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…
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The Oceans Are Going to Hell But Hey We Won An Award!
Apparently, Peter and I have finally done something right. Who I am kidding, Peter is perfect. I on the other hand am working Toward the…
View More The Oceans Are Going to Hell But Hey We Won An Award!Best of the Abyss and DSN: The Judges
2007 at DSN…Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. For 2008…Work It Harder, Make It Better, Do It Faster, which will Make Us Stronger. As usual as the…
View More Best of the Abyss and DSN: The JudgesClose of 2007
2007…what to say? A year that saw a lot of changes. First DSN moved to the big time here at Sb. Our traffic and regular…
View More Close of 2007When I Die…Where Will You Put Me?
The Neptune Memorial Reef project is the largest man made reef ever conceived and provides an extraordinary living resting place for the departed, an environmental…
View More When I Die…Where Will You Put Me?Friday Deep-Sea Picture (12/28/07)
One of my back up plans for early retirement is to start a consulting business for Hollywood special effects (SFX) studios. My crack team of…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (12/28/07)Diversity linked to ecosystem function
A recent study linking deep-sea biodiversity to ecosystem processes recognized that 1) the deep-sea supports the largest biomass of living things on the planet and…
View More Diversity linked to ecosystem functionMore Cosmeceutical Nonsense
Apparently that slime trail left behind by snails and slugs is good for the skin. The studies have verified that the dribble of snail allows…
View More More Cosmeceutical NonsenseDeep Sea Christmas Spectacular
This video shows why it can feel like Christmas when you’re cruising the seafloor in a submarine and you stumble upon a deep-sea coral community. The “marine snow” is falling, the bamboo corals light up like Christmas trees, the anemones, well, they kind of remind me of poinsettias.
View More Deep Sea Christmas SpectacularArchiteuthis is Only Separated By 3 Degrees from Kevin Bacon
So all day long after the previous post I wondered, how separated is Architeuthis and Kevin Bacon? As you might remember although the Giant Squid…
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