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…
From the dark abyss to the darkness of Space. On Jan. 26th* Deep-Sea Scientist Tim Shank in the Alvin and Astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams at…
View More International Space Station…This Is AlvinA new series for you Friday Deep-Sea Picture. Feel free to email us great pictures you find about the web or from you personal collection.…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (1/19/07)In Search of Giant Squid at the Deleware Museum of Natural History. If you are in the neighborhood check it out and pop me an…
View More Giant Squid Invade Deleware ShoresOcean fm (Ireland) reports that… Fishermen’s lives are being put at risk because of the strict rules that apply to when they can fish in…
View More Conservation Kills: The Power of ChoiceOur Best of the Abyss awards were conceived to recognize important deep-sea happenings around the world, and intended to pay our humble respects to all…
View More Best of Deep Sea News 2006And if no one is around will it still make a sound? Crone and cronies et al. on the open access PLoS One explore the…
View More What is the Sound of One Hydrothermal Vent Venting?As followup to this post, I will discuss what biogeography is. Largely, biogeography can be seen as subdisipline of the fields of ecology and evolution.…
View More What Is Biogeography?Just when you thought you escaped the onslaught of annual reviews in the media, along comes a slacker post from the Deep Sea News. Craig…
View More Best of the Abyss 2006The last forum at the International Biogeography Society meeting discussed how biogeographer’s might increase public outreach. Unfortunately little attention was given to what I feel…
View More BiogeographyPeter’s post on the Alvin pilots generated an email from Janet Voight, deep-sea cephalopod expert extraordinaire, pointing me to this great video. Enjoy.
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