Spotlight: Exploring the oceans – “there’s still 97 percent”
“Only the ocean remains as the last great unexplored portion of our globe; so it is to the sea that man must turn to meet the last great challenge of […]
Tag Archives: deep sea
Creature of the deep: The see-through barreleye
Another fascinating creature of the deep ocean. This one, the barreleye (Macropinna microstoma), also called the “spookfish” for obvious reasons, provides plenty of mystery for scientists to unravel. When researchers […]
Holiday Zen: the sea’s glittering lights
A favorite sea phenomenon – bioluminescence, or the living lights of the ocean. Kick back and enjoy a moment of deep sea wonder in this holiday season: It never gets old […]
Spotlight: Deepest-ever descent, Mariana Trench
Wired is featuring a terrific resurrection of this exciting ocean exploration story – “Fifty-one years ago this Sunday, Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard and Navy oceanographer Don Walsh descended to the […]
Pic o’ the week – bathypelagic ctenophore
It looks like a molar tooth drenched in gold, or maybe a metallic mylar birthday balloon. But this is a bathypelagic ctenophore, photographed near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge of the Atlantic Ocean. The […]
The Gulf’s deepwater corals
The New York Times has an excellent article today discussing state of science and research about deepwater corals in the Gulf of Mexico. As we’ve blogged, the site of the […]
gushing oil, chemical dispersants and sealife
Video released by the Deepwater Horizon Response team from the oil leak site shows the sheer volume of crude spraying into the deep sea 24/7 (visible especially starting at 1:58) […]
Pic o’ the week – transparent sea cucumber, Gulf of Mexico
A transparent sea cucumber, photographed 1.7 miles down (2,750 meters) in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Scientists found this transparent sea cucumber, Enypniastes, creeping forward on its many tentacles at less […]
life in the Gulf’s Mississippi Canyon
Oil from the Deepwater Horizon’s well is spewing 5,000 gallons of oil a day into the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico’s Mississippi Canyon. Engineers try to build a […]
Pic o’ the week – bioluminescent jellyfish
Our ocean pic of the week – a planktonic jellyfish with bright green fluorescent tentacles. The red fluorescence in the middle of the jellyfish is from chlorophyll in a recent meal […]
