Methane Seep

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A Southerner Relays Tales of Ship Wrecks and Worms

Dear Readers, In the summer of ‘06 I, a Southern gentleman in my finest white linen suit*, find myself in the lower portion of England. …

Environmental Sciences Geology New Research New Species Organisms Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Uncategorized

“Gooey” New Mud Volcano Erupts From Arabian Sea

Dr. M February 2, 2011 methane Methane Seep mud volcano Organisms

via “Gooey” New Mud Volcano Erupts From Arabian Sea There’s a new island in the azure waters off Pakistan, but you might want to hold off…

Adaptations Ecology Evolution Mating & Reproduction New Research New Species Organisms Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Tide Pool: Cool Seeps, Parasitic Nematodes, and Magnetic Sea Animals

Dr. M September 23, 2010 food lobster magnetic field Methane Seep mollusk navigation nematode Parasite sex The Tide Pool turtle

An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! Olu et al. in PLoS One examine the…

Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Methane Bubbles

Dr. M August 23, 2010 cold seep hydrates jason methane methane ice Methane Seep

Video (link) from the remote operated vehicle Jason of methane-rich bubbles streaming from the seafloor on an active seep area on Hydrate Ridge just offshore of…

Oil Spills

Scientists With Data Agree…A Deepwater Oil Plume Exists in the Gulf

Dr. M August 19, 2010 Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico Hydrocarbons Methane Seep microbial oil plume Oil Spill oxygen petroleum Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

BP want’s to deny the presence of a deepwater oil plume in the Gulf of Mexico. The very oil plume both predicted by models published in…

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Dispatches from Antarctica – Farewell Weddell Sea

Kevin Zelnio March 22, 2010 Antarctica Clam Beds cold seep David Honig glacier Icerberg LARISSA Larsen Ice Shelf Methane Seep R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer Ross Ice Shelf sea ice Vesicomyidae Weddell Sea

David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA,…

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Dispatches from Antarctica – LARISSA Begins

Kevin Zelnio January 7, 2010 Antarctica cold seep David Honig Drake Passage HMS James Cook LARISSA Larsen Ice Shelf Methane Seep R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer

David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA,…

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Deep Sea Corals and Methane Seeps

Kevin Zelnio July 25, 2009 active gas seepage Best of Zelnio Carbon Coral Ecology energy source food chains Gulf of Mexico Lophelia methane Methane Seep Nitrogen Provanna seep Stable Isotope sulfur trophic level

This is a tale of cause and effect in the deep sea woven by threads of hypotheses held together by the loom of targeted sampling…

Vessels and Equipment

1000 Signatures for Save Our Subs!

Kevin Zelnio May 31, 2009 Brine Pool Florida gas and oil exploration gas hydrate Green Canyon Gulf coast Gulf of Mexico Hydrocarbon Seep Johnson Sea Link Methane Seep oil lease block R/V Seward Johnson II seep submersible

I’m so excited that in such a short amount of time the Save Our Subs & Ships effort have already reached their goal and are…

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