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…
Friday Deep-Sea Picture (02/16/07)
DSN Valentine Kate Winslet reminds me of mermaids. Were they ever so beautiful…? She is shown here hunting giant squid. Photo by Annie Leibovitz, in…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (02/16/07)Genome For An Endosymbiont
Fig. 1. A circular representation of the R. magnifica genome. The innermost circle highlights genes of special interest: cbb (Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle, red), sox (sulfur oxidation,…
View More Genome For An EndosymbiontVoracious Deep-Sea Squid
The film captured the squid, Taningia danae, in action: 1 The squid swims towards the bait; 2 It spreads its arms wide; 3 It swims…
View More Voracious Deep-Sea SquidBooks of the Ocean, One Accurate and One Not
Proper preparation for deep-sea research requires a great deal of equipment, which can cost hundreds of thousands of money. Happily, due to government ignorance and…
View More Books of the Ocean, One Accurate and One Not25 Million Dollar Earth Challenge
Former Vice President Al Gore joined airline tycoon Richard Branson today to announce a $25 million prize to the first person to come up with a way of scrubbing greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere in the battle to
beat global warming. Today, he joined Richard Branson, the British magnate, adventurer, and now eco-entrepreneur, in announcing the Virgin Earth Challenge, a $25 million bounty Mr. Branson is offering for any scientist or team who can figure out a way to pull the most significant heat-trapping gas, carbon dioxide, directly out of the air.
Sea Monsters Explained
So we all know that seamonsters are whale wedding tackle. Joe Nickell over at the Skeptical Inquirer discusses the “Mysterious Enitites of the Pacific Northwest”. …
View More Sea Monsters ExplainedWalking Fish
From 120m in the North Sea. A frogfish maybe from the genus Antennarius
View More Walking FishWWF does it again
The “panda-people” at World Wildlife Fund are promoting a recent success protecting deep-water habitats in the “coral-rich waters off north-west Scotland”. It makes me laugh…
View More WWF does it againOn Giving Up Guinness To Afford My Own Submarine
So if I can manage to save my next three years of salary, and not spend any money on Guinness rent, I will be really…
View More On Giving Up Guinness To Afford My Own SubmarineThere Is Plenty Oil!
Szabo is right, oil will sustains us for years to come, almost 20 or even 30. That means I can drive my Hummer around until I well into my 50’s. Those are going to be some very sweet times indeed. I can take my three-armed children down to the beach, its surely going to be a warm day, and play in the acidic ocean. And as I am driving home in my wonderfully large SUV, we can enjoy the beautiful sunset because of increased particulates in the air. What a glorious time!
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