I am inspired by the sea. Inspired to understand the way it moves, meanders, ebbs, flows, heaves, and crashes. Others are inspired by the sea to create.…
View More Symphonies of the SeaMonth: September 2014
Diagnosing Death with Diatoms
“I know you drowned him in the ocean, these bones don’t lie…” Ever heard of forensic limnology? Neither had I, until I had a random…
View More Diagnosing Death with DiatomsZOMG Whale shark attack!!!! Or not…
So this little gem came across my Google alerts today. The cognitive dissonance between what happens (biologically) in that video, what the two intrepid heroes…
View More ZOMG Whale shark attack!!!! Or not…Go forth and plunder some trash for International Coastal Cleanup Day this Saturday
Worried about plastic in the ocean? Then get off your rumpus this weekend and do something about it! It’s International Coastal Cleanup Day this Saturday,…
View More Go forth and plunder some trash for International Coastal Cleanup Day this SaturdayNew Obligations and Continuing Challenges in Shark Conservation
As the sun rose this morning here in Trinidad and Tobago where I’m conducting field work, I was certain about two facts. First: Trinidadians and…
View More New Obligations and Continuing Challenges in Shark ConservationTo El Niño or not to El Niño, that is the question
UPDATE Jan 2015: Turns out, the great El Niño of 2014 may never actually materialize. And if it does, it’s probably going to be wimpy.…
View More To El Niño or not to El Niño, that is the questionThe Tale of a New Phylum That Really Wasn’t
In 1986, a group of scientists from Australia and New Zealand described, in the one of the highest profile scientific journals, the existence of a…
View More The Tale of a New Phylum That Really Wasn’tThe Plankton Pundit
One of the many reasons that I find plankton to be so delightful is the sheer joy of seeing something so beautiful and alien pop out of…
View More The Plankton PunditSummer of the Goatfish
I take on a senseless internet meme and make it even more so – for science. With the northern hemisphere days getting shorter, and…
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