Ancient Origins of the Vampire Squid
Delving into the evolutionary past of the enigmatic deep-sea vampire squid, Vampyroteuthis infernalis, has long been a pursuit shrouded in mystery. However, recent discoveries, such…
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View More TGIF: Aquaman Dance PartyFrom JAMSTEC: Scaly foot–a spiral gastropod clad in iron sulfide scales Found only in an extremely limited region of hyrdothermal areas within the Indian Ocean,…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Scaly FootSure Sphere is a filthy piece of literary swill but it also a vital component of any submersible. As you may remember from geometry, for…
View More SphereBeth Terry over at Fake Plastic Fish caught an error in this post about Evert Fresh Produce Bags. I was reading the list of plastic…
View More Plastic Or Not?The deep ocean (deeper than 1km) is a CO2 sink. Deep water masses are cold and dense which minimizes vertical mixing with overlying ocean layers.…
View More The Deep Ocean May Not Save UsAbel Pharmboy over at Terra Sigillata has a nice write up about Therapeutic Natural Products from the Sea. The ocean fauna is the potential host…
View More One More Reason to Conserve the OceanIndustrial fishing operations take most of the blame for collateral impacts to sea-turtle populations, but new research shows that small-scale fisheries–operated by hand from little open boats –can kill as many critically endangered loggerhead sea turtles as industrial scale fisheries.
View More Loggerhead turtles die by thousands in small fisheryNew Zealand band Fat Freddys Drop mix it up with deep sea life.
View More TGIF: Great Song and Great VideoI am relaxing the 200m rule for DSN, to bring you some photographs from one of my favorites, Kawika Chetron. To say that Kawika’s photos…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (10/19/07): The Art of Kawika ChetronA bill in the senate has passed that will focus research on ocean acidification. The Lutenberg Measure, crafted by Senator Frank R. Lutenberg (D-NJ) and…
View More Senate To Fund Ocean Acidification Research