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…
New nightmare fuel: the giant scaleworm Eulagisca
Giant isopods and vampire squid are sooooo last year. I bet you’re even sleeping through the night now without imagining sixgill sharks tearing at your…
View More New nightmare fuel: the giant scaleworm EulagiscaGulf oil spill suffocated marsh grasses, enhanced erosion
Another oil spill study hot off the presses! This new Silliman et al. PNAS paper is looking at the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon…
View More Gulf oil spill suffocated marsh grasses, enhanced erosionGuest Post: Nursery Rhymes for Skates
Our colleague John Hocevar is out in the Bering Sea right now studying the seafloor communities there with Greenpeace and the Waitt Institute. John has…
View More Guest Post: Nursery Rhymes for SkatesSecrets of the clam tongue: a case study in opportunistic science outreach
Last week, a clam video went viral. (Get your mind out of the gutter, internet! I mean a bivalve! A mollusc! A lamellibranch!) For people…
View More Secrets of the clam tongue: a case study in opportunistic science outreachTGIF: The Dalai Lama on Climate Change
Did you know that the Dalai Lama works closely with scientists, and calls for the withdrawal of any Buddhist beliefs that contradict scientific evidence? Neither…
View More TGIF: The Dalai Lama on Climate ChangeApparently hell is populated by squid.
As I mentioned in our Firefly post, I’ll be covering San Diego Comic Con for Deep Sea News. I’ll actually be attending the convention tomorrow,…
View More Apparently hell is populated by squid.Drilling for dinosaur death: the Joides Resolution finds extinction in deep sea mud
There are scientists floating in the middle of the North Atlantic who are holding the dinosaur extinction in their hands. Really. Here it is: This…
View More Drilling for dinosaur death: the Joides Resolution finds extinction in deep sea mudWith a snail’s help a fish transitions from dying to dead
Like manna from heaven, food from above rains on the deep. Those productive shallow waters full of light, photosynthesis, and food are an extreme contrast…
View More With a snail’s help a fish transitions from dying to deadDSN Editor’s picks
Amidst an odd week of impending deadlines, a national holiday and the celebration that ensues, and record temperatures, I am not ripe for unique contributions…
View More DSN Editor’s picksSeaOrbiter: amazing breakthrough or cool-looking boondoggle?
I swear, I don’t want to be a nay-saying science crankypants. I want to dream big and have my own submarine and frolic on the…
View More SeaOrbiter: amazing breakthrough or cool-looking boondoggle?