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…
The Wood Fall Pun/Joke Challenge
DSN Readers I need your help! I am crowdfunding some of my deep-sea research. I need you to share the video and link with your friends.…
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The Plight of the Irrawaddy
“I think it’s important to establish, first of all, that Irrawaddy dolphins are jerks to study.” Not exactly the preface I was expecting. “One of…
View More The Plight of the IrrawaddyAll Hail The Master of Wood Falls
Yesterday I made this above announcement on Facebook and Twitter. And so it happened and now this Roy Plotnick stepped up to the plate. Roy is…
View More All Hail The Master of Wood FallsI am a deep-sea biologist and visit the ocean's depths in a submersible. A Reddit AMA!
UPDATE: The Reddit AMA is now live. I will be on Reddit Friday night at 7:00 PM EST (I will update this post with a link…
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Wood Falls, Chemicals, & Dubstep
I’ve gotten a little crazy about wood falls lately. My newest research project with Jim Barry at MBARI is definitely coolest research I have ever…
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Scientists use electricity, drugs, to uncover the secret world of jellyfish
Researchers have announced that, thanks to a whole slew of amazing science gadgets, they can now control the jellyfish life cycle, causing mini-jellyfish blooms in the lab…
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Whale shark slaughterhouse exposed in China
Conservation NGO WildLifeRisk has put out a press release describing a slaughterhouse for sharks in China’s Zhejiang province. Shark processing is nothing new, and can…
View More Whale shark slaughterhouse exposed in ChinaFirst results from crowdfunded study shows radioactive seawater from Fukushima has NOT reached the US coast
Just two weeks ago, Ken Buesseler at WHOI launched a brilliant crowdfunded campaign “Our Radioactive Ocean” to measure radiation off the West Coast of the US.…
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Coral reefs, let's unzip your genes.
How will coral reefs respond to climate change? Well, let’s start with an analogy. Suppose you pick an arbitrary time of day, choose a random…
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Creation of the world’s first Peanut Butter and Jellyfish
Ladies and gentlemen, I could not make this up if I tried. I owe my thanks to Wyatt Patry for sharing this study with me,…
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