As those of you who follow myself (@jbaumann3), the blog (@underthecblog), or my lab (@castillocorals) on social media may know, our lab has spent the better part of our summer in field collecting coral cores. The coral cores in the image above were extracted from various reefs across the Florida Keys. Before I tell you … Continue reading
This week, another attempt at a comic! The paper it discusses is open access, so check it out for more information (and a heck of a lot more math, if you’re into that sort of thing). Continue reading
If you were walking down the street, mulling over your latest research conundrum, and were suddenly accosted by a mad-eyed figure demanding the name of an ocean-themed poem, you would probably shout over your shoulder as you sprinted away, “The Chambered Nautilus!” (Either that or Feedback, if the insane number of hits Kelsey’s post receives … Continue reading
Have you ever heard of the Pitcairn Islands? Answer: Unless you’ve read or seen Mutiny on the Bounty (based on real events), probably not. Well, they are a small group of islands in the middle of the Pacific about halfway between New Zealand and South America. Earlier this month, the British government turned these tiny … Continue reading
Oxygen is (as you’re all probably aware) important to life on land–but it’s extremely important to marine life as well. Most sea creatures, such as fish, “breathe” water and extract oxygen using their gills. Without oxygenated seawater, the vast majority of life in our oceans, other than phytoplankton and some specially adapted bacteria, would cease … Continue reading
Throughout the warm summer morning, I carried crates and boxes up the gangplank of the R/V Melville to the tune of barking sea lions. Stopping to watch them flop across the rocks near the port reminded me that I was no longer in North Carolina, but was about to board an oceanographic research ship in San Diego. … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, several of us here at UNdertheC were privileged with the opportunity to see Sylvia Earle and Nancy Knowlton speak. Both of them, especially Dr. Earle, were very big on the idea that the oceans are our lifeblood. They talked at length about the importance of showing people who do not live … Continue reading
Extinction is alive and well at the American Museum of Natural History. A stroll through the famous NYC institution passes fearsome skeletons that wouldn’t have let you walk by 300 million years ago, as well as more diminutive critters better resembling prehistoric pets. For the most part, these remains are ghostly embodiments of eras far … Continue reading
Let me lay some knowledge down on you people–in ancient Rome, the average citizen lived to the ripe age of 24. If I lived back then I’d probably be in the midst of putting my affairs in order and imparting wisdom to my many children, which is frightening because I feel like a functioning adult about … Continue reading
I don’t study fish. It’s one of my limits. I don’t study anything with a face. Or cells. So when I first learned the word “fisheries” I threw it into that chum-bucket of knowledge I’ve grown accustomed to knowing the existence of, but essentially ignoring. But there’s an aspect of fishery study that I connect … Continue reading
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