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…
Will Iron Fertilization Work?
In the words of Rick at MBSL&S So let’s just say you have a couple hundred thousand metric tons of iron filings laying around the…
View More Will Iron Fertilization Work?Octopod Teeth
Many of you have probably seen this already. No doubt, you have said something like This thing has teeth where a beak should be —…
View More Octopod TeethHappy Hallomeme: Ocean-Themed Scary Movies
Rick at MBSL&S tagged me to produce “my favorite ocean-themed scary movies.” My favorite has to be Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961). Edward Wain…
View More Happy Hallomeme: Ocean-Themed Scary MoviesTGIF: Aquaman Dance Party
You can find anything on the internet…
View More TGIF: Aquaman Dance PartyFriday Deep-Sea Picture: Scaly Foot
From JAMSTEC: Scaly foot–a spiral gastropod clad in iron sulfide scales Found only in an extremely limited region of hyrdothermal areas within the Indian Ocean,…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Scaly FootSphere
Sure Sphere is a filthy piece of literary swill but it also a vital component of any submersible. As you may remember from geometry, for…
View More SpherePlastic Or Not?
Beth Terry over at Fake Plastic Fish caught an error in this post about Evert Fresh Produce Bags. I was reading the list of plastic…
View More Plastic Or Not?The Deep Ocean May Not Save Us
The deep ocean (deeper than 1km) is a CO2 sink. Deep water masses are cold and dense which minimizes vertical mixing with overlying ocean layers.…
View More The Deep Ocean May Not Save UsOne More Reason to Conserve the Ocean
Abel Pharmboy over at Terra Sigillata has a nice write up about Therapeutic Natural Products from the Sea. The ocean fauna is the potential host…
View More One More Reason to Conserve the OceanLoggerhead turtles die by thousands in small fishery
Industrial fishing operations take most of the blame for collateral impacts to sea-turtle populations, but new research shows that small-scale fisheries–operated by hand from little open boats –can kill as many critically endangered loggerhead sea turtles as industrial scale fisheries.
View More Loggerhead turtles die by thousands in small fishery