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Monday Morning Salvage: March 13, 2017

March 13, 2017 Andrew Thaler

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This Great White Shark, who definitely just poo-ed all over some unsuspecting SCUBA divers.

Watch a Great White Shark Shit All Over a Group of Cage Divers.

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Monday Morning Salvage: NOAA Special Edition (call your representatives!)

March 6, 2017March 6, 2017 Andrew Thaler

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This weekend, the Washington Post reported on a leaked proposed budget from the Administration which includes drastic, agency-breaking cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This comes in the wake of new Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross pledging to protect peer-reviewed researchers and shield NOAA climate scientists from partisan attacks and that the Department of … Read More “Monday Morning Salvage: NOAA Special Edition (call your representatives!)” »

Monday Morning Salvage: February 20, 2017

February 20, 2017 Andrew Thaler 1 Comment

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For all our US-based Readers: Happy President’s Day! For everyone else, this is the reason none of you USian colleagues are answering e-mails. Unless they are, in which case, *grumble grumble grumble* *something about work-life balance*

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The ocean is full of garbage and even the deepest trenches aren’t safe. Here’s an interview I did with KSPN Saipan where I talked about the garbage the precedes us everywhere we go.

Also: Banned chemicals persist in deep ocean. This seems important.

Monday Morning Salvage: February 13, 2017

February 13, 2017 Andrew Thaler

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Bringing you the best of marine science and conservation from the last week.

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This giant isopod just wrecking a shark.

More.

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Monday Morning Salvage: January 30, 2017

January 30, 2017January 29, 2017 Andrew Thaler

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Ensuring that our friends and colleagues who are legal residents of the United States of America, and those suffering under oppressive regimes who heard the promise of the Mother of Exiles and chose to find a better life in our country, can still trust us with the privilege to fulfill that promise.
Rejecting the triumph of cruelty.
Also, these incredible thousand-year-old windmills, still in use today, milling grain in Iran.

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Monday Morning Salvage: January 23, 2017

January 23, 2017January 23, 2017 Andrew Thaler

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Come back to the Mariana Trench with me! I’ve taken the almost ten hours of assorted dive footage from our adventures in Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and Guam and edited it down to just the best four minutes. Share, subscribe, and enjoy!

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Monday Morning Salvage: January 16, 2017

January 16, 2017January 15, 2017 Andrew Thaler

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Ruby Sea Dragons! For the First Time, a Ruby Sea Dragon has been filmed in the wild, and it is magnificent.

Some SFS deep history: I got my start in marine science working in a seahorse lab. Seahorses are among my favorite animals.

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Monday Morning Salvage: January 9, 2017

January 9, 2017January 9, 2017 Andrew Thaler

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Roman Fedorsov, a Russian fisherman who posts all the weirdest bycatch from deep-sea trawls to his twitter account.

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Monday Morning Salvage: January 2, 2017

January 2, 2017January 1, 2017 Andrew Thaler

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Welcome to 2017 and the ninth year of marine science and conservation at Southern Fried Science!

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Alex Warneke knows exactly how to push all of my ocean outreach buttons: Low-cost teaching tools? Check! Hands on student engagement? Check! Open-source materials and datasets? Check! 3D Printing? Check! Meet 3D Cabrillo: