Arctic Sea Creatures Photography
Wired hat eine schöne Galerie mit Fotos von Alexander Semenov, der in der Arktis Unterwasserfotos von Viehzeugs schießt. Die Schönheit oben ist ein „Jellyfish parasite, Hyperia galba inside the jelly“, der Kollege rechts ist ein „Red bull (Amphipoda Acanthonotozoma inflatum)“. Hier seine Website, sein Blog, hier isser auf Behance und noch mehr Bilder gibt’s auf Flickr.
Arctic Biologist Shares Astonishing Sea Creatures With the World
Giant Amoebas
Wissenschaftler haben in der Tiefsee im Mariannengraben gigantische Amöben gefunden. Gigantisch ist hier natürlich relativ, die Viecher haben einen Umfang von rund 10 Zentimeter, aber man muss sich darüber klar sein: Wir reden hier über Einzeller! Whoa!
Gigantic amoebas have been found in the Mariana Trench, the deepest region on Earth.
During a July 2011 voyage to the Pacific Ocean chasm, researchers with Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and National Geographic engineers deployed untethered landers, called dropcams, equipped with digital video and lights to explore the largely mysterious region of the deep sea.
The team documented the deepest known existence of xenophyophores, single-celled animals exclusively found in deep-sea environments. Xenophyophores are noteworthy for their size, with individual cells often exceeding 4 inches (10 centimeters), their extreme abundance on the seafloor and their role as hosts for a variety of organisms.
Giant Amoebas Discovered in Deepest Ocean Trench, mehr: Researchers Identify Mysterious Life Forms in the Extreme Deep Sea. Hier gibt’s noch ein (relativ unspektakuläres) Video. (via /.)
Edith Widder @ TED: The weird and wonderful world of Bioluminescence
Schöner TED-Talk von Edith Widder über Biolumineszenz: „In the deep, dark ocean, many sea creatures make their own light for hunting, mating and self-defense. Bioluminescence expert Edith Widder was one of the first to film this glimmering world. At TED2011, she brings some of her glowing friends onstage, and shows more astonishing footage of glowing undersea life.“
Vintage Deepsea-Creatures aus Glas
io9 hat im Science Museum ein paar über einhundert Jahre alte Glasfiguren gefunden, alles Viecher aus der Tiefsee. Glas-Kraken, Glas-Quallen, Glas-Korallen… Aaaaaw! Ich liebe es!
This gorgeous glass sculpture of an Actinophryid, an ocean microorganism, is over 100 years old. It’s one the few surviving scientific models of tiny, swimming creatures created by a father-son team of glassmakers.
A few years ago, Wisconsin Zoological Museum worker Paula Holahan opened some cabinets that hadn’t been touched for decades. Inside, she found several boxes of delicate glass replicas of ocean life.
Odd-Looking Marine Animals (You Never Knew Existed)
They exist. Don’t ask “why”, just accept their unbelievable strangeness and the fact that other surreal creatures (who knows how many!) may inhabit the oceanic depths, of which we have only explored a tiny fraction.
Cataloging 200,000 Alien Species Here on Earth
In our quest to discover alien life forms, humans have looked deep into space, sent landers to Mars. and launched probes into the outer reaches of the solar system. But marine biologists discover new life forms here on Earth all the time, many of them truly bizarre and as alien to terrestrial life as anything you’ll find in a scifi movie. That’s why the Census of Marine Life is undertaking an amazing long-term project to catalog every single one of them and eventually make the information accessible to all of us.
U-Boote aus der Vergangenheit und der Zukunft
Dark Roasted Blend hat eine Sammlung mit vintage U-Booten und futuristischen Konzepten, darunter auch dieser Kickass-Tauchanzug mit Dr.Hook-Haken von anno dazumal, der aussieht, als würde er gleich losstampfen und einen in den Hintern treten.
Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans
We’ve got Google Earth and Google Sky. Next up will be a map of the world below sea level–Google Ocean.
The company has assembled an advisory group of oceanography experts, and in December invited researchers from institutions around the world to the Mountain View, Calif., Googleplex. There, they discussed plans for creating a 3D oceanographic map, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The tool–for now called Google Ocean, the sources say, though that name could change–is expected to be similar to other 3D online mapping applications. People will be able to see the underwater topography, called bathymetry; search for particular spots or attractions; and navigate through the digital environment by zooming and panning.
New Species: Deepsea Spider
A multinational expedition has discovered an array of new species in the deep waters off the coast of eastern Antarctica, including giant jellyfish and sea-spiders the size of dinner plates.
Lightshow aus der Tiefsee
Jeez. Eigentlich war das ja ein sicherer Kandidat für die Links, aber die Videos, die David Gallo da auf der TED-Konferenz zeigt, sind einfach zu boah! Kraken, die unterschiedliche Farben für Männchen (agressiv) und Weibchen (charmant) haben und im Notfall sogar beide Farben zeigen (um das Männchen links auf Abstand und das Weibchen rechts in Kontakt zu halten). Wow!
