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…
Steve O’Shea Is My Friend Not Yours!
In the Order of the Science Scouts of Exemplary Repute and Above Average Physique, I justed moved above PZ. It was bound to happen sooner…
View More Steve O’Shea Is My Friend Not Yours!Steve O'Shea Is My Friend Not Yours!
In the Order of the Science Scouts of Exemplary Repute and Above Average Physique, I justed moved above PZ. It was bound to happen sooner…
View More Steve O'Shea Is My Friend Not Yours!Well I Thought I Was A Rockstar
I am gone for little over a week and come back to find out I have one of the Worst Jobs in Science. Popular Science…
View More Well I Thought I Was A RockstarAlvin Disassembly Time Lapse
Time-lapse movie of the disassembly of Alvin during the 2005 overhaul.
View More Alvin Disassembly Time LapseNew England’s deep canyons win protection
The New England Fishery Management Council had laid the foundation to protect unique marine habitat by designating a series of canyons and seamounts from Maine to the Chesapeake Bay as Habitats of Particular Concern (HAPC).
View More New England’s deep canyons win protectionNew England's deep canyons win protection
The New England Fishery Management Council had laid the foundation to protect unique marine habitat by designating a series of canyons and seamounts from Maine to the Chesapeake Bay as Habitats of Particular Concern (HAPC).
View More New England's deep canyons win protectionSeamounts 2007, Day 4-7
Weather, O’ Weather…you are my fair and fickle lover. On day 4, we sailed on from Davidson to Patton Escarpment, but a 25+ knot wind…
View More Seamounts 2007, Day 4-7Deep Coral Gardens
The Alvin submersible dives on the New England Seamount chain found plentiful coral colonys of whip coral, parasol coral, and beautiful spiraling Iridogorgia. These coral…
View More Deep Coral GardensEel Garden
The Crevices at 708 meters (2,323 feet) of a hydrothermal vent site are occupied by thriving aggregations of cutthroat (synaphobranchid) eels. These eels, which have…
View More Eel GardenPick Me to Go To Mars!
This map depicts a hypothetical Mars with oceans. The view could represent a stage of terraforming (not an early Mars, since the ocean areas do…
View More Pick Me to Go To Mars!