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…
Happy Birthday Aquaman!
According to the 1976 DC Comics Calendar, today is Aquaman’s birthday! I can think of no better way to celebrate than by purchasing this Batman…
View More Happy Birthday Aquaman!The Oceanic Travels of Freshwater Snails
Many animals do not spend their lives entirely in saltwater or freshwater choosing rather to fully explore the world around them. These species are referred…
View More The Oceanic Travels of Freshwater SnailsThe kinds of waves I hate…goodbyes.
Miriam was one of the first 10 people I followed on Twitter. I had just learned about the magic of twitter and online science communication…
View More The kinds of waves I hate…goodbyes.She inspires me and takes my shoe advice
I’ve kept my words short here because I feel like words will always be inadequate. I met Miriam a full 6 months after we had…
View More She inspires me and takes my shoe adviceAttack of the Sea Foam, It’s Not Whale Sperm
Neatorama brought my attention to the above video. Flooding along the the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia left behind barrels for frothy fun. But wait…
View More Attack of the Sea Foam, It’s Not Whale SpermLike nurdles through the bongo net, so are the days of her blogging…
As Miriam’s matzoh ball drifts gently away from our shore and towards another, I’m struggling with several different emotions, most of which cannot so neatly…
View More Like nurdles through the bongo net, so are the days of her blogging…She Makes Me Want To Be A Better Writer
Once upon a time, let’s call it 2006, I launched my very first ocean science blog post over at Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice, and Sunsets. …
View More She Makes Me Want To Be A Better WriterWishing Miriam fair winds and a following sea
In early 2010, DSN comprised of just Kevin and I. We discussed plans of expanding and made up a wish list of bloggers to assimilate…
View More Wishing Miriam fair winds and a following seaTo take arms against a sea of troubles: my life in blogging, and farewell
I started blogging in 2007, at my mother’s deathbed. This isn’t the story I usually tell. I usually say that I always liked to write,…
View More To take arms against a sea of troubles: my life in blogging, and farewellOcean staircases and salt fingers, the curious case of double diffusion
These are salt fingers. The eerie fingerlike structures are caused by sinking blobs of warm, salty water interleaving with rising blobs of cold, fresh water.…
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