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…
Fearsome spiked tentacles of a deep-sea squid
You never know what may be sitting on a table in the Scripps Collections. Last time, I wandered by the Benthic Invertebrates Collection, there was…
View More Fearsome spiked tentacles of a deep-sea squidI Am Science…and a Nerd
I am a nerd. I was a nerd. I will be a nerd. Perhaps in kindergarten I wasn’t, where nerdom had difficulty establishing itself among…
View More I Am Science…and a NerdWhale shark ecotourism: the good, the bad and the ugly
Practically nothing was known about the biology of whale sharks up until about 15 years ago. Since that time there has been a veritable explosion…
View More Whale shark ecotourism: the good, the bad and the uglyThree Ways of Looking at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
O thin men of Haddam, Why do you imagine golden birds? Do you not see how the blackbird Walks around the feet Of the women…
View More Three Ways of Looking at the Great Pacific Garbage PatchSearching for microscale turbulence at the macroscale
We’re very excited to introduce another guest post from Kim Martini here at DSN (read previous posts here). Kim is a physical oceanographer working at the University…
View More Searching for microscale turbulence at the macroscaleSharks and lasers, not just for entertainment!
In midsummer 2009, under the intense Mexican sun, a whale shark, MXA-182, arrived at Holbox. He is injured. A nasty cut nearly severs his right…
View More Sharks and lasers, not just for entertainment!Tidal Pools: Nature’s Putrid Sewers – Horrifying Planet
Oh, the Onion. How we love you. (H/t Jarrett Byrnes).
View More Tidal Pools: Nature’s Putrid Sewers – Horrifying PlanetHow wind-blown Japanese tsunami debris may move across the Pacific
My marine debris buddy Nick Mallos of Ocean Conservancy pointed me to this beautiful animated model by Nikolai Maximenko and Jan Hafner of the University…
View More How wind-blown Japanese tsunami debris may move across the PacificBeaches, Trees, and Mysterious Species : A tribute to Evan
At the end of May I received some awful news. My former lab manager reached out with an ominous phone call: a high school student…
View More Beaches, Trees, and Mysterious Species : A tribute to EvanAtlantis Watch
And now I wondering if I can make this kid’s watch fit around my wrist? Lego Atlantis Watch via kidswoot! Hat tip to C-Hall
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