Overload brings us a tale of small fish eat bigger fish. Go there and see more pictures and get the…
View More Not So Whale of a CatchSquid Messenger Bag!
I know what to get Craig for his birthday! From Gama-Go: “This bag is built to last, constructed from a tough, water-resistant cordura nylon shell…
View More Squid Messenger Bag!Bush & McCain On Offshore Drilling: "There Is No Excuse For Delay"
From CNN.com: “President Bush asked Congress on Wednesday to permit drilling for oil in deep water off America’s coasts to combat rising oil and gas…
View More Bush & McCain On Offshore Drilling: "There Is No Excuse For Delay"CO2: Good or Bad
Guardian Online is running a couple of responses to Wallace Broecker’s call for carbon storage experiments in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Worth reading…
View More CO2: Good or BadMommy, Where Do Turtles Go To Die?
Th Right Blue, a diving and undersea photography blog, has a fantastic story about diving in Sipadan Cave off of Borneo. Jacques Costeau dove here…
View More Mommy, Where Do Turtles Go To Die?Teach the Controversy About Atlantis
Since PZ Myers and Bug Girl are brought up this important issue, we at Deep Sea News would like our K-12 educational systems to teach…
View More Teach the Controversy About AtlantisEnvironment Shapes Barnacle Penis
Spring is in the air! Its the time of year to release your gametes into the water and make baby barnacles. But wait a second,…
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