Personal Perspectives

Comics at Sea: An Antarctic Logbook

For five years, I've had a photograph of Palmer Station, Antarctica, tacked up over...

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Deep-sea octocorals: An ecosystem of their own

The deep-sea is a vast part of the world’s ocean. Even today, it often surprises...

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What We’re Reading 11/14

Last week we read a lot about the U.S. Presidential election and its outcomes....

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What We're Reading 10/21

We’re more than halfway through October! Take a break from jumping into crunchy...

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What We’re Reading 10/6

Welcome to October, where there’s a lot going on in ocean news! Protecting...

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What We're Reading - 9/22

It’s hard to keep up with the latest news on the Internet. We all have...

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Shipboard Life in the Antarctic

Strapped in to a harness on the back deck of a 230-foot research vessel off the...

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Following the Akule

While swimming off of the big island of Hawaii in Kealakekua Bay, I saw what first...

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Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

Microbes are some of the most important organisms in the sea. These miniscule...

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Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180

How do you explain a scientific paper in three minutes or less? What if you were...

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Diving in the Middle of Nowhere

Picture this: clear, warm water bathing spectacular coral reefs, clouds of fish,...

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Watching for Fish in the Puffin's Beak

In recent years, I have taken to watching flying fish along the Maine coast. Not...