and other ocean micro-worlds
Neil, Sylvia, and Elliot (Strathclyde Uni) brought a table of diatoms to a pop-up Museum of Microalgae in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens, along with algal evangelist Eric Bear and a crew from the SAMS Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa in Oban. Amazing turnout for a rainy Friday in November, and there were algae-based energy … Read more
A group show of recent art-science collaborations at Arctic Science Summit Week, Edinburgh, March 2024. Neil curated the show and brought the plankton. Neil’s diatoms in the background, along with crochet Arctic sea stars by Emily Doolittle and Laura Johnson‘s painting A Way of Life, Threatened.
Redesign by Neil — similar results to version 1.0 but much more straightforward. New diagrams by Peter. Fold lots of them and then feed them to your bowhead whale!
Diatoms are single-celled, plant-like organisms found throughout the world’s oceans and freshwater. They form dense, short-lived blooms that the rest of the ocean food web depends on, like microscopic rainforests that come and go with the weather. Their exoskeletons are made of silicate (glass) and can take a huge variety of geometric forms. Triceratium diatoms … Read more
Pershing and Stamieszkin (2019): “We define the North Atlantic biome as the region where the large, lipid-rich copepod Calanus finmarchicus is the dominant mesozooplankton species. … Most of the characteristic North Atlantic species, including cod, herring, and right whales, rely on C. finmarchicus either directly or indirectly.” Designed for “Changing Climate, Changing Stories” at the … Read more
Meganyctiphanes norvegica, the northern krill, folded from a 2 m square made by cutting down furniture padding. Designed for “Changing Climate, Changing Stories” at the Hunterian Museum.
Early Covid lockdown project. Modelled loosely on Marrus orthocanna. Modular, just like a real siphonophore!
