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 Lethal Deep Sea Leads To Mass Extinctions For All!
The ends of Permian and Triassic periods were a very bad time for marine invertebrates. Suffering, starvations, watching loved ones die…very hard times indeed. A…
View More A Lethal Deep Sea Leads To Mass Extinctions For All!Cuts In 2008 Shark Take Quotas Not Enough
OCEANA Europe is not pleased with European Commission’s proposals for 2008 shark quotas for Total Allowable Catches (TACs). Two of the species included in the…
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Look familiar? Some of you may remember that Wes Anderson parodied this in the Life Aquatic.
View More TGIF: Jacques CousteauTGIF: Holidays
No overdue paper on deep water formation in the western North Atlantic for last semester’s PhysO class is gonna stop us from having a little…
View More TGIF: HolidaysFriday Deep-Sea Picture: Monterey Bay At Sunset
A mosaic of Monterey Bay from photos I took two weekends ago on the steam back to Moss Landing. Click on the image for the…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Monterey Bay At SunsetIs A Octopus Cookie Cutter Worth $35
Yes, it is! A cephalopod cookie cutter and helping to protect the oceans for just $35…that’s a slice of fried gold.
View More Is A Octopus Cookie Cutter Worth $35What are my research interests?
This is what people pay me to do.
View More What are my research interests?Deep-Sea Fish Avoid The Dead
Coryphaenoides armatus arrive to feed on bait (mackerel) set by ROBIO. Photo from here A recent study by Barry and Drazen (open access)notes that some…
View More Deep-Sea Fish Avoid The DeadWe Are Going to Need Some More Money
Perhaps as no shock, oceanography is going to need some more money, about $2-3 billion to be exact. A group of international scientist called the…
View More We Are Going to Need Some More MoneyLandslide!
I took my love, I took it down Climbed a mountain and I turned around I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills till…
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