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April 28, 2013

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12:26 AM | Asian Dive Expo (ADEX) 2013 - All about whale sharks Last...

Asian Dive Expo (ADEX) 2013 - All about whale sharks Last weekend, I crossed a major event off my bucket list. Speaking at ADEX. Every year of my adult life that I spent in Singapore, I went to ADEX. It’s a big space, full of diving goodies, underwater photos and brilliant people. I would go with dive buddies/best friends to network, get stickers to decorate my laptop and anything else, and just generally revel in the world of people who love being underwater. I have genuinely […]

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12:00 AM | jtotheizzoe: Into the Abyss: Incredible Shrinking Cups Marine...

jtotheizzoe: Into the Abyss: Incredible Shrinking Cups Marine biologists and ocean scientists are somewhat of a tribe unto themselves. They spend weeks and months in cramped conditions aboard research vessels, doing science that’s a bit unlike any other science, and drinking enough to make Jack Sparrow proud. So it’s perfectly natural that their tribe would have some unique customs. I discovered one of those today: Sending styrofoam cups to the bottom of the ocean as souvenirs. When […]

April 27, 2013

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6:06 PM | rhamphotheca: The psychedelic frogfish, Histiophryne...

rhamphotheca: The psychedelic frogfish, Histiophryne psychedelica, is named for its psychedelic pink and white stripes arranged in a fingerprint pattern. This species was described in 2009 from three specimens collected off Ambon and Bali, Indonesia. The psychedelic frogfish moves by walking on its pectoral fins over the seafloor. It can also bounce like a rubber ball, jet-propelling itself by forcing water out of its gill openings. More about this fish on EOL: […]

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8:00 AM | thelovelyseas: Whale Shark & Snorkeler - Tofo,...

thelovelyseas: Whale Shark & Snorkeler - Tofo, Mozambique

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6:50 AM | Are any of you looking for work experience and skill development...

Are any of you looking for work experience and skill development for marine conservation? If you’ve done a science degree but haven’t got much work experience, or if you’ve done lots of work experience, but didn’t do a marine science degree, but still want to get into conservation - Zoox might be perfect for you. Doing the Zoox Experience Programme will give you intensive and unique training on the basics of marine conservation, then you embark on a six-week work experience helping […]

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5:20 AM | coffeeshopdiary: Digital experiments with the Mantis Shrimp...

coffeeshopdiary: Digital experiments with the Mantis Shrimp illustration. I actually like these ones.

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2:41 AM | laughingsquid: Intricate Fantasy Animal Sculptures by Ellen...

laughingsquid: Intricate Fantasy Animal Sculptures by Ellen Jewett

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12:00 AM | colchrishadfield: Exeter to Land’s End, with the Moors visible...

colchrishadfield: Exeter to Land’s End, with the Moors visible from space. Just in time for Saint George’s Day. My playground during University!

April 26, 2013

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11:33 PM | Hungry sea lion pup

I haven’t seen this too often in Monterey — a nursing sea lion pup. This afternoon while checking on the Brandt’s cormorants nesting on the breakwater, I heard a wailing plea. On the ocean side of the rocks near the … Continue reading →

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11:32 PM | jtotheizzoe: The landscape winner for the Sony World...

jtotheizzoe: The landscape winner for the Sony World Photography Award: Nenad Saljic’s The Matterhorn, illuminated by the January full moon. Like a spotlight on Earth’s geologic splendor. Or as I like to say: Dayum. Just, wow.

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11:30 PM | Your blog is amazing! I've wanted to be a marine biologist staring in 5th grade, and never truly lost interest in it, but i did put that dream on the back burner for about a year, but the interest is coming back. I'm a freshman in high school now and was wondering what kinds of classes I should take over the next 3 years here. I'm taking honors bio next year, and then oceanography in Junior year if all goes well. What kinds of math do you recommend that I take?

Thank you! I strayed from the path in my teens too! You can read my choices etc in the About...

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11:21 PM | Hi! First off, I wanna say that I thoroughly enjoy your blog! I'd also like to say that, because of this blog, I have decided not to study marine biology like I had originally planned. While I care deeply for marine life (especially whales and sharks), I've realized that it's not something I desire to make a career out of. Part of me is sad, because I love marine life, but research isn't really my strong point. I'd still love to scuba dive and photograph marine life, though. <3

Hi! Thanks for writing! Don’t be sad! I’m glad I could help you figure out what you want or don’t...

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11:18 PM | I am considering marine biology as a possibility in University, and definitely going to doing conservation work. But I am also considering Theater as a possible direction I would want to go... How did you decide you wanted to study marine biology?

I knew after I did a marine biology fieldtrip (read About), and just never changed direction. But I...

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11:12 PM | hello! i was wondering if you could point me in the direction of some good news sites for science-y news? (marine science preferred, but really any science would be nice) thank you so much uwu

http://deepseanews.com/ http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/ http://www.newscientist.com/ http://www.sc...

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6:40 PM | sophieallthingstw: deduction019: Well. If you’re not afraid of...

sophieallthingstw: deduction019: Well. If you’re not afraid of the ocean by now you’re wrong. HO. LY. SHIT. Biggest fear… bigger fascination.

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5:57 PM | Unusual Offshore Octopods: The ‘Dumbo’ Octopus Swims with Fins [Video]

Down in the dark depths of the deep ocean live more than a dozen species of “Dumbo” octopuses. These octopods from the genus Grimpoteuthis are so named for their prominent, unusual earlike fins that they use to help them swim (reminiscent of the Disney elephant character who used his ears to fly). These graceful, gelatinous [...]

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4:04 PM | Dead Bird Quiz answers

It was very fortuitous that Bird A came in right as I am mired in writing the duck section of the Beached Bird Field Guide! Otherwise, I don’t think I would have had a chance at this i.d. What caught my eye on this wing were the pale primaries and secondaries contrasting with a darker [...]

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3:55 PM | NC legislature still trying to gag state employees

The Raleigh News & Observer is reporting that the NC legislature attempted to sneak an order gaging state employees (like me) from working on climate change (impacts, social resilience, etc). This is just one of many anti-environment legislative actions including the crazy legislation against sea level rise and the dismissal of the members of the [...]

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3:25 PM | Taking the pulse of ocean life

We tend to keep track of things we think are important—blood pressure, how many calories are in that muffin, hurricane tracks, stock prices, celebrity rehab details. But sometime we don’t know what’s important until it’s too late, and that ignorance can come back to bite us. Hence the annual physical exams that are standard in [...]

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12:10 PM | Climate Change and Marine Communities 5: Population-level effects of ocean warming

This is the fifth installment of my serialization of a new book chapter on “Climate Change and Marine Communities” written with Chris Harley and Mike Burrows. It is for a new book “Marine Community Ecology and Conservation” that I’m co-editing with Mark Bertness, Brian Silliman, and Jay Stachowicz. The book is more or less a followup to the best-selling [...]

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11:00 AM | The Incredible Shrinking Cups: on the absence of giant tube worms

It’s true! There are no giant tube worms (Riftia pachyptila) at the Mid-Cayman Spreading Center (but there are smaller tube worms). No Tubes. What all this about?

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10:46 AM | Pine marten numbers recovering

According to a recent survey conducted by wildlife authorities in Scotland, the numbers of one of the rarest carnivores in the UK are finally showing signs of recovery.

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9:34 AM | As a marine biologist, which math do you use more often, calculus or statistics?

I used stats mostly, but I’m sure other marine biologists use both - anyone got any comments...

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9:33 AM | Hi! I've been interested and fascinated by sharks almost my whole life. (but I'm only in high school so thats not that much of an accomplishment! Haha! x) ) But whenever I think of what I really want to focus on in the area of shark research, I just drew a blank...But recently I realized I want to focus and study their behavior, do you know if there is a specific name for that sort of job?

Shark Behaviourist I think. But you might want to google that with the American spelling. I just...

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9:14 AM | "Not all those who wonder are lost."

“Not all those who wonder are lost.” - J.R.R. Tolkien

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9:14 AM | "Not all those who wander are lost."

“Not all those who wander are lost.” - J.R.R. Tolkien [Edit - Typo correction. Shameful]

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5:20 AM | astronomy-to-zoology: A Prince Axel’s Wonderfish...

astronomy-to-zoology: A Prince Axel’s Wonderfish (Thaumatichthys axeli) blinking its lure. Video source

April 25, 2013

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11:52 PM | Another Crisis looms

The following was adopted from an article in one of Papua New Guinea’s major news papers IN July 1997, the national government and Bougainville Copper Ltd received a claim for K10 billion compensation for environmental damage, loss of heritage and … Continue reading →

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10:45 PM | Blue Pints returns Monday 4/29 at 6:00 P.M.

I am pleased to announce the return of Blue Pints, our Google+ hangout discussion series ! Join us at 6:00 P.M. EST on Monday 4/29! The Southern Fried Scientist will be discussing the Sea Leveler and other DIY projects related to ocean instrumentation, and I’ll be talking about ScienceOnline Oceans! We’ll share the link [...]

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9:26 PM | Institutional Ethics for Research in a New Academy

I’ll be around Morehead City this year for the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, finally with some post-dissertation time on my hands – and decided to finish a project looking at shifting baselines. Part of this investigation is to find out what people think about trends in the tournament since its creation in 1957 – [...]

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