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…
Pilot Your Own Multi-million Dollar Submersible Right Now
As part of the MNHN’s current Abysses exhibitions, based largely on Clare Nouvian’s elegant book, you can choose and pilot your own submersible over at…
View More Pilot Your Own Multi-million Dollar Submersible Right NowReflections upon an award, thanks, and praises
In which one of the pirates here at at DSN receives the 2008 NOAA David Johnson Award for “outstanding and innovative use of satellite data” for work describing the migratory behavior of blue whales and sea turtles in relation to sea surface temperature fronts in the Northeast Pacific…
View More Reflections upon an award, thanks, and praisesNew Oceanography Degree Opens Up Doors to Solving Real World Problems
The Scripps Institute of Oceanography and the Rady Business School of University of California, San Diego, have joined forces to create a degree program the…
View More New Oceanography Degree Opens Up Doors to Solving Real World ProblemsEchinoderms, Cnidarians, & The Gastropods That Parasitize Them
The recent Invertebrate Wars reminded me of spectacular, but often ignored, group of gastropods. The parasites! This is a group that I have totally geeked…
View More Echinoderms, Cnidarians, & The Gastropods That Parasitize ThemEchinoderms, Cnidarians, & The Gastropods That Parasitize Them
The recent Invertebrate Wars reminded me of spectacular, but often ignored, group of gastropods. The parasites! This is a group that I have totally geeked…
View More Echinoderms, Cnidarians, & The Gastropods That Parasitize ThemAn Update On Nautilus Mining
Will mining in the deep sea have minimal impacts?
View More An Update On Nautilus MiningEchinoderms & Those That Love Them Need to Hang It Up
Snail over at A Snail’s Eye View, one of the best blogs on the triple -W, casts a firm vote for the Mollusks. Snail reminds…
View More Echinoderms & Those That Love Them Need to Hang It UpEchinoderms & Those That Love Them Need to Hang It Up
Snail over at A Snail’s Eye View, one of the best blogs on the triple -W, casts a firm vote for the Mollusks. Snail reminds…
View More Echinoderms & Those That Love Them Need to Hang It UpJust One Thing Challenge #8: Inspire the Children
This week’s challenge is help instill sense of awe in children about the ocean . Teaching our children about the ocean, creating passion and connections…
View More Just One Thing Challenge #8: Inspire the ChildrenCan the Vatican help save sea turtles?
The tradition of eating sea turtles during Lent is a big contributor to the endangered status of sea turtles worldwide. Since 2002 we have petitioned the Vatican, lobbied Popes (Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict) and appealed to local priests and parishioners to give turtles a break.
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