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.
This means, due to Peter being busy with oral exams (wish him luck), that DSN is totally in the hands of Kevin (God help us all). Some fodder to think about for the next few days...
Mark Powell over at the recently redesigned blogfish provides an example of scientists and conservationists actually saving the ocean. Someone just the other day, although I can't remember where, when, or who, suggested that there were few examples of scientists actually saving the earth. Thankfully Mark comes to the rescue.
The New York Times discusses how global climate warming is helping scientist. Less Arctic ice pack is making it easier to map the ocean floor.
A leading U.S. government scientist says the Ol' U.S. of A and our northern neighbors are in a "collision course over seabed rights in the Arctic Ocean, where vast, untapped oil and gas deposits are fuelling an undersea land grab and researchers from all polar nations are racing to collect data backing their countries' territorial claims." See global warming is good.
Zoologix examines whether the recent move by the Atlanta Aquarium to allow recreational scuba diving with their whales sharks is so wise.
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Comments
Yo, thanks Craig! And back atcha, good on you for sticking your neck out with the "just one thing" challenge. Since ScienceBlogs wouldn't have me, then at least one of you real scientists over there is doing more than rant at the problems!
Posted by: Mark Powell | February 12, 2008 9:33 PM
Oh, and thanks for noticing the new look at blogfish. Like your new "header." What a troika!
Posted by: Mark Powell | February 12, 2008 9:35 PM
Where/when's your lecture? I'm a student here and would love to listen.
Posted by: Helen | February 13, 2008 7:59 AM
Hey! Hve fun at the Shedd! It is still on my top 3 of favourite places in the world.
No joke.
And I absolutely love the velvet shrimp, if they're still there, will you say hello for me?
And the Sawfish if he's still there. I love him too. I watched him swim his laps around for I don't know how long. (Tell me if he still swims clockwise around the tank), and even, (as I didn't know about claspers and such then - if it IS a he).
Posted by: keely | February 13, 2008 7:00 PM