How can you monitor something as vast as the ocean?
Enlist citizen scientists!
Marine biologist Steve Haddock studies deep-sea and open-ocean gelatinous zooplankton (another way of saying jellyfish), molecular phylogenetics (genes), and bioluminescence (biological production of light). He conducts his research at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing, CA.
Posts by Steve
The news and blogs are full of doom-and-gloom stories of jellyfish taking over the oceans.
But don’t believe every blog you read – including this one -without finding the facts behind the frenzy.
Feb 03, 2009
Earth
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In addition to being able to place markers and content below the sea surface, Google Earth has added bathymetry and a simulated ocean surface, opening up the ability to use the tool to present marine-related information in the proper context.
Nov 13, 2007
Earth
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Fluorescent proteins move from the ocean to the lab.
Oct 24, 2007
Earth
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How does the media portray the deep-sea, and how does this coincide with what scientists continue to discover about it?
