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 Environmental (Dis)Connection
1.01 billion users. Damn…that Zuckerberg guy really hit gold with the whole “Facebook” thing didn’t he? What is it about Facebook though? What makes…
View More The Environmental (Dis)ConnectionHell yeah! “I’m a climate scientist” An epic rap.
What happens when non-scientists continually distort the facts on climate change? Climate scientists fight back with this amazing angry rap video! Featuring real climate scientists…
View More Hell yeah! “I’m a climate scientist” An epic rap.The Enemy Within – Dr. Skylar Bayer on the Colbert Report
This hilarious clip has been making the rounds on Facebook and Twitter these past few days – I was dying with laughter when I watched.…
View More The Enemy Within – Dr. Skylar Bayer on the Colbert ReportButt munchers
Some animals vent their anuses. And, no, I’m not referring to the act of waving a hand around ones posterior to diffuse the gaseous remnants…
View More Butt munchersHow salty is your ocean? How loose is your plume?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AQUARIUS! You’ve been measuring sea surface salinity from space for over a year now. It must feel good to be a grown up…
View More How salty is your ocean? How loose is your plume?What horrors await when you step outside the Bathysphere…a short film
As you might know, the other deeplings adore the beasties of the abyss. Unlike them, they just outright creep me out. While the horror short…
View More What horrors await when you step outside the Bathysphere…a short filmThe truth behind that job advertisement for a professorship
Loving this post on this early Monday morning. H/T to Michelle Candidate Evaluation: The candidate must have a PhD from an institution where ivy grows up the…
View More The truth behind that job advertisement for a professorshipSave the whales? There’s an app for that!
We here at DSN are big fan of Michelle Weirathmueller. She’s a Ph.D. at University of Washington, Department of Oceanography. You can catch her on Twitter at @michellejw At…
View More Save the whales? There’s an app for that!Supermantis
Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to crush prey with one swipe of his hand! Down in the Sea! Look!…
View More SupermantisSea Shepherd, Without A Doubt, Pirates
And no not in the romanticized, like to drink, and wears eyepatches kind of way. In the our activities put people’s live and ships endanger…
View More Sea Shepherd, Without A Doubt, Pirates