Daniel Stoupin’s message is simple: Please care for the Great Barrier Reef. His film, on the other hand, shows the incredible complexity of the animals that…
View More Amazing close-up video of Great Barrier Reef animalsMonth: March 2014
The Floating Rocks of the South Pacific
In the South Pacific world building occurs every day. From beneath the ocean’s depths active submarine volcanoes eject molten lava and sulfuric gases well above…
View More The Floating Rocks of the South PacificTop 20 Frequently Asked Questions of Marine Scientists
Here at DSN we strive to inspire the next generation of mini-deeplings. Ultimately, we want you to want you to be like us. Perhaps not…
View More Top 20 Frequently Asked Questions of Marine ScientistsWas there an epic war or an epic romance between this robot and a squid?
This is a sea glider. And an unusually filthy one at that… Seagliders spend their time flying up and down between the sea surface and…
View More Was there an epic war or an epic romance between this robot and a squid?Love in a tidepool.
When it comes to reproduction, there is one group that just doesn’t mess around….or does…. Seaweeds know how to get it on. And they can…
View More Love in a tidepool.I’ve been waiting 16 years to know: what is the ocean dandelion?
I was 12 when I first saw an “ocean dandelion,” and I wish I’d known then how strange these animals truly are. I was…
View More I’ve been waiting 16 years to know: what is the ocean dandelion?Enigmatic Megamouth Shark has Long-Lost Fossil Relatives
On 15 November 1976, a US Navy boat tracking Soviet subs in the Pacific was retrieving its sonar gear from deep water around Oahu…
View More Enigmatic Megamouth Shark has Long-Lost Fossil RelativesThe Bodacious and the Beautiful: the aerial view of Banzai's massive waves
While I might not be a surfer, I sure do love waves. And I am loving this footage of the incredible waves at Banzai pipeline…
View More The Bodacious and the Beautiful: the aerial view of Banzai's massive wavesGuest post: Playing Detective in the Great Blue Sea
You may have heard me say it once, and I’ll say it again: the oceans are a toilet bowl for our waste. Throughout history, our solution to pollution has oftentimes been “dilution”. As a consequence, chemical pollution is now ubiquitous in our oceans as a result of industrialization, waste-management strategies (and/or lack thereof), natural disasters, etc….
As such, it becomes my job to try and solve this mystery and basically play detective on the open sea. What puzzle am I trying to unravel? Well, I’ll warn you, it’s a trashy one…
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