Conservation NGO WildLifeRisk has put out a press release describing a slaughterhouse for sharks in China’s Zhejiang province. Shark processing is nothing new, and can…
View More Whale shark slaughterhouse exposed in ChinaMonth: January 2014
First results from crowdfunded study shows radioactive seawater from Fukushima has NOT reached the US coast
Just two weeks ago, Ken Buesseler at WHOI launched a brilliant crowdfunded campaign “Our Radioactive Ocean” to measure radiation off the West Coast of the US.…
View More First results from crowdfunded study shows radioactive seawater from Fukushima has NOT reached the US coastCoral reefs, let's unzip your genes.
How will coral reefs respond to climate change? Well, let’s start with an analogy. Suppose you pick an arbitrary time of day, choose a random…
View More Coral reefs, let's unzip your genes.Creation of the world’s first Peanut Butter and Jellyfish
Ladies and gentlemen, I could not make this up if I tried. I owe my thanks to Wyatt Patry for sharing this study with me,…
View More Creation of the world’s first Peanut Butter and JellyfishA New Parasitic Male Found
The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed–Abraham Lincoln Over 300 different species of anglerfish…
View More A New Parasitic Male FoundThe question you should have asked about Fukushima, but probably didn’t.
The 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear fiasco was a disaster that is still affecting Japan. But it also raised an onslaught of questions about the potential…
View More The question you should have asked about Fukushima, but probably didn’t.Worst-case scenario thinking and Fukushima radiation
This isn’t a map of radiation, it’s a map of wave estimated hight after the Tohuku Tsunami. So why is there so much outrage and…
View More Worst-case scenario thinking and Fukushima radiationTGIF: This Glacier is NOT a photo
This BLOWS MY MIND. This is not a photo, it’s a drawing using pastels: The artist is Zaria Forman, and she’s using the pieces to…
View More TGIF: This Glacier is NOT a photoWill My Wood Research Be Poplar?
I wooden dream of having a post full of wood puns. On the other hand my alder ego often gets the best of me and…
View More Will My Wood Research Be Poplar?Triton not. Dive, or dive not, there is no Triton.
One of the deeplings shared this SCUBA diving concept called the Triton, a sort of artificial gill that would extract oxygen from the water for…
View More Triton not. Dive, or dive not, there is no Triton.