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…
Secrets of the Gulf Expedition Online
Enjoy live feeds from the Secrets of the Gulf Expedition with the US Navy NR1 Nuclear Submarine and Bob Ballard’s Argos tow sled as they survey the Flower Garden Banks region for paleo-shorelines and deep octocoral habitats at 100m depth. I’ll be taking part in the benthic surveys remotely. I hope you can, too.
View More Secrets of the Gulf Expedition Online25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #16 Bioluminescence is the predominant source of light in the deep.
From Bioluminescence Web Page: Nudibranchs are not generally thought of as bioluminescent organisms, but this pelagic form Phylliroe has the ability to produce light. (The…
View More 25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #16 Bioluminescence is the predominant source of light in the deep.Bad Day For Hagfish Revisted
Some of my favorite science writers are not at National Geographic or Nature, but rather at the Monterey County Herald. They skillfully cover much of…
View More Bad Day For Hagfish RevistedHydrothermal Vents=Global Warming
Unfortunately, this weekend I came across the complete stupidity of Paul Hollrah and Phillip Brennan. In their own words… …the “inconvenient truth” is that Gore’s…
View More Hydrothermal Vents=Global WarmingPose A Question
About a year ago the Seed Mothership, sponsored an event that allowed readers to pose questions to their favorite blogger. Peter and I, before we…
View More Pose A QuestionWeekend Foolishness
During “Friday Night Discussion”, aka pizza and pitchers, a question was posed. Which is prettier, Britney Spears or the Kraken? OR
View More Weekend FoolishnessFriday Deep-Sea Picture (02/23/07)
Hermit crab from a cold seep site sampled during seeps voyage on RV Tangaroa. Note the seep-associated bacterial filaments on its claws (furry-looking covering). Image…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (02/23/07)Deep-Sea Sharks in Red
Scientists added several species of deep sea sharks on Thursday to the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN) endangered Red List due to overfishing.
View More Deep-Sea Sharks in RedGenome For An Endosymbiont Woes
On the 15th, I reported about the recently sequenced genome of R. magnifica. One of the coauthors is not pleased with the papers outcome. Actually,…
View More Genome For An Endosymbiont WoesBiggest Squid Ever! Part 2
Here are the pictures I promised yesterday of the new catch… From Dominion Post…MONSTROUS CATCH: A colossal squid, weighing about 450kg, was caught by a…
View More Biggest Squid Ever! Part 2