A little something to get you past the mid-week hump. CLICK the play button. Then CLICK and DRAG on the video screen to pan across…
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Open Laboratory 2007
Bora over at A Blog Around the Clock publishes, edits, and composes (just about everything else) the Science Blogging Anthology, “Open Laboratory 2007”. Last year’s…
View More Open Laboratory 2007Pose A Question
So once again, things are slow and I ask you to suggest some questions/topics. Just put them in the comments and Peter and I will…
View More Pose A QuestionSeamount biogeography
A seamount is a rocky underwater mountain with more than 1000m relief. Roughly 14,000 exist worldwide. How are they connected? Are they isolated islands, or stepping stones for highly dispersed deep-sea creatures?
View More Seamount biogeographyFriday Deep-Sea Picture (10/12/07):
Image credit: © 2003 MBARI. Stellamedusa ventana is a recently described species of jelly, the size of softball, from the deep sea. The bumps on…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (10/12/07):Puny Whales and The Clams That Love Them
Whale-fall communities are one of the most unique habitats in the deep oceans. When a whale dies and sinks to the ocean floor, it represents…
View More Puny Whales and The Clams That Love ThemWe Did It!
I was very excited today to see that during my absence we reached the 2007 DSN Education Fundapalooza goal of $1100. We funded 3 classroom…
View More We Did It!Rotating Banners
Spent some time today remodeling the website. The biggest difference you will notice is a rotating masthead. Currently there are three in random rotation. The…
View More Rotating BannersAlmost There!
This is HUGE thank you to all of you who have pushed up to 86% of our goal. Our goal is $1100 which was more…
View More Almost There!There Will Be No Future Marine Biologists Without Your Donation
Why is this boy crying? Because we are only at 25% of what we need to fund three needy classrooms. We can definitely do this!…
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