Interview with Dr. Sylvia Earle
Today I spent 15 minutes, 31 seconds (but who's counting?) on the phone with Dr. Sylvia Earle. Wow. What a huge honor. And for me, [...]
Explore the Ocean Depths in Google Earth
The Ocean in Google Earth combines renderings of underwater terrain with regional information from marine biologists and oceanographers to enable Google Earth viewers to explore [...]
The Next-Generation Alvin Submersible
Alvin, the legendary research sub built by WHOI in 1964 and who allowed researchers to discover hydrothermal vent communities in 1977, is getting [...]
One fish, two fish, red fish (boo), blue fish (yay)
We're getting down to the wire with the 2008 elections. I know who's getting my vote (running mate rhymes with Poseidon). What are the candidates' [...]
Ocean Observatories Initiative
Instead of sporadic, expeditionary glimpses of the ocean from ships and subs, oceanographers would like to establish a permanent presence in the ocean. For a [...]
Encyclopedia of Life to be launched online
Encyclopedia of Life was announced today, a highly ambitious and exciting project designed to document the 1.8 million named species of animals, plants, and other [...]
Remembering R. Aidan Martin
It's never easy to lose a friend or a loved one. But in this case, not only do we lose our friend, but we lose [...]
The Future of Marine Animal Populations
While browsing through some of the fascinating work of the Census of Marine Life (CoML) and the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), I came across [...]
Census of Marine Life Expedition to Hawaii
On Friday 6 October, a team of scientists embarked on an expedition to explore coral reef biodiversity in the recently designated Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine [...]
Coral reefs: the good news and the bad
The good news? A survey of how well the world's coral reefs are being protected was conducted. The bad news? Less than 2% of the [...]
What are your favorite marine science books?
Today I started a "Listmania" list of MarineBio's favorite references in our marine science library and realized how many books I'd read that had a huge [...]
Jellyfish-like Creatures & Carbon Dioxide
Transparent jellyfish-like creatures known as a salps, considered by many a low member in the ocean food web, may be more important to the fate [...]