One of my favorite urban myths is that at any point in time you are never more than six feet away from a rat. Turns…
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Remembering Dr. G. Richard Harbison
Walking into Richard Harbison’s office was like walking into a wizard’s house. There were jars upon jars of strange, beautiful, and grotesque creatures, big and…
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The Return to Silent Spring
This is a guest post dually written by Nick Hayman and Dr. Violet Renick. Last week, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt denied the petition to ban…
View More The Return to Silent SpringThe Pulse of Ocean Data Archiving
Every morning, I wake up and check my email. Overnight, I get a few pings from mailing lists, people in other time zones, spammers –…
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#SlugLyfe
For when it’s Thursday and everyone needs a little bit more cute, cuddly, and slightly slimey things in their life…Etsy never let’s us down. I have…
View More #SlugLyfeHave you been nautical or nice? Gifts for the marine scientist
This holiday season be sure to treat the weekend, aspiring, or career marine scientist in your life with the gear and equipment they need. Better…
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Have you been nautical or nice? Dr. Sargent’s Maritime Gift Guide
Dr. Elizabeth Sargent, posted this amazing #OceanGift list on twitter and was kind enough to share it with DSN! And I am going to insert…
View More Have you been nautical or nice? Dr. Sargent’s Maritime Gift GuideBreaching instruments: The BEST of BAD ocean photoshop
There is an image of a breaching shark making the rounds on social media as National Geographic’s Image of the Year. Although admittedly shark breaching…
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The DSN Superteam Just Got Bigger
We are not messing around at DSN. We are building our ranks. We are coming back strong. I am very excited to announce the addition of…
View More The DSN Superteam Just Got BiggerWhat are these strange round blobs on a Southern California beach?
The internet is abuzz today at the sight of these fleshy-colored grape-sized sea blobs found on Huntington Beach, CA. As something of sea-blob fancier myself, my…
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