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…
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"Gold rush to the deep seafloor
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 seafloorMom, Can I Keep It?
From 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?Jellyfish Lake
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 LakeContemplating a Career Change
If 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 ChangeFriday Deep-Sea Picture (05/18/07) Challenger Report Illustrations
These 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 IllustrationsThe Coffee Mug Meme
David 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 MemeBig Oil Cares About The Ocean
The Mineral Management Service under the Bush Administration is running wild on the PR campaign about the benefits of deep-sea oil platforms. Thanks to Scientific…
View More Big Oil Cares About The OceanIncredible robot harvests timber underwater
Triton Logging Inc’s founder claims 45,000 untapped submerged forests exist in the world, and he’s developing a fleet of remote controlled submersible chainsaws to harvest them.
View More Incredible robot harvests timber underwaterBrain Problems Can Make People Spend $20,000 On Seashells
Is a malfunctioning brain what drives people to spend $20,000 on a seashell?
View More Brain Problems Can Make People Spend $20,000 On Seashells