Yesterday the DSN crew first saw the video above. What is this large floating sheet of goo? Is it alive? Was it once alive? The…
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Tag: deep sea
James Cameron And The Dawn Of DeepTruth?
On May 20th, 2010–one month to the day after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig (under lease by British Petroleum) exploded and caught fire in the…
View More James Cameron And The Dawn Of DeepTruth?The Large But Enigmatic Supergiant
In 1899 a French zoologist named Edouard Chevreux with an inordinate fondness for crustaceans officially described two crustaceans from the deepest parts of the ocean.…
View More The Large But Enigmatic SupergiantLet It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Oh the dark deep sea is frightful, But the food not so delightful, But since we’ve got no place to go, Let It Marine…
View More Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It SnowOur badass 454 sequencing reveals awesome deep-sea insights
Make no mistake about it — I am shamelessly pimping out our lab’s new paper, written by yours truly. In fact, the title of this…
View More Our badass 454 sequencing reveals awesome deep-sea insightsThe Deep: Home of BIG TEETH
From the always epically entertaining MBARI Video.
View More The Deep: Home of BIG TEETHBecoming an Ocean Scientist
Katleen Robert is a deep sea ecologist and graduate student at University of Victoria who was interviewed for NEPTUNE Canada. Listen to her reasons for…
View More Becoming an Ocean ScientistJanet Voight: In 1860s “Educated People Could Not Envision” Life on the Seafloor
Dr. Janet Voight of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago talks about exploring deep sea ecosystems and her research on deep sea marine…
View More Janet Voight: In 1860s “Educated People Could Not Envision” Life on the SeafloorDeep Trouble for the Deep Sea
The deep sea is home to an estimated 10 million species, most of which have yet to be scientifically-documented. While this marine biodiversity rivals the…
View More Deep Trouble for the Deep SeaWhale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just Whales
We have a long history of being HUGE fans of the “bone-devouring zombie worm from hell”. Osedax species were described less than 10 years ago…
View More Whale Bone-Devouring Worm Into More Than Just Whales