2007…what to say? A year that saw a lot of changes. First DSN moved to the big time here at Sb. Our traffic and regular…
View More Close of 2007Month: December 2007
When I Die…Where Will You Put Me?
The Neptune Memorial Reef project is the largest man made reef ever conceived and provides an extraordinary living resting place for the departed, an environmental…
View More When I Die…Where Will You Put Me?Friday Deep-Sea Picture (12/28/07)
One of my back up plans for early retirement is to start a consulting business for Hollywood special effects (SFX) studios. My crack team of…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (12/28/07)Diversity linked to ecosystem function
A recent study linking deep-sea biodiversity to ecosystem processes recognized that 1) the deep-sea supports the largest biomass of living things on the planet and…
View More Diversity linked to ecosystem functionMore Cosmeceutical Nonsense
Apparently that slime trail left behind by snails and slugs is good for the skin. The studies have verified that the dribble of snail allows…
View More More Cosmeceutical NonsenseDeep Sea Christmas Spectacular
This video shows why it can feel like Christmas when you’re cruising the seafloor in a submarine and you stumble upon a deep-sea coral community. The “marine snow” is falling, the bamboo corals light up like Christmas trees, the anemones, well, they kind of remind me of poinsettias.
View More Deep Sea Christmas SpectacularArchiteuthis is Only Separated By 3 Degrees from Kevin Bacon
So all day long after the previous post I wondered, how separated is Architeuthis and Kevin Bacon? As you might remember although the Giant Squid…
View More Architeuthis is Only Separated By 3 Degrees from Kevin BaconCrabzilla! Queen Of The Deep!
Chionoecetes tanneri (chio-snow and ioketes-inhabitant) are commonly referred to as Grooved Tanner Crabs and related to the more commercially important snow crab, C. opilio. C.…
View More Crabzilla! Queen Of The Deep!Monstrous sea anemone from 2500m
An enormous sea anemone from 2500m depth on the East Pacific Rise was reported in the journal Marine Biology. The monstrous actiniarian Boloceroides daphneae had a column diameter of 1m, a tentacle crown of 2m diameter, and tentacles trailing an estimated 3m and more.
View More Monstrous sea anemone from 2500mDeep coral happenings on Capitol Hill
We have a new state in this country! Welcome number 53. It’s called “The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems of the United States” Of course,…
View More Deep coral happenings on Capitol Hill