Climate induced collpase of deep-sea ecosystems was unheard of up until roughly 1980. The buffer between the deep-sea and atmospheric climate was such that it was immune to typical climatic instability. Things are changing. Just how the deep-sea will react to these new variables is the question. (via seed) Also from Seed, Cribsheet #14, concerning the inference of exoplanets orbiting distance stars by measuring variables in the light that we see from said star. Was science this bad ass in school? glc

Strange Maps has reached 5 Million hits! From 30 to 3,000 to 123,000 in a three month span when they started...AMAZING! Plus he/she is putting together a Strange Maps book once they finalize all the copy right issues. (h/t kottke) glc

Speaking of maps, for all you word hounds out there, the best thing i learned today discovered a new word (in the sense that she had never heard it before, and well, neither had I). Graphicacy. glc

Lauren Frey from The Morning News, with help from William Butler Yeats and William Blake, takes an interesting poetic look into the Presidential race. glc

No Impact Man takes a look into something that is close to my heart. The remaining Presidential Candidates views and policy plans for environmental advancement. glc

A recent Indexed submission by Jessica Hagy left me feeling ... well I'm not sure, just check it out.

Music, gadgets, clothing, shoes, ties, books... we all have that thing we are a bit obsessed with thats costs us perhaps a bit more then we realize. Call it the school clothes conundrum. glc

Eddie Vedder will be embarking on a small, west coast solo tour on April 2nd, entitled the "April Fool's Tour." This better not be a joke. jmj

A couple days ago we linked to Salon asking how much was too much for the care of a pet. Today we ask, do you need health insurance for your pet? glc

An NPR music blog asks an interesting question, "Are all indie bands democrats?" jmj

On a personal note, I have a request. Can somebody, anybody, get me a link to John Stewart's analysis of the Roger Clemens hearing from the 2/14/08 Daily Show episode? It was HYSTERICAL! glc