Craig is temporarily a post-doctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute who is looking for a permanent position. He spends most of his time balancing his overwhelming geekdom with normalcy so he can function in the real world. Luckily his wife likes his geekiness.
Peter Etnoyer is a Graduate Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He studies deep corals and ocean fronts, and he loves to be on the water.
Kevin Zelnio is a Graduate Student Researcher at Penn State studying the ecology of hydrothermal vent and methane seep communities. He raises awareness of the plight of the spineless through folk music.
Over at BlogCritics Magazine someone has critiqued DSN. ggwfung has not been so nice to my Sb'lings and they have in turn not been so nice back. That being said, ggwfung had some really nice things to say about us...
Deep Sea News is a partnership between Craig, a "post-doctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute", and Peter, a "Graduate Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies." Fairly impressive titles, but this blog is salt of the earth, or in this case, salt of the sea. It casts back to the best traditions of popular science, sparking curiosity and bewonderment, explaining the phenomena in comprehensible language. It's all about communication between the expert and an interested reader, a transfer of knowledge and ideas, sharing the passion. Multiple postings take place either daily or every other day, and when images are used, they are striking and effective. In fact, given the highly visual nature of their interests - the sea, it's creatures, exploration vessels, wonderful kraken - photos could probably be used a bit more. And I'm also a big fan of sticking categories in the sidebar; don't make me fish for it in the archives. Deep Sea News is a solid blog with wide appeal. Recommended.
Comments
Kudos on a job well done. I hope you can still fit into your blessed cubicle on Monday morning. Maybe you could get you an ocean view office after this? The review still doesn't use the big "S" title for you, but does refer to you as an 'expert'. What's in a name? A scientist by any other name would still smell as sweet. Congratulations again.
Posted by: AHaffa | February 4, 2007 12:03 PM
I have thought your site and the entries from you and Peter have been very informative. I am not a science geek, I just try to teach elementary students the importance of our environment. I continue to find helpful information and beautiful pictures here for my reference and use in the classroom. Thank you. By the way, great picture, Peter. These do the two of you more justice, instead of the old ones.
Posted by: Blondie
| February 5, 2007 3:14 AM