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…
Just Science #1: What Is The World's Largest Invertebrate?
Kim didn’t miss much. She went into Final Jeopardy with $15,000 and won the match by a scant $1 by correctly identifying the world’s largest invertebrate (answer: “What is a giant squid?”).
But was she right?
Who Doesn’t Like Being Told What They Are Doing Is Wrong?
Over at BlogCritics Magazine someone has critiqued DSN. ggwfung has not been so nice to my Sb’lings and they have in turn not been so…
View More Who Doesn’t Like Being Told What They Are Doing Is Wrong?Who Doesn't Like Being Told What They Are Doing Is Wrong?
Over at BlogCritics Magazine someone has critiqued DSN. ggwfung has not been so nice to my Sb’lings and they have in turn not been so…
View More Who Doesn't Like Being Told What They Are Doing Is Wrong?Friday Deep-Sea Picture (2/2/07)
Alepisaurus ferox which washed up alive on the beach in front of MBARI in the spring of 2002. Tonatiuh Trejo, a graduate student at Moss…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (2/2/07)Tuna Relief
SEED Magazine is running a welcome news story on a Japanese/EU agreement to ease their collective appetite for tuna. This is a very important development.…
View More Tuna ReliefThe Walton’s Say No to Monkfish
Sit down first…Wal-Mart may actually be doing something good…Is this a trap?
View More The Walton’s Say No to MonkfishThe Walton's Say No to Monkfish
Sit down first…Wal-Mart may actually be doing something good…Is this a trap?
View More The Walton's Say No to MonkfishYou’re Doing it Wrong
Researchers report that an approach used for years to understand the structure of Earth’s oceanic crust is flawed and geoscientists will have reconsider the correspondence…
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Researchers report that an approach used for years to understand the structure of Earth’s oceanic crust is flawed and geoscientists will have reconsider the correspondence…
View More You're Doing it WrongNew Funding for Ocean Research
The Bush Administration announced major budget increases totaling more than $140 million over the fiscal year 2007 request “to support coastal and marine conservation efforts…
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