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…
This beautiful, actively venting carbonate structure resembling a snow-covered Christmas tree is about 3 ft high. “The beehive” is perched precariously on the near-vertical side…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (03/16/07)Yesterday, I looked out my window* and saw the next part of the MARS project falling into place (previous post 1, previous post 2, BBC…
View More Laying CableToday is my birthday! And although I won’t get the birthday spectacular that PZ did, I share my birthday with some magnificent company, Strauss, Ehrlich,…
View More This is My Present?It took some mighty fine nets, but scientists who spent two years trawling the world’s oceans for bacteria and viruses have completed the most thorough…
View More Hot Microbial ActionNational Geographic explorer-in-residence Dr. Robert Ballard led a team of scientists to explore the “twilight zone” near 100m depth around the Flower Garden Banks region in the Gulf of Mexico last week. If you followed along at either of the two hosting websites you could see mud volcanoes, brine seeps, ancient shorelines, deep coral heads, schools of jacks, and lots of gorgonians.
View More Webcasting Exploration[OceansWide is a new nonprofit based in Maine dedicated to giving the opportunity of deep-sea exploration to youth. The program brings together students, the community,…
View More OceansWide“I was in here the whole time!” Says Giant Squid. Most Giant Squid remains have been found in the stomachs of Sperm Whales. This has…
View More I’m over here“I was in here the whole time!” Says Giant Squid. Most Giant Squid remains have been found in the stomachs of Sperm Whales. This has…
View More I'm over hereWhy bother collecting samples at depth, bring them to the surface, preserve them, bring them into the lab, and then sequence them when you can…
View More In Situ DNA Assay at 1000mPaula Moore is quite unhappy about the colossal squid capture. None of this is necessary. Leaving fish (and other animals) off our plates is the…
View More PETA is Not Happy