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…
25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #14 The Deep Sea Is Not Stable
The first new 25 Things at Sb! So grab a cup-o-joe and read on! The extremes of the physical deep-sea environment (temperature, pressure, and lack…
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Dolphins & silly little monkeys…they’re smatter than you think. Actually…dolphins are dangerous and monkeys throw poo. Luckily, the latest addittion to Sb, Developing Intelligence, has…
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Dolphins & silly little monkeys…they’re smatter than you think. Actually…dolphins are dangerous and monkeys throw poo. Luckily, the latest addittion to Sb, Developing Intelligence, has…
View More New Sb'lingThe Goddess Visits the South Pole
The BBC higlights a January expedition of Southampton Oceanographic Centre’s (SOC) ROV Isis to the Antarctic. The project is to explore the sediment and organisms…
View More The Goddess Visits the South PoleI am quite tired having worked all day at the produce of my net
Peter McGrath, one of the project’s founders, brought my attention to the Beagle Project. The goal is to build a replica of the Beagle and…
View More I am quite tired having worked all day at the produce of my netCraig Is Moving to Dubai!
I love being out to sea, 2 months on a research vessel is heaven. I eagerly read about projects like Freedom Ship and Trilobis and…
View More Craig Is Moving to Dubai!This Christmas, make it “Moby Duck”
My favorite thing about Christmas is the stories. To me, the holiday comes wrapped in pictures, histories, tales, and yarns just like the gifts setting…
View More This Christmas, make it “Moby Duck”This Christmas, make it "Moby Duck"
My favorite thing about Christmas is the stories. To me, the holiday comes wrapped in pictures, histories, tales, and yarns just like the gifts setting…
View More This Christmas, make it "Moby Duck"ARCHIVE: 25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #13 Extreme Temperatures Affect Biological Rates
You may remember from high school or college chemistry that temperature affects the rate of chemical reactions. A reaction between two molecules can only occur…
View More ARCHIVE: 25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea: #13 Extreme Temperatures Affect Biological RatesYou don’t like coconuts
At one of this holiday’s events, someone asked when I knew I wanted to be a marine biologist. It was college when I realized I…
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