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August 12, 2008
BBC reports:"The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species reveals that some large species, like humpbacks, have seen numbers increase.
However, it warns that smaller species, including river dolphins, have declined as a result of human actions.
The IUCN added that it was unable to assess more than half…
August 9, 2008
We've talked about deep-diving seals here before. Now it appears oceanography is being outsourced to Antarctica. Grad students beware, seals are the latest species to steal deep-sea jobs away from hard-working americans! The Sunday Times UK reports:"SCIENTISTS are uncovering the deepest secrets of…
August 4, 2008
Lots of cool stuff from New Scientist in the last week! Don't have much time to offer an analysis of them as I am down in North Carolina house-hunting. But I encourage you to "tawk amongst ya selves". Here are some wet offerings:
Giant Vacuum Cleaner Leaves Reefs Thriving"To create the Super Sucker…
August 4, 2008
Angela was out documenting World Ocean Day in London last week and spotted a bit of the Deep in her neighborhood! Go check out her photos of other people celebrating the ocean in their own homes (and bathtubs!).
How do you celebrate the oceans? Do you also celebrate the deep oceans? Send me your…
August 2, 2008
For those who care what blathering I have to espouse, my friend Peter Buckland of the blog Forms Most Beautiful, interviewed me regarding my work in the Deep Sea, my views on atheism and religion, evolution, science communication and tattoos. Peter is a nice guy who is doing a PhD in education at…
August 1, 2008
ScienceBlogs has a new blogger in town! I'm excited about Built on Facts. Matt is a graduate student in physics at Texas A&M who blogs on all things physics-ey. He writes very well and is easy to follow. Go there, say hi, put his feed in your blog aggregator or bookmark him, and see a BFR! (Big…
August 1, 2008
OK, for the penguins out there reading Deep Sea News, don't get any ideas!
My favorite kid's channel Noggin has a moose that sings songs in between TV shows, instead of commercials. I'm glad we gave up our TV service, everything is on YouTube these days!
July 31, 2008
(image credit: Birgitte Wilms, National Geographic)
(image credit: David Doubilet, National Geographic)
National Geographic says it best,"Perpetually pouting with vermilion lips and probing with a hornlike proboscis, the shortnose batfish (Ogcocephalus nasutus) is not known for its grace. Most…
July 30, 2008
BBC News reports:"Less than a month after it was put in orbit, the ocean-mapper Jason-2 has returned its first pictures to Earth.
From an altitude of more than 1,300km, the spacecraft is now feeding back data covering nearly the entire globe.
Jason-2 is set to become the primary means of measuring…
July 29, 2008
Thanks to Michael Barton, FCD we would have almost forgotten to honor the anniversary of William Beebe's birth. He lived from July 29, 1877 to June 4, 1962. Here is a little info:"William Beebe was an American biologist, explorer, and writer on natural history who combined careful biological…
July 29, 2008
SEED Magazine has put my article up on their website! Go there and take a read. Let me know what you think or address any questions, comments and concerns below!
July 28, 2008
... in a freshwater lake. I know, its not the deep sea but it is deep and it involves ocean-going submersibles! Lake Baikal is pretty interesting in its own right though. Its home to one fifth of the worlds liquid freshwater, hundreds of unique flora and fauna including the Baikal Seal and was…
July 26, 2008
It was only 3 years ago when the northernmost vents were found in the Arctic Ocean at 71 degrees, just above Iceland. Dr. Rolf Pedersen is a geologist at the Centre for Geobiology at Norway's University of Bergen and led that expedition that discovered extensive vent fields with vibrant animal…
July 25, 2008
Earlier this year, I highlighted a post from the amazing dive blog The Right Blue. Their story about the "cave where turtles die" was one of their most popular. Now they bring us video from dutch diver Paul Vermuelen! Be sure to read the original, well-written and photo-laden turtle graveyard post…
July 25, 2008
Robotic sea bream from researchers at the University of Kitakyushu, Japan. Go to the Pink Tentacle to get the full story!
July 25, 2008
Thanks to Jives, frequent commenter who is embedded in the New England Aquarium, for relaying my love note to the rockhopper penguins there. I just received a message back from them this morning.
Long-time DSN readers may know, I have an affinity for penguins having volunteered at the Monterey Bay…
July 23, 2008
Nature News reports:
"Many of the research projects launched as part of the International Polar Year (IPY), which runs from March 2007 to March 2009, are under threat because of the steep rise in marine-fuel costs. Hundreds of Arctic and Antarctic scientists face uncertainty as polar science…
July 22, 2008
I wrote this Sunday evening playing my baritone ukelele. I overlayed the guitar and a small banjo solo (with effects). Its fun to overlay instruments in separate tracks and play around with them. I don't very often because it is time-consuming.
I am happy to take requests, suggestions for parodies…
July 22, 2008
From BBC News:
"A lobster that could be up to 100-years-old has been handed to the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth by a local fisherman.
The crew of the fishing boat named the lobster Mad Jack and discovered it weighed in at 12lb 9oz (5.7kg)."
His claw is as big as my freaking head! Read…
July 21, 2008
Squishables! (via Bora).
There is nothing more adorable than a girl and her snail.
Is that Oswald? Oh wait, its the Deep Sea News token cephalopod squishy! Hi There!
Peter is a little in touch with his sensitive side though. He might prefer some furry mammal like a whale or something dumb like that…
July 21, 2008
The Blue Economy points to a supplement in The Guardian about "Cities at Sea". They depict the Lilypad cities in addition to homes that rise and fall with river flood levels in the Netherlands (see story in der Spiegel). One other project, meant for the open ocean, is the Freedom Ship.
Originally…
July 19, 2008
This ship is EVERYONE's ship. Make it a reality!
Find out more at The Beagle Project, follow their blog, buy the shirt and donate a couple bucks!
July 17, 2008
Why are we encouraging this behavior!! Doesn't everyone know that in the future they will rise out of the oceans to destroy us????
July 15, 2008
Who would of thunk it? Like Mark Powell recently stated:"In the "duh" category, fish are thriving in a no-fishing zone in Australia. After looking at graphs, the 10 year old son of one of the scientists said if you stop fishing, don't you expect to find more fish? Uh...yeah."
It also appears that…
July 15, 2008
Madhusudan Katti has the latest and perhaps greatest Oekologie blog carnival ever. Its HUGE and with such a great and diverse selection. Well done Madhu! Go over and check it out now and poke around his very interesting blog called Reconciliation Ecology. He has a lot intriguing posts on how humans…
July 14, 2008
"Like we really really want to make this film and we feel really passionate about global warming and feel really upset by it. We just don't know why."
The tone of that opening statement resonates throughout the film. Randy Olson, of the Shifting Baselines blog and Flock of Dodos fame, set to create…
July 14, 2008
Tonight on the National Geographic Channel at 10pm EST/PST Earth the Biography: Oceans. An episode on Atmospheres is before it at 9pm. "Explore how half of Earth's water originated from the planet's inception and how the other half was deposited by comets."
July 14, 2008
Show your support for the destruction of whales! T-shirt design is officially sanctioned by the governments of Japan, Norway and Iceland. Get yours now at Busted Tees.