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…
A Warmer Earth Means More Ice!
New research by Bornemann et al. in Science this week indicates that warming periods might actually promote ice growth. Using forams from core samples taken…
View More A Warmer Earth Means More Ice!PLoS One and Why I Believe In Open Access
I am very excited that the new year brings an exciting opportunity for me. I was solicited, and I accepted an Academic Editor position with…
View More PLoS One and Why I Believe In Open AccessClueless about big tuna
What’s happening in the Science News section at the Washington Post? I rarely post criticism but a recent story about bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) made me wonder what’s happening behind the journalist’s desk. Let’s pick up where the Washington Post left off.
View More Clueless about big tunaCaffeinated Mermaids!
Rick discusses two of my favorite things coffee and enticing sea nymphs. On the origns of the Starbucks Coffee Logo at MBSL&S.
View More Caffeinated Mermaids!None of Your Beeswax
Via my weekly reading of the unopen access journal Science, there is an interesting story about beeswax, huge freakin’ chunks of it, that occasionally wash…
View More None of Your BeeswaxA New Paradigm For Hydrothermal Vents
I am really surprised a new paper in Nature did not receive more press given its potential to create a shift in how we view…
View More A New Paradigm For Hydrothermal VentsChallenging The Mavericks and Why The Surf Gods Love Geologists
Image from surfersvillage.com. Surfer catching wave at Mavericks The Mavericks competition was this past Saturday bringing in the best dozen or so big waver surfers…
View More Challenging The Mavericks and Why The Surf Gods Love GeologistsTGIF: Rough Seas
Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Beufort Scale
Given the west coast storm of the century last weekend, today’s FDSP seemed appropriate (click for larger image). Via howtoons.
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Beufort ScaleI’m Sexy and Smart
I guess being called a young ringer for Bruce Willis’ John McClain character in the action-packed “Die Hard” movies means I’m sexier than I thought.…
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