I hate the barrage of the annual “best of” posts recapping everything from the last year that always besets us in late December and early January. Yet here I am on the first day of year, all nostalgic, reading through the archives of DSN. Below are my DSN favorites from last year
My top five
- Miriam tackles an immensely complex issues surrounding tuna and television: Eating Wicked Tuna: A marine scientist tries to figure out what the heck is going on and her dissection Wicked Tuna, the National Geographic channel’s Atlantic bluefin tuna fishing reality show
- “nature abhors a vacuum but it is flat-out terrified of 1,100 atmospheres“
- Dr. Martini begines her career her at DSN with one of my top 5 posts of the year The Largest Wave in Sea Aren’t at the Beach
- In my top 5 posts of the year (yes its a bit narcissistic to choose my own, but it seriously the best thing I’ve wrote all year) How presidential elections are impacted by a 100 million year old coastline
- What lives on ships? Microbiology at Sea: A tale of ballast, vomit, and cockroaches
And some others
- Perhaps this shouldn’t be my one of favorites but my worst…Four Decades of Funding of U.S. Marine Biology: Are We In Trouble?
- This lack of funding is taking a toll on marine sciences in the U.S. What we need is an Ocean NASA (Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) and why exploring the deep is important (10 Reasons Why We Should Explore The Deep, What knowledge of the deep sea tell us about life on other planets)
- Some problems just keep resurfacing…Dumping Iron in the Ocean Again
- A Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in Five Acts
- Dr. Martini’s excellent post on the oceanography behind Hurricane Sandy
- The shape of algae is under the control of bacteria
- What Crabs Are The Fightiest?
- Combing my two favorite things, old school rap and molluscs, I discuss the bivalve genome
- Para_sight posts on cute manta ray belly buttons and how those little cute babies breath
- Miriam discusses the Secrets of the clam tongue: a case study in opportunistic science outreach
- Big crustaceans…really big crustaceans: The Large But Enigmatic Supergiant
- Drinking and oceanography. The heart of DSN! The mixology of ocean masses
- How many parasites are on a fish? No fish is an island
- Making The Connection: The Oceans In Contemporary American Culture
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Dr. Bik discusses her research on how microbial communities changed after the Gulf oilspill
- In which I use satire to deal with the fact I live in state that deny’s sea level rise and equal rights Sea Level Rise Is Tied to Prevalence of Homosexuality
- Although difficult to originally write and equally difficult to relink to, one of my all time favorite personal, deeply personal as it turned out, it I Am Science…and a Nerd
- Miriam shows that although the design may be beautiful it may not be functional SeaOrbiter: amazing breakthrough or cool-looking boondoggle?
- Understanding How Hares and Big Lineman Lose Races Through Sucking Feet
- Need a complete nerdgasm? Shiny! Top 10 reasons why seafarers love Joss Whedon’s Firefly
- Ric gives homage to Lonesome George
It hasn’t been that long but instant DSN classics, sure to be brought out every holiday season are the The twelve days of Christmas – the marine biological edition and physical oceanography edition
