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Welcome to my blog. My name is William Saleu (aka. Wilz Kongo) and I am from Papua New Guinea. I am currently doing research at the Marine Conservation Molecular Facility of the Duke University Marine Lab alongside Kevin Zelino who blogs at Deep Sea News and Andrew Thaler, main author of Southern Fried Science.
Tag Archives: BMC
Honest Opinions on Corruption in PNG
Allan Bird, a name synonymous to the East Sepik Provincial seat, much like counterpart Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare is to PNG politics and the only person who actually gives the Grand Chief a run for his money during election … Continue reading
Making laws on the high seas: TED talk
Meet Kristina Gjerde, international lawyer and advisor to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to meet this wonderful woman and have an hour to sit with her and talk about … Continue reading
Are seahorses REAL?
Ask any biologist why they chose biology and the 2 most common answers you’d get would be because they love animals and they love being out doors (although not usually in that order). Coming to think of it, the decision … Continue reading
Posted in Creature feature, Hydrothermal Vents, Marine Biology, Science
Tagged BMC, Sea Horses
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The deep can not be home for everyone
Send a surface mammal diving to the depths of the ocean and after a few meters it starts feeling the effects of the weight of the water and atmosphere acting on it. Make it dive down a little further and … Continue reading
Posted in Hydrothermal Vents, Marine Biology, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged BMC, myoglobin, Pressure adaptations
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Mediterranean great white sharks came from Australia
Remember Bruce, the Great white shark with that good old Australian accent in Andrew Stanton’s 2003 movie Finding Nemo? Poor guy never knew his father and that was the first thing to come to mind when going through an article … Continue reading
TAP-MAR week 4
Half way there and what better way to celebrate than to have the birthday of one of the participants at the end of the week. Our Egyptian comrade, Suzan El-Gharapawy will be turning 27 this Friday. On behalf of the … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged BMC, ISA, Schery Umanzor, Suzan El Gharapawy, TAP-MAR, Wahiebah Hoosain, William Saleu
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Why Licensing of Solwara 1 project was deferred
For those of you who have been following the recent near licensing of deep sea mining in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and were wondering why it was deferred, here is the latest I have on the matter. There has been … Continue reading
Posted in Hydrothermal Vents, Marine Biology, PNG, Science
Tagged BMC, deep sea mining license, PNG
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Human Livers created in the lab
Human organs engineered in the lab and this time not by growing it on animals but by using animal organs to create it. As presented in Sunday’s American Association for the study of liver disease in Boston, a groundbreaking technique … Continue reading
Worlds Deepest Hydrothermal vent Discovered
I was recently out on an off shore exploration cruise where I was part of a team hunting for hydrothermal vent plume signatures in the water column. The entire cruise was three months long and involved two exploration cruises with … Continue reading
Help BomaiCruz collect Quarters from the US
BomaiCruz has always been fascinated about the fact that the United States seem to have so many different 25 cents (quarter) pieces, probable one from each state and territory. It has become a challenge in the last few weeks as … Continue reading