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…
For some reason the work of Deanna Molinaro just speaks to me. I wonder what it could be?
View More Octopus Boozing On the SeafloorAnd a virgin shall be with pup, and shall bring forth a hammerhead, and they shall call his name Elasmobranch which being interpreted is, to…
View More A Virgin Shall Be With PupThe New York Times posts a stunning selection of images in their review of Claire Nouvian’s “The Deep”. Craig ran a book blurb on the…
View More Times reviews “The Deep”The New York Times posts a stunning selection of images in their review of Claire Nouvian’s “The Deep”. Craig ran a book blurb on the…
View More Times reviews "The Deep"Hydrothermal vents have given us many things, including new autotrophic paradigms, new species, a new appreciation for seafloor spreading centers, and a best-ever IMAX movie . But the fact that seafloor massive sulfides can precipitate a king’s ransom in gold, silver, copper, and zinc was an unexpected boost to the cauldron-like charisma of hydrothermal vent systems. Big-time scientific weeklies Science and Nature finally caught up to DSN’s meticulous coverage of vent mining just this week, reporting on the new gold rush to the deep seafloor.
View More Gold rush to the deep seafloorFrom Yahoo News… An Indonesian fisherman hooked a rare coelacanth…and briefly kept the “living fossil” alive in a quarantined pool. Justinus Lahama caught the four-foot,…
View More Mom, Can I Keep It?Via Neatorama.. Jellyfish Lake is an isolated saltwater lake in the Pacific island of Palau. In the geologic past it was tied to the ocean…
View More Jellyfish LakeIf marine biologist are the rock stars of science then marine archaeologists may be the millionaires. Deep-sea explorers said Friday they have mined what could…
View More Contemplating a Career ChangeThese beautiful illustrations are from the Challenger Reports available online. The first is of the very large, deep water, pycnogonid sea spider, Colossendeis gigas. The…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (05/18/07) Challenger Report IllustrationsDavid over at the World’s Fair poses 1. Can you show us your coffee cup? 2. Can you comment on it? Do you think it…
View More The Coffee Mug Meme