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…
I'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.…
View More I'm Sexy and SmartBaby Jaguar Sharks Like To Hang Out in Corals
Figure 2 from Etnoyer and Warrenchuk (2007). Callogorgia americana delta colonies with catshark egg cases attached. Depth 533 m. ROV suction hose on the left…
View More Baby Jaguar Sharks Like To Hang Out in CoralsSurfer dude contemplates theory of everything
Here’s another elegant headline from the Telegraph UK publication I mentioned below. You gotta love the Brits. Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything…
View More Surfer dude contemplates theory of everythingFreak ocean wave across the Pacific
Climate oscillations, even small ones like the Madden Julian Oscillation, can have a deep impact on the oceans, down to a mile deep. The Telegraph UK calls one newly revealed oceanographic mechanism a “freak” ocean wave because it travels underwater, with little or no surface expression. This was such a good spin I had to promote this to main title.
View More Freak ocean wave across the PacificUnderwater Text Messaging
Via Crave, I see that Underwater Technologies Center has created a Underwater Digital Interface that can keep 56 divers networked with ships or land bases…
View More Underwater Text MessagingBest of DSN 2007: Fuzzy Yeti
Best DSN Post (Fuzzy Yeti): Maybe not the Pulitzer but it matters to Peter and I (and now Kevin). You decide the winner by casting…
View More Best of DSN 2007: Fuzzy YetiBest of DSN 2007
Best Photo (Ansel Adams On Ship Award): Again in the peace loving, utopia that is DSN…we are all winners. International Polar Year Scaly Foot Radiolaria…
View More Best of DSN 2007Best of the Abyss 2007
The long awaited results… Best New Discovery/Research (Heights of the Abyss Award): When it’s the deep sea its all new. 2007 was no different with…
View More Best of the Abyss 2007HyperSub
The Marian Hypersub is something else entirely or so the website says. Actually the HS is 31 years in the making and kicks of our…
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A new blog I discovered, and seem strangely drawn to, is Information Junk, the findings of a San Franciscan librarian. Via IJ, I see that…
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