I’ve been on stealth mode for the past few months, in part because my workload doubled this year and I’ve been serving double duty at…
View More 30 Meters. 70 Bull Sharks. ‘Nuff Said.Month: June 2011
Charismatic megafauna off La Jolla
In preparation for a scientific cruise this summer, I’ve been testing my zooplankton collection and incubation equipment. So I’ve gotten to go out in a…
View More Charismatic megafauna off La JollaThe Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)
Mufasa was right. We’re all intertwined. Whether we humans like to admit it or not, every action by a living organism on Earth has repercussions. …
View More The Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)Studying dolphins as sentinels of oceans and human health
This week a really great project is unfolding in the waters of the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. It’s the annual Health and Environmental Risk Assessment…
View More Studying dolphins as sentinels of oceans and human healthWashed Ashore
Recently, my friend Michael Barton went to check out the Washed Ashore Exhibit, currently at Portland Community College, and was gracious enough to share some…
View More Washed AshoreFollow along with Fukushima researchers
There’s a research cruise underway right now to study the impacts of radiation release from the Fukushima disaster in Japan, using the UNOLS/U. Hawaii ship…
View More Follow along with Fukushima researchersTGIF: 8-Legged Mom Has 50,000 Babies: 2-Legged Woman Watches
H/t to NPR Laurynn, it turns out, often spends her winter evenings diving into the ocean, not too far from Harbor Avenue in downtown West…
View More TGIF: 8-Legged Mom Has 50,000 Babies: 2-Legged Woman WatchesThe Indian Ocean’s cup runeth over
I’ve been in Brazil for the past week for some research coordination meetings. This has involved a number of different folks in several forums, but…
View More The Indian Ocean’s cup runeth overA World Ocean
I hope everyone is having a great World Ocean Day today, reflecting on an ocean that needs us just as much as we need it.…
View More A World OceanScientist In Residence: Beth Orcutt Introduces Herself
Beth is an U.S. postdoc scientist at the Center for Geomicrobiology in Denmark studying tiny microbes that live at the bottom of the ocean and…
View More Scientist In Residence: Beth Orcutt Introduces Herself