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The Continued Boondoggle of the Ocean Cleanup

Dr. M January 6, 2019 8 Comments
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Can you afford to be a marine biologist? Or a scientist?

Dr. M December 24, 2018 3 Comments
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Let’s Kill the GRE

Dr. M November 23, 2018 9 Comments
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Tipping Points, For-Profit Scientific Publishing, and Closed Science

Dr. M November 18, 2018 7 Comments
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10 Things Science, Science Communication, and Just Maybe All of Academia Needs

Dr. M June 26, 2018
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Embracing Yes/Also: Marine Protected Areas Are Not An Either/Or Proposition

RickMac March 23, 2018

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3-D Printing the Ulitmate Deep-Sea Christmas Tree

Dr. M January 17, 2019 No Comments

Armed with the lab’s trusty Ultimaker 3-D printer, our imaginations, and endless source of inspiration that is deep-sea life and science, my lab and I…

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The Lonely Existence of Vampire Squids

Dr. M January 13, 2019 No Comments Cephalopod evolution Octopus Phylogeny squid Vampire Squid

Vampyroteuthis infernalis or the “vampire squid from Hell” is likely one of the coolest denizens of the deep. At one-foot long (You thought it was bigger…

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The (ocean) physics of The Ocean Cleanup’s System 001

Dr. Martini January 9, 2019 3 Comments currents geophysical fluid dynamics ocean plastic physical oceanography Plastic The ocean cleanup waves winds

The following is a guest post by Dr. Clark Richards, a physical oceanographer at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Halifax, Canada. It was originally…

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The Continued Boondoggle of the Ocean Cleanup

Dr. M January 6, 2019 8 Comments boyan slat engineering ocean cleanup Pacific Plastic

boon·dog·gle /ˈbo͞onˌdäɡəl/ noun: work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value. verb: waste money or time on unnecessary…

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Snow At Sea

Dr. M January 2, 2019 No Comments life at sea snow

Posted recently on Facebook by A Moment of Silence, a picturesque winter wonderland on the high seas.

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Photoshop Battles with this Image of a Hydrothermal Vent Polychaete Worm

Dr. M December 27, 2018 2 Comments blind eyeless Hydrothermal Vent Photoshop Polychaete Redditt

I love that the internet can bring together collectives of people working toward a common goal on something for the greater good. In beauty that…

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Can you afford to be a marine biologist? Or a scientist?

Dr. M December 24, 2018 3 Comments cost Funding loans lower class poor poverty privilege

The early years 1. Could your parents afford to live on the good side of town? The one with the right schools? Did they send…

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A Tale of One Opening

Dr. M December 22, 2018 No Comments anus digestion digestive gut incomplete mouth

I was just listening to a podcast about how sea sponges use the pores all over their body to “bring in food and release wastes”…

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The Dive Bombing Birds of Newfoundland

Dr. M December 3, 2018 No Comments birds Dive Bombing gannets Newfoundland Seabird

As we enter the last month of 2018, our team is already eager to start a new field season in beautiful #Newfoundland! Here is one…

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You Should Definitely Know about Pufferfish Skeletons

Dr. M December 2, 2018 2 Comments bones fish pufferfish scales skeleton

It all started with this Tweet. So, uh, I just learned that this is what a pufferfish skeleton looks like, and I think you all…

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