The Carpet Dragon Takes Flight
Guest post by Dr. Melissa Betters “They got it!” echoed shouts down the hallways of the Research Vessel Atlantis in Fall 2018. The whole science…
Sunday evening the intelligent and lovely Sheril Kirshenbaum posited a question that I have received many times. The question is always a good one because…
View More Temperature Not PressurePangea Ultima: Earth in 250 Million Years? Credit & Copyright: C. R. Scotese (U. Texas at Arlington), PALEOMAP In 250 million years from now, my…
View More One Less Variable I Have To Keep Track OfResearchers used stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen on old and new parts of the shells of 44 Bahaman green turtles (Chelonia mydas) to examine…
View More Lost years for sea turtles revealedMy absence from DSN is soon to come to an end as I head back to California today. Part of my hiatus is due to…
View More Sb'ling BaggingThe Johnsen Lab at Duke University has several great high resolution (warning: slow loading) photographs of specimens from the Gulf of Mexico (Brine Pool, Garden…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (9/21/07): Inverts From the Deep Gulf of MexicoA spectacular entrance: The Queen Mary 2 luxury liner made its maiden call to the Port of San Francisco on February 4, 2007. Surrounded by…
View More TGIF: QM2 Entering San Francisco BayI can’t bribe you for your vote for best life science blog without raising questions of impropriety, so instead I will attempt to coerce you with insidious logic and campaign strategery. Look at it this way…
View More Who's your favorite?CNN as an interesting article on plastic. We now consume around 100 million tons of plastic annually, compared to five million tons in the 1950s…
View More Hungry For PlasticThe son of famous Lucha Libre wrestler is tackling enemies of the environment. The aptly name El Hijo del Santo, already a success in the…
View More El Hijo del Santo vs Pirate Who Robbed Turtle Egg in the Ultimate Cage Match