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…
Wanna throw a phytoplankton party? Then call in turbulence to help round up your buddies!
Typically turbulence mixes seawater and the things in it. Turbulence takes isolated patches of increased salt, heat, sediment, even plankton, and spreads them out so…
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Fishes of Instagram #throwbackthurday
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View More Fishes of Instagram #throwbackthurdayHow much urine can a Kaiju produce? And other fun information
The response to the Kaiju post has been amazing and of course everyone has suggested alterations to the calculations. For background, biologists know that much…
View More How much urine can a Kaiju produce? And other fun informationBack in Black
If you now have AC/DC stuck in your head all day. You’re welcome. However, there really is no better theme song for Chrysaora achlyos, the Black Sea Nettle.…
View More Back in BlackHow may people does a Kaiju need to eat every day?
Warning this may contain spoilers The short answer is not as many as you think. I spent Saturday watching Pacific Rim. The movie has everything…
View More How may people does a Kaiju need to eat every day?You’re Right, Runway Models Don’t Predict Ocean Temperature Very Well.
Recently, I wrote about research findings of warming of the deep sea drastically within the last decade. Specifically, I mentioned how the research team used models…
View More You’re Right, Runway Models Don’t Predict Ocean Temperature Very Well.Deep-Sea News Now in Korean Syndication
Today I feel like the creator of Law and Order. At any given minute you could find a this wonderful law series playing on a…
View More Deep-Sea News Now in Korean SyndicationThat’s no moon, that’s a bulk cutter
First watch the video above. Last week, I posted on Nautilus’s, that company that is going to delicately mine hydrothermal vents, bright new shiny 310 ton toy to…
View More That’s no moon, that’s a bulk cutterMissing Energy Found In Warming Deep Oceans
In the last half-century, as the Earth continued to warm, the oceans absorbed 90% of the heat. That remaining 10% melted sea and land ice…
View More Missing Energy Found In Warming Deep OceansSharks. Tornado. Sharknado. ‘Nuff said.
From the brilliant minds that brought you Sharktopus, the Syfy channel is premiering another gripping new thriller on Thursday, July 11th: Best part is that…
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