Pictured: Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Ocean Acidification Impacts Oysters' Memory of Environmental Stress We're all pretty comfortable with the fact that we inherit our traits and characteristics from our parents in the form of DNA. We get a randomized half from mom, the other half from dad, and we're the resulting mix. But that stuff... Continue Reading →
Image from Tomita et al., 2018. Unborn Baby Sharks Will Swim Between Uteruses to Devour Their Brethren This week, we're re-branding R.A.D. as Hell to be M.E.T.A.L. as Hell (acronym forthcoming) which should be self-explanatory if you read the title of the above article. And, honestly, the title kind of says it all, too. You... Continue Reading →
Image from the below Forbes article by Joanna Nassar. Fish Wearing 'Marine Skin' Sensors Collect Information 6,500 Feet Below The Sea Here we go again, my friends. Just when you thought I might write about something new or even vaguely interesting, I'm back at it again with wearable data sensors for the third time in... Continue Reading →
Image from cousteau.org. Link: Measuring climate change, on the backs of scuba divers Quick, name your favorite marine scientist. Go ahead and do it. OK, now, I have three points to make about what you just said: Not enough of you said Sylvia Earle because she's a woman and the patriarchy exists (not that you're... Continue Reading →
Image from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Veggie-loving Fish Could Be the New White Meat It should be no surprise in 2020 to hear (again) that a vegetarian diet is the environmentally preferable alternative to one heavy in meat and other animal products. There’s all kinds of data showing how much more fresh water livestock consume... Continue Reading →
Cyborg Jellyfish Could One Day Explore the Ocean You know what's rad? G-D cyborgs. Darth Vader is a cyborg and arguably a better villain AND hero than any character in the most recent Star Wars trilogy. Robocop is a cyborg. Janelle Monáe is a cyborg, guys (ok, she's an android - but she’s in the... Continue Reading →
Image clipped from Red Bull. There's a 'Desert' in the Middle of the Pacific, And We Now Know What Lives There In a news cycle in which we've all enjoyed roasting the new US Space Force for their jungle camouflage uniforms and Trekkie logo, I'd like to direct your attention to the unexplored frontier that's... Continue Reading →
Image by Keri Wilk, but I think these guys own it? And I got it from here, so who knows. Nature's Solution to Climate Change Writing about the whales last week reminded me of this great article from December last year that I was planning to do a longer write-up on, but then promptly forgot... Continue Reading →
Image from How Stuff Works The Biology of Big In 2019 I read every article published by Science, the preeminent publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the coolest scientific journal in scientific journal school (Nature is the bad boy). Ok, alright, I only read (skimmed) the tables of contents for... Continue Reading →
Image from The Ocean Cleanup. Mission One Completed - The Plans To Make Products from the Plastic Catch The Ocean Cleanup Unveils Plan to Address the Main Source of Ocean Plastic Pollution: Rivers I simply cannot stop writing about The Ocean Cleanup - in the best possible way. I've already highlighted the awesome things this... Continue Reading →
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