Photo by John Durban from right here. The Enormous Hole That Whaling Left Behind by Ed Yong Sorry not sorry about the back-to-back #whalelife content lately, but covering this is one part follow-up story one part redemption so buckle up for some totally uncharacteristic toilet talk. I've already written at length about the wonders of... Continue Reading →
Image from the excellent They Can Talk. Why Are We Seeing More White Sharks and Seals in the Gulf of Maine? I'm gonna be a bit indulgent and throw a hometown story in here, as a treat. You probably heard about the tragically fatal white shark attack that we had up here in Maine in... Continue Reading →
Image by Jason deCaires Taylor This Sculpture Takes the Great Barrier Reef's Temperature I know right now we're consumed with fighting for racial justice during a global pandemic AND crippling economic recession/depression - and that's absolutely where our priorities should be. However, there's a big, back it up, dump truck booty BUT coming, and that... Continue Reading →
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 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 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 below video from Dezeen. Iceberg-making Submarine Aims to Tackle Global Warming by Re-freezing the Arctic I'm gonna hit you with a couple sentences that are going to sound extremely made up, but are extremely not made up at all. An Indonesian designer and architect (Faris Rajak Kotahatuhaha, for those interested), came in second... Continue Reading →
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