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…
New Fish Order
Fig. 1 from Miya et al. It’s easy to be a new species, even easy to be a new genus. You got to be just…
View More New Fish OrderMarine science bloggers take the helm
Marine sciences were in full effect at the 2008 North Carolina Scienceblogging Conference this past weekend at the Sigma Xi building in Research Triangle Park.…
View More Marine science bloggers take the helmJourney to the Center of Plastic
You may remember Peter’s sobering post on the Plastic Expanding Inevitable, a wonderful part of the Pacific where plastic particles outnumber plankton. According to a…
View More Journey to the Center of PlasticKite-Powered Ships
From the Telegraph via Neatorama… Inventor Stephan Warge has devised a 160 sq meter kite, based on kitesurfing rigs, that can be attached to commercial…
View More Kite-Powered ShipsTGIF: Is the Dead Man’s Crab The Largest
At 00:48, video of the Japanese Spider Crab, or the Dead Man’s Crab*, occurs and touted as the world’s largest. But is it? Sure its…
View More TGIF: Is the Dead Man’s Crab The LargestTGIF: Is the Dead Man's Crab The Largest
At 00:48, video of the Japanese Spider Crab, or the Dead Man’s Crab*, occurs and touted as the world’s largest. But is it? Sure its…
View More TGIF: Is the Dead Man's Crab The LargestFriday Deep-Sea Picture: Two-Colored Lobster
A two-coloured lobster caught by Digby County (Nova Scotia) fisherman Edward Pothier. Tina Comeau photo Lobster color derives from the presence of three different pigments:…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Two-Colored LobsterWhere To Proceed With Ocean Iron Fertilization
This weeks Science offers commentary on the use of Ocean Iron Fertilization (OIF) to mitigate rising carbon dioxide levels. The author list is a dream…
View More Where To Proceed With Ocean Iron FertilizationDeep shrimp fishery swept away by currents
Deep-water formation is one of the most fascinating aspects of global thermohaline circulation. Deep-water doesn’t form only at the poles, though, as cold water sinks…
View More Deep shrimp fishery swept away by currentsOwners held accountable in French oil spill
A French court ruled that Total oil, the cargo owner in a 1999 oil spill that polluted 400km of coastline, is partially responsible for damages…
View More Owners held accountable in French oil spill