Dumping Pharmaceutical Waste In The Deep Sea
During 1973-78 alone over 400 metric tones of pharmaceutical wastes were dumped into the ocean off Puerto Rico.Posted on April 7, 2008 5:28 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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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.
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New Deep-Sea Communities From Whale Poo
A species of holothurian, Pannychia, swarms a whale fecal mound in the abyssal Pacific. When Miriam visited me last week at MBARI, we discussed over lunch my current "great" hypothesis. Every scientist has them...these are the hypotheses that are high...Posted on April 1, 2008 4:01 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Where To Proceed With Ocean Iron Fertilization
This weeks Science offers commentary on the use of Ocean Iron Fertilization (OIF) to mitigate rising carbon dioxide levels. The author list is a dream team of ocean productivity experts who know what they are talking about. The 1 page...Posted on January 17, 2008 1:54 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Who doesn't love 110 acres of concrete on the ocean floor?
Business owner: So if we destroy 1.1 acres natural habitat all we have to do is put 110 acres of concrete on the ocean floor? Government: I am going to have to ask you to refrain from using concrete and...Posted on January 3, 2008 2:59 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What's That Over There?
...munitionsFrom the daily blog of the University of Washington students aboard R/V Thomas Thompson using the ROV ROPOS to conduct seafloor surveys in support of the NEPTUNE Canada cabled observatory and to recover seismometers at Endeavour. The start of the...Posted on August 8, 2007 1:13 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
