The Challenger expedition of 1872-76 marks the transition form Victorian to modern science: from the world of the gentleman naturalist to the of Big Science,…
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In Situ Blogging
At the end of May, I will be out to sea! But alas never fear, because my dedication to the DSN reader is great! I…
View More In Situ BloggingThe 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 Fast Get Faster…the slow get slower
In the past, I have made the statement on DSN that there can be no such thing as a sustainable deep-sea fishery. My reasons for…
View More The Fast Get Faster…the slow get slowerRon Jon Should Fund Geologists
Image from surfersvillage.com. Surfer catching wave at Mavericks If you want to know where the good surf spots are sure you could ask your local…
View More Ron Jon Should Fund GeologistsSubmerged eddie off Baja California Sur
Eddies are an important nexus between physical oceanography and marine biology because these giant swirling tornadoes of seawater are pervasive in the world’s oceans. Passing…
View More Submerged eddie off Baja California SurDispatches From 9 North
An expedition to the 9N Overlapping Spreading Center that is going on right now! You can catch daily dispatches from Laura Preston, an educator from…
View More Dispatches From 9 NorthHot Microbial Action
It took some mighty fine nets, but scientists who spent two years trawling the world’s oceans for bacteria and viruses have completed the most thorough…
View More Hot Microbial ActionWebcasting Exploration
National Geographic explorer-in-residence Dr. Robert Ballard led a team of scientists to explore the “twilight zone” near 100m depth around the Flower Garden Banks region in the Gulf of Mexico last week. If you followed along at either of the two hosting websites you could see mud volcanoes, brine seeps, ancient shorelines, deep coral heads, schools of jacks, and lots of gorgonians.
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