First, let’s give a shoutout to these two dudes who found a washed up mooring and, like adults, gave it back to MBARI. Now I…
View More Two California fishermen pretend they are maritime pirates and hold an oceanographic mooring for ransomMonth: March 2016
Why They Should Name the Ship Boaty McBoatface
In 2019 the United Kingdom’s new state-of-the-art polar research vessel is slated to take to the seas. The Natural Environment Research Council, the UK’s leading…
View More Why They Should Name the Ship Boaty McBoatfaceVideo! The sea slug that looks and swims like a fish
Out there in the open ocean is a nudibranch sea slug that looks like a fish, and for the last five months I’ve been obsessed…
View More Video! The sea slug that looks and swims like a fishWaves of Washington’s Windstorm
Check out @NWSSeattle image of windstorm! We’re monitoring the situation and will have highway updates here. pic.twitter.com/WEvmMInlKs — WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) March 13, 2016 We…
View More Waves of Washington’s WindstormUnder Pressure: Will Deep-Sea Animals Explode or Implode on the Surface?
A comment on Reddit reminded me of a question that I have received many times. The question is always a good one because it stems…
View More Under Pressure: Will Deep-Sea Animals Explode or Implode on the Surface?On being scared
At 2 am, the only hints of light are the flecks peaking out from curtained portholes. The red lights of the bridge illuminate the path…
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