A nice, new video produced by MBARI about Dr. Ken Smith’s research: “The vast muddy expanses of the abyssal plains occupy about 60 percent of…
View More Climate Change and Food Availability in the DeepTag: deep sea
What the @$#! is wrong with carbon budgets?
[Note the following post makes gratuitous use of keyboard symbols to denote adult language] In the coolest titled paper ever “Assessing the apparent imbalance between geochemical and biochemical…
View More What the @$#! is wrong with carbon budgets?The Deep Sea Is Chimaera Country
Beautiful, high-quality footage of Chimaeras captured by Neptune Canada. Story here.
View More The Deep Sea Is Chimaera CountryWon’t They Think of the Poor Bone-Eating Worms?
There is a disturbing trend in this BBC news article about the relationship between whaling and carbon. The report comes from a talk at The…
View More Won’t They Think of the Poor Bone-Eating Worms?Family Gatherings and Free Swimming Sperm Packets
My wife is from a very large family. Inevitably at in-law gatherings, I find myself whispering into my wife’s ear, “How are you related to…
View More Family Gatherings and Free Swimming Sperm PacketsSix Gill to Shrimp: We’re Having Pig Tonight!
Deep-Sea Biodiversity: Pattern and Scale
During my Ph.D., my advisors began drafting a book. I patiently awaited the tome on the deep sea biodiversity. My wait is no longer. Rex…
View More Deep-Sea Biodiversity: Pattern and ScaleReconsidering the Origins of Marine Life and All Life
What is the origin story of deep-sea organisms? For decades, we thought shallow coastal waters were the cradle of marine life repeatedly pumping species into…
View More Reconsidering the Origins of Marine Life and All Life“Amusing” Patent for Deep-Sea Voyage
The world of patenting is quite different from the world of science. Weaving through the legalese and dry writing is horrendous at time. I am…
View More “Amusing” Patent for Deep-Sea VoyageRadio In Vivo with Dr. M
Craig was recently interviewed for Radio In Vivo, a Science in the Triangle radio program. It was s nice discussion of his research in deep…
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