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Fishing with dynamite in El Salvador
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Twilight Zone… the Expedition
Join me and my colleagues as we embark on the Benthic Assemblages in the Twilight Zone (BATZ) expedition to characterize benthic assemblages in the mesophotic or "twilight zone" (50-200 m) using a...
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Seahorses: nice backdrops for octocorals
Satomi's pygmy seahorse, one of the world's smallest seahorses. It’s going to be much easier to convince people Sea Fans are Super Cool now that National Geographic photographers trained their lens on...
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There Is No Marine Biodiversity Crisis…
…because it has already happened. During a conference this summer, I heard Jeremy Jackson give talk. He highlighted the severely degraded state, as measured by just about any metric, of Caribbean...
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Oil: Not just for autos but coral reefs as well
Photo from Queensland Government. Some of the 1,075 tons of fuel carried by the Chinese freighter Shen Neng 1 could be seen leaking from its tanks on Sunday. In part two of unintended series on oil…...
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Not Good Enough: Copenhagen Accord May Doom Coral Reefs
The left image represents an intact system at current CO2 levels; the center image shows coral decay with increased CO2; and the right image shows a devastated system with even higher CO2 emissions....
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Submersible at your disposal + unexplored marine habitat = EPIC expedition!!
Although the Deep-sea News team has just spent a whole weekend in exotic North Carolina, we are jealous of Dr. Alistair Dove who currently enroute to the majestic Abrolhos reef off the coast of Brazil....
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TGIF – The spectacular fluorescent colours of Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are famous for their beautiful colours, but in fact when I visit them I am usually surprised how colourful reefs AREN’T. Most healthy corals have a sort of dusty tan or pink hue to them,...
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TGIF: “Journey to the Deep and Within”, modern Chinese ink paintings of the...
I was going to give you a post about sea snakes to commemorate Chinese New Year, but I decided they’re just too creepy. Go check out some YouTube videos and see how long you last (I can only take about...
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Mantas to Reef Fishes: I Drink Your Miltshake
Manta Rays are nature’s spawn vacuums. Manta alfredi awaits a reef fish orgy at Ishigaki Island, Japan. Source: Wikimedia Commons, Agsftw. Aided by new technologies and teams of overworked graduate...
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Mesmerizing Schools of Convict Tangs
One of my favorite places in the entirety of the Hawaiian Islands is the Kapoho Tide Pools. Lava flows from Kilauea often reach the ocean. Rapid cooling of the lava can form domes. When these domes...
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Twilight Zone… the Expedition
100 m deep on Flower Garden Banks. Photo credit FGBNMS/NURC. Like many marine protected areas around the world, most of the seafloor in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) is...
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Seahorses: nice backdrops for octocorals
Satomi's pygmy seahorse, one of the world's smallest seahorses. It’s going to be much easier to convince people Sea Fans are Super Cool now that National Geographic photographers trained their lens on...
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There Is No Marine Biodiversity Crisis…
…because it has already happened. During a conference this summer, I heard Jeremy Jackson give talk. He highlighted the severely degraded state, as measured by just about any metric, of Caribbean...
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Oil: Not just for autos but coral reefs as well
Photo from Queensland Government. Some of the 1,075 tons of fuel carried by the Chinese freighter Shen Neng 1 could be seen leaking from its tanks on Sunday. In part two of unintended series on oil…...
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Not Good Enough: Copenhagen Accord May Doom Coral Reefs
The left image represents an intact system at current CO2 levels; the center image shows coral decay with increased CO2; and the right image shows a devastated system with even higher CO2 emissions....
View ArticleSubmersible at your disposal + unexplored marine habitat = EPIC expedition!!
Although the Deep-sea News team has just spent a whole weekend in exotic North Carolina, we are jealous of Dr. Alistair Dove who currently enroute to the majestic Abrolhos reef off the coast of Brazil....
View ArticleTGIF – The spectacular fluorescent colours of Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are famous for their beautiful colours, but in fact when I visit them I am usually surprised how colourful reefs AREN’T. Most healthy corals have a sort of dusty tan or pink hue to them,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TGIF: “Journey to the Deep and Within”, modern Chinese ink paintings of the...
I was going to give you a post about sea snakes to commemorate Chinese New Year, but I decided they’re just too creepy. Go check out some YouTube videos and see how long you last (I can only take about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mantas to Reef Fishes: I Drink Your Miltshake
Manta Rays are nature’s spawn vacuums. Manta alfredi awaits a reef fish orgy at Ishigaki Island, Japan. Source: Wikimedia Commons, Agsftw. Aided by new technologies and teams of overworked graduate...
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