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Conservation & Environment Coral Expeditions Oil Spills Organisms

Guest Post: Greenpeace in the Gulf of Mexico – an Update

John Hocevar is a marine biologist and is the Oceans Campaign Director for Greenpeace USA, where he oversees their oceans and fisheries work, including efforts…

Conservation & Environment Coral

The Policy and Politics of Deep Sea Corals

Peter Etnoyer August 11, 2009 deep-sea coral Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation Act Marine Fish Conservation Network Politics

This is a special guest post by Ken Stump of the Marine Fish Conservation Network for Deep Sea News, intended to help build awareness about…

Conservation & Environment Coral

Special Article on the Politics of Deep-Sea Coral Conservation

Peter Etnoyer August 9, 2009 deep-sea coral Ken Stump Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation Act Marine Fish Conservation Network

Deep-sea coral conservation is a phenomenon, an intersection that brings deep-sea exploration together with fisheries policy and environmental awareness. Its also the story of grass…

Coral New Species

Deep-sea crinoid discovered in real time

Peter Etnoyer July 30, 2009 Crinoid deep-sea coral Living Fossil New Species

If you didn’t get a chance to follow along with the Bioluminescence 2009 Expedition last week, you can catch up online at the NOAA Ocean…

Biology Coral Organisms Pictures and Movies

Friday Picture: Have your coral and eat it, too?

Peter Etnoyer July 17, 2009 deep-sea coral echinoderm Octocoral Predation sea fan

People accept the idea of echinoderm predation on shallow reef building corals. The voracious Crown of Thorns seastar Acanthaster planci is a familiar coral antagonist…

Conservation & Environment Expeditions New Research Vessels and Equipment

Finding Coral in Canada, World Ocean Day

Peter Etnoyer June 5, 2009 deep-sea coral Finding Coral Expedition Michael Reuscher Nuytco Research facility

Hello, I’m Michael, I’ll be the Deep Sea News “field correspondent” for the Finding Coral Expedition with Living Ocean Society. We launch on World’s Ocean…

Expeditions Scientist! Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Vessels and Equipment

Meet the new DSN field correspondent

Peter Etnoyer June 4, 2009 Canada deep-sea coral Harte Research Institute Michael Reuscher World Ocean Day

I’d like to introduce my friend and colleague Michael Reuscher, he’s a first year PhD student in the Biodiversity and Conservation Laboratory of Dr. Tom…

Conservation & Environment Coral Organisms Pictures and Movies Vessels and Equipment

World’s oldest animal captured alive, on video

Peter Etnoyer April 6, 2009 deep sea deep-sea coral gerardia gold coral Honduras Karl Stanley stanley submarines submarine

Deep Sea News has been following the story of the world’s oldest living animals, the deep-sea Leiopathes black corals and Gerardia gold corals from 300m…

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Will ocean acidification affect deep-water corals?

Dr. M March 19, 2008 climate change deep-sea coral ocean acidification

The global ocean has already taken up half of the atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by humans over the last 200 years, so the ongoing effects of climate change are dampened. That’s right, you can thank the ocean for saving the planet so far.