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If you don’t already have a fear of the ocean, then this marine biology student’s TikTok videos may have you rethinking your stance on the matter. Thanks to Cornell University freshman John Dombrowski, TikTok viewers can now get a crash course in some of the more terrifying aspects of the ocean and other large bodies…
via Marine Biology Student Goes Viral With Ocean Factoids That Will Stoke Your Fears of the Ocean — TIME
Various forms of life on earth are united by one particular need, this being the need for energy. For many creatures, this is done through a wonderful biological process, one of my favourites in fact. This is eating… On land we can look at a basic example of a food chain, which shows how energy […]
via 5: Phytoplankton- the lungs of the ocean — Notebook from the North
94.37% of the sea grass in Halley, Orkney was shown to have micro plastics attached to the plants
via Macro & Micro Plastics Pollution in Orkney — The Orkney News
Track whales, seals, alligators, turtles, and sharks at OCEARCH — an open source project to geared to helping scientists collect previously unattainable data on animal movements from deep in the world’s oceans.
“We’re also going to be the first country in the world to undertake a region-wide blue carbon audit, which will be carried out in the Orkney Islands maritime region.”
via Orkney’s Waters to be used to Investigate Blue Carbon — The Orkney News
From 2007 to 2014, two-thirds of Pacific Northwest orca pregnancies failed. Not a single calf has survived more than three years.
via A baby orca’s death, a mother’s grief and a state’s call to action — NBC News Top Stories
by Greg Rasmussen (via msn.com)
Ken Pearce throttles back on his outboard motor, his boat slowing as it cuts through the waters of the lower Fraser River near Steveston, B.C.
He’s spotted a half-dozen seals swimming in a side channel.
“They’ve fed on the rising tide and now they’re coming in to soak up the sun and snooze,” he says.
Pearce views the animals as a major threat to migrating salmon and the endangered killer whales that feed on them.
He wants tens of thousands of them killed in a commercial hunt.
His group, Pacific Balance Pinniped Society, has support from some First Nations, commercial fishing groups and elements of the sport fishing industry.
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Endangered olive ridley sea turtles found dead off Mexico – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-45341575
Controversial survey suggests oil platforms can act like offshore reefs and encourage wildlife.
via Call to turn oil rigs into nature reserves — BBC News – Science & Environment
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Biologists knew the sharks sometimes traveled from waters off Costa Rica south to the Galapagos Islands, but they’d never actually witnessed it.(Image credit: Andy Mann/Waitt Foundation/Pacifico )
via Scientists Take A Ride On The Pacific’s ‘Shark Highway’ — News : NPR
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