I try to keep all posts here strictly on topic, after all this is Deep-Sea News. So if you are not interested in my personal…
View More Did My Dog Die From Melamine?Author: Dr. M
I need to get a job at Wespac
In case your are unfamiliar with this group, Wespac is the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council in charge of policy for the management of…
View More I need to get a job at WespacIn The Future We Will All Have Gills…
and live in underwater cities made of lollipops and children’s dreams. And we will tour the ocean depths with Undersea Tourist Boats! O what a…
View More In The Future We Will All Have Gills…A Deep Sea Rated Flash Drive
So when I am down in a submersible, I worry about protection. What happens if I accidentally drop my USB flash drive out the window…
View More A Deep Sea Rated Flash DriveBig Drills and THE NEED OF AN INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH
An oddly incomplete article is over at the Tenerife News Online. Despite its revealing title of An Interview with Professor Searle – MICHAEL – IN…
View More Big Drills and THE NEED OF AN INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPHRogue Waves
The oil freighter Esso Languedoc outside the coast of Durban (1980). The man who took it, Philippe Lijour, estimated the mean wave height when this…
View More Rogue Waves$78 Million Is All I Need
Exterior view of Phoenix 1000. Photo from U.S. Submarines Regular readers of DSN know that Peter and I try to provide all the latest information…
View More $78 Million Is All I NeedThe Twilight Zone, The Gate, and The Abyss
The twilight zone is a section of water extending from the euphotic zone down to 1000m. A new study demonstrates that this region acts like…
View More The Twilight Zone, The Gate, and The AbyssPETM, Volcanoes, and #18 in 25 Things You Should Know
Approximately 55 million years ago it was very bad to be a deep-sea animal. First the ocean temperature was rising. At the surface, temperatures rose…
View More PETM, Volcanoes, and #18 in 25 Things You Should KnowThe Perils of the Sea
It appears that the vessel rolled in heavy seas while the chef was slicing food causing a knife to lacerate his abdomen. From iafrica.com
View More The Perils of the Sea