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…
As followup to this post, I will discuss what biogeography is. Largely, biogeography can be seen as subdisipline of the fields of ecology and evolution.…
View More What Is Biogeography?Just when you thought you escaped the onslaught of annual reviews in the media, along comes a slacker post from the Deep Sea News. Craig…
View More Best of the Abyss 2006The last forum at the International Biogeography Society meeting discussed how biogeographer’s might increase public outreach. Unfortunately little attention was given to what I feel…
View More BiogeographyPeter’s post on the Alvin pilots generated an email from Janet Voight, deep-sea cephalopod expert extraordinaire, pointing me to this great video. Enjoy.
View More Alvin Pilot VideoFinally got back from my meeting minus a piece of luggage or two. Unfortunately the trip came with a shocking reality of anthropogenic effects on…
View More Link-O-RamaA new article in Journal of Geophysical Research by Gouretski and Koltermann shows global warming estimates since the 1950’s are positively biased 0.2 – 0.4…
View More Gear bias in global warming estimatesThe Ocean FilmFest begins its fourth year in San Francisco January 20-21. My second resolution is to make this the last year I miss it.…
View More Film Fest in FriscoATMOCEAN, a firm based in Santa Fe, NM with Philip W. Kithil at the helm, is according to their website the company is “at the…
View More Hurricane and Global Warming Mitigation Industry?If you missed the book Meg, which is probably for the best, I just heard through the grapevine that a movie is in developmental hell.…
View More The Most Fearsome Predator In History…Is No Longer HistorySlate recycled an old story about Giant Squid just before Christmas. Daniel Engber’s review provides lots of interesting links and factoids about ammonium and bouyancy…
View More Giant Squid of Christmas Past