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…
Time-lapse camera recovered from seafloor
A team of marine biologists, geologists, and oceanographers studying chemosynthetic communities around hydrocarbon seeps aboard the Deep Slope Expedition 2007 research vessel RV Ron Brown…
View More Time-lapse camera recovered from seafloorOcto-Squid!
It’s a bird! It’s a plane. It’s Oct-Squid!
View More Octo-Squid!Mining the Ocean Floor is Good!
The Mining Journal reports on statements by Nautilus representatives at the Numis Mining Conference with respect to criticism levied in Science. Norgate argued that the…
View More Mining the Ocean Floor is Good!Sea Monsters Lurk in Your Gut
When we picture monsters from the deep, most envision colossal sea beasts ready to drag the unsuspecting sailor to abyss. In actuality the sea beasts…
View More Sea Monsters Lurk in Your GutVolvo and the Black Swan
More on the continuing saga that surrounds the Black Swan reported at the New Straits Times. This is going to get pretty confusing so I…
View More Volvo and the Black SwanSea Creatures May Get Sunburns
The French have discovered that UV radiation penetrates up to 100m deep in the waters of the southeast Pacific Ocean. They propose this might explain…
View More Sea Creatures May Get SunburnsFriday Deep-Sea Picture (6/29/07): Pacific From Space
The Setting of the Sun Over the Pacific Ocean and a Towering Thundercloud, July 21, 2003 As Seen From the International Space Station (Expedition 7)
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (6/29/07): Pacific From SpaceBook Review: Koslow’s The Silent Deep
In the whirlwind that is my life this summer, I have not been able read or review The Silent Deep. For a general primer on…
View More Book Review: Koslow’s The Silent DeepBook Review: Koslow's The Silent Deep
In the whirlwind that is my life this summer, I have not been able read or review The Silent Deep. For a general primer on…
View More Book Review: Koslow's The Silent Deep30 years of Hydrothermal Vents
Scientists from around the world will attend a meeting in the Galapagos Islands at the end of June to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the…
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