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…
Some Pictures of Chicago
Back from Chicago and all I have to say is that one of these guys really knows how to show me a good time. Thanks…
View More Some Pictures of ChicagoRIP Planktos
Some days are really good and today is one of them. Rick at MBSL&S informs us today that PLANKTOS is no longer. Ah Planktos, we…
View More RIP PlanktosAdd Nine More
It was announced at the recent American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in Boston that another nine sharks will be added to the…
View More Add Nine MoreWorlds oldest animal aged to 4000 years
Age and growth studies of deep-sea gold corals and black corals indicate these animals live between two and four millennia. Deep-sea biologists get excited about this because marine invertebrates record archives of environmental conditions in their growth rings, the same way trees do.
View More Worlds oldest animal aged to 4000 yearsDSN Required Reading
There a couple really cool pieces going around the intertubes recently. Basically, some people out there actually beat us to some stories but did such…
View More DSN Required ReadingJust One Thing Challenge #4
Did you send your letter and email last week? Did you get your friends to? This weeks is tougher still and will hit the old…
View More Just One Thing Challenge #4R.I.P. John Gray (1941-2007), Your Work Lives On
Eminent marine biologist John Stuart Gray passed away last October, which I posted on at that time. He was a professor of marine biology at…
View More R.I.P. John Gray (1941-2007), Your Work Lives OnSherman’s Vents Week #7
A coworker passed along 7 deep sea cartoons from the comic strip Sherman’s Lagoon, who was gracious enough to grant us permission to use on…
View More Sherman’s Vents Week #7Sherman's Vents Week #7
A coworker passed along 7 deep sea cartoons from the comic strip Sherman’s Lagoon, who was gracious enough to grant us permission to use on…
View More Sherman's Vents Week #7A Valentine’s from Congress
Yesterday, February 14, the House passed HR 1834, the National Ocean Exploration Program Act (amended), by a vote of 352-49. The bill would authorize the…
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