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…
The Census of Marine Life on Seamounts (CenSeam) project released Newsletter No 8 earlier this month. Visit their website to download this and other editions.…
View More Newsletter 8 from CenSeamIncreased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to more dissolved CO2 in the world’s oceans. In turn this will increase the hydrogen ion…
View More Experiments in ocean acidificationBetween the online game with the ROV and this movie from YouTube, you’ll be sure to get no work done today. This “Fish Guys” movie…
View More TGIF: “Fish Guys”Between the online game with the ROV and this movie from YouTube, you’ll be sure to get no work done today. This “Fish Guys” movie…
View More TGIF: "Fish Guys"BBC has a great game for the kids or those young of heart. Yeah I pretty much have lost a few hours of my life…
View More Deep Sea Online GameI don’t buy it but… In an issue of Superman released early in 1943, the superhero protects American navy ships from deep-sea creatures under the…
View More Deep-Sea Creatures Are NazisFrom NG: Despite its delicate, decorated appearance, this jewel squid was found 1,650 lung-crushing feet (500 meters) beneath the surface of the North Atlantic. Scientists…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (8/24/07)Don’t blame me for not pointing it out sooner, but I have only seen Titanic once and as I recall it was an excruciating experience.…
View More Surely Nobody Saw Titantic.A giant squid arrives on Italy’s shore intact…reporters at scene report Cioppino needed more garlic. First step purchase 500 gallons of formalin…next step order special-made…
View More Big Week for the Giant Squid…The krill-oil product from Krill Bill claims a 15:1 ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids, compared to 3:1 ratio for fish oil fatty acids. That’s an impressive benefit. Who knows? Maybe it’s a good way to get your omega-3 fatty acids, eating from the bottom of the food chain, without subjecting yourself to the heavy metals you find in fish these days.
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