Connecting the oceans to land are numerous carbon highways. These conduits bring food from land to the ocean, supporting an abundance of life. Our group…
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The Deepwater Horizon disaster released approximately 4 million barrels of oil from the Macondo Wellhead over the course of 87 days in 2010. Thus, becoming…
View More Slow Road to Recovery after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill for Deep-Sea CommunitiesEarlier this year I warned that The Ocean Cleanup would catch and kill floating marine life. This week they announced they’re collecting plastic, and their picture…
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From the darkness emerges a boot. An old leather, steel-toed, work boot. It shouldn’t be there resting on the seafloor nearly two kilometers deep. I’m…
View More The lingering and extreme impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the deep sea
Given recent news, we felt compelled to share a couple of tips with our readers. Consider them to be ocean pro-moves.
View More A very special PSA from Deep-Sea News
Legend has it that Saint Patrick gave a four-leaf clover to a group of his followers; the fourth leaf put there by God to bring…
View More The Beauty of RarityOne thing you should know about me is that I am from New York and I am half Italian. That means when I like something,…
View More Don’t be shallow. A tale of subsurface microplastics and the processes that transport them.
Remember all the details about the periodic table from high school chemistry? Yeah, me neither. Don’t worry – we will get through this together. Let’s…
View More You are what you eat! Using bad boy carbons to understand food webs
You may not realize it but the video below is the video you never knew you needed. But yeah you need it. The video is…
View More The Video of Giant Isopods Eating an Alligator in the Deep Sea You Must Watch!
In the beginning, people mused the expansive oceans contained but a handful of organisms. This idea started with Pliny the Elder, who lived in the…
View More How many species are in the deep sea?
