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…
Liveblogging Ocean Sciences: Marine Predator Hotspots
I’m reporting this week from the Ocean Sciences Meeting, the annual meeting of the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) and The Oceanographic Society…
View More Liveblogging Ocean Sciences: Marine Predator HotspotsSurvival guide to rising sea level: a floating home
Perhaps you thought houseboats were going out of style? Au contraire, sea levels are rising and coastal populations are increasing, so the land is disappearing…
View More Survival guide to rising sea level: a floating homeLadies of the Bone-Devouring Worm Prefer Their Boys Tiny and in Harems
These chicas are freaky. But if you lived on a whale vertebrae and eat through bone, perhaps you’d be a little on the kinky side…
View More Ladies of the Bone-Devouring Worm Prefer Their Boys Tiny and in HaremsJust One Thing Challenge #6
As I write this post and sipping on my Organic Nueva Esperanza Coffee, I am happy. Part of it stems 3 cups of coffee previous…
View More Just One Thing Challenge #6Japan to Court Whaling Commission Newbies
CNN reports that Japan will meet with several International Whaling Commission members on Monday, preempting the meeting of the Commission by 3 days: ” Japan’s…
View More Japan to Court Whaling Commission NewbiesFriday Deep Sea Picture: March of the Brisingids
Picture copyright C. Fisher/Ridge2000 Brisingids look like crinoids, but they are actually sea stars, just kind of turned over. this particular beauty is Freyella sp.…
View More Friday Deep Sea Picture: March of the BrisingidsTGIF: Mermaid Suit
Do you ever get bored when you’re scuba diving on a Caribbean shipwreck, and wish you had a Mermaid guide to show you around? Thanks…
View More TGIF: Mermaid SuitChina builds new manned submersible
How do you say “sea dragon” in Mandarin? China is planning an ocean exploration program on par with their space endeavours, including plans to build a sub-sea base station and a manned submersible capable of diving to 7000m by 2010.
View More China builds new manned submersibleSometimes Sea Monsters Are Real
Add another tremendously gargantuan fossil lizard to your list. “The Monster”, which unfortunately was a predator, measured 50 feet putting it in contention for the…
View More Sometimes Sea Monsters Are RealSaving Really Big Ships
At Wired you can read about the saving of the 14-deck, 55,000 ton Cougar Ace carrying 4,700 new Mazdas. As water was being replaced in…
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