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…
Enigmatic Megamouth Shark has Long-Lost Fossil Relatives
On 15 November 1976, a US Navy boat tracking Soviet subs in the Pacific was retrieving its sonar gear from deep water around Oahu…
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While I might not be a surfer, I sure do love waves. And I am loving this footage of the incredible waves at Banzai pipeline…
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Guest post: Playing Detective in the Great Blue Sea
You may have heard me say it once, and I’ll say it again: the oceans are a toilet bowl for our waste. Throughout history, our solution to pollution has oftentimes been “dilution”. As a consequence, chemical pollution is now ubiquitous in our oceans as a result of industrialization, waste-management strategies (and/or lack thereof), natural disasters, etc….
As such, it becomes my job to try and solve this mystery and basically play detective on the open sea. What puzzle am I trying to unravel? Well, I’ll warn you, it’s a trashy one…
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TGIF: Seaweed Shop
A couple months back, I introduced the beginnings of an epic collaboration known as Bio Logik. Bio Logik is the deeper understanding of Biology and…
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Scientist discovers bizarre new deep sea ecosystem, created by disaster
It makes me smile to think that, even after being lost at sea, a sunken ship can still be a symbol of hope. According to…
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How we wrecked the ocean
“…in the final analysis, the thing we really need to fix is ourselves. It’s not about the fish; it’s not about the pollution; it’s not about the climate…
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Win A Giant Plush Giant Isopod!
What your life needs right now is a larger-than-life plush Giant Isopod. A common visitor to food falls, Giant Isopods are scavengers of the deep. …
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The most beautiful animal you've never seen
When I first saw a sea sapphire I thought I was hallucinating. The day had been anything but normal, but this part will always stand…
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Wood falls are an oasis in a food desert
To grow larger, maintain themselves, and produce offspring, organisms require a ready source of building blocks such as carbon. In short, life requires energy. Keep…
View More Wood falls are an oasis in a food desertMooring Family Photos
As you all might know, my goal in life is to throw expensive s**t in the ocean. And I am very excited that in two…
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