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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Microbes:
Deep Oceans and Deep Space
I don't study hydrothermal vents. I rather enjoy the deep muddy ooze, and its organisms, that comprise much of the earth's surface. Not that I don't like vents, I just like the soft bottoms better. I have been often...Posted on March 30, 2008 12:00 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Who Will Fund the Census of Marine Life?
Ten years ago Fred Grassle, a marine biologist with deep-sea tendencies, and Jesse Ausubel, program director for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, started conversing on an initiative to document the biodiversity of the oceans. That program, the Census of Marine Life,...Posted on March 6, 2008 12:10 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
When I Die...Where Will You Put Me?
The Neptune Memorial Reef project is the largest man made reef ever conceived and provides an extraordinary living resting place for the departed, an environmental and ecological masterpiece, a superb laboratory for marine biologists, students, researchers and ecologists, and...Posted on December 30, 2007 7:08 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
MRSA Killed By Deep-Sea Bacteria
Before this marine-based life I worked in a hospital. One thing that scared the @#$% out of me was methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. When I left the hopsital for graduate school I was glad to leave that behind. I...Posted on November 17, 2007 4:06 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
That's A Lot of Microbes
From USA Today... Hot vents deep in the ocean harbor thousands of previously unknown microorganisms, scientists report. By examining the DNA of microbes taken from two hydrothermal vents [Axial Seamount] off the coast of Oregon, researchers identified as many as...Posted on October 4, 2007 11:54 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Important tools of microbiology: Garbage bags by Christina Kellogg
CK in garbage bag darkroom, credit Stéphane HourdezThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy advises that it is always useful to have your own towel. Sea-going microscopists are similarly advised to bring a large black garbage bag and duct tape. Viral...Posted on September 15, 2007 4:15 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Friday Deep-Sea Picture (9/14/06)
Radiolaria are marine protists that are most abundant in tropical waters. The remains of their beautiful houses can be found on the bottom of the ocean as well as in fossilised rock. Direct link: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/micropolitan/index.html From the Institute for...Posted on September 14, 2007 3:24 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Do the Bacteria Dance!
Bacteria...bacteria...bacteria......Posted on September 14, 2007 4:56 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Hottie Alert! by Christina Kellogg
Move over Angelina Jolie-according to University of Delaware marine biologists, the Pompeii worm is "Earth's Hottest Animal." And how could it not be...an invertebrate with a pimp-tastic bacteria fur coat?! Well that, and it can survive even when its...Posted on September 14, 2007 4:10 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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