Research findings indicate that the oil spill off the coast of Mexico may be endangering the lives of these animals. Biologist Eric Hoffmayer, who studies…
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His noodly appendage caresses Baltimore
I spotted this amazing sign in Baltimore last week. TGIF, oh noble Flying Spaghetti Monster.
View More His noodly appendage caresses BaltimoreTide Pool: Cool Seeps, Parasitic Nematodes, and Magnetic Sea Animals
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…
View More Tide Pool: Cool Seeps, Parasitic Nematodes, and Magnetic Sea AnimalsStomatolinks
Paleontologist Chris Nedin at the Ediacaran blog takes down the claims of a paper of metazoan life in the Proterozoic with Proterozoic Sponges Claims Don’t…
View More StomatolinksThat’s 56,000 Barrels A Day…Not 5,000
That’s right, new work suggests BP’s estimates of oil flowing from the broken well were an order of magnitude off. With these revised estimates, the BP…
View More That’s 56,000 Barrels A Day…Not 5,000Why ocean scientists can’t ignore geoengineering
Among scientists, geoengineering tends to be greeted with mirth and scorn. Implying that we can reliably manipulate the planet’s life-support systems seems to many to…
View More Why ocean scientists can’t ignore geoengineeringMolluscan sexcapades cause unrest in Australia
[EDIT: Except the slugs are in New Zealand, not Australia – brain fail! Sorry to all Down Under. See comments below for an invigorating discussion…
View More Molluscan sexcapades cause unrest in AustraliaHonduras and Micronesia Throw Down Global Challenge to Save Sharks
In May of 2008, I first reported on how the small Micronesian nation of Palau’s then President, Tommy Remengesau Jr., had signed into law the…
View More Honduras and Micronesia Throw Down Global Challenge to Save SharksI want to meet the legend who painted these
I spotted these kick-ass signs on the side of the road yesterday in Grand Isle, LA (the community profiled in Sunday’s Times-Picayune Article). Whoever took…
View More I want to meet the legend who painted theseOur Impacts on the Deep
I could write about a detailed account of a new study in PLoS One. I could discuss how the researchers imported information on the spatial…
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