Doodles from the deep sea, a mining company founders, finding lost warships, rogue scientists, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: December 24, 2018

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

Illustrations by Jackie Roche.

Jetsam (what we’re reading from around the web)


Sonar scans revealed a detailed view of the USS San Diego, including the hull where the explosion occurred at 11:23 a.m. on July 19, 1918.
Credit: Arthur Trembanis and Alexis Catsambis

Lagan (what we’re reading from the peer-reviewed literature)

Shipping News (academic and ocean policy wonkery)

PA14CY Bayannur, China. 19th July, 2018. The cloud-seeding rocket launched to ease the drought in Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, China on 19 July 2018.(Photo by TPG/CNS) Credit: TopPhoto/Alamy Live News

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