Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

• We’re live from the 25th General Assembly of the International Seabed Authority. Watch here!
• Update your indices. This marine worm is called the Sand Striker.

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

• This is very much not normal. An Extremely Rare February Typhoon Is Approaching Guam.
• US Coast Guard Officer Suspected Of Terror Plot Faces Charges.

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

• The Gulf of Mexico Triangle: Assessing Movements of Large Pelagic Fish Across Multiple National Boundaries.
• The Marshall Islands Are Disappearing.
• An Iceberg 30 Times the Size of Manhattan Is About to Break Off Antarctica.
• This is a very good question. Why’s A Big Red Tanker Drifting Near Boston?
• Coastal Job: Maritime Funeral Provider. Captain Brad White grants eco-conscious people their final wish: a blue burial.
• China’s Navy Seeks New Islands to Conquer.
  

• Antarctic scientist captures extraordinary footage of Orcas feeding in the Ross Sea.
• Amid Hunt for Malaysian Plane, Ocean Swims With Missing Vessels.
• See the Pixelated Desert That Powers Your Phone Battery.

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

• Jones and friends (2019) Existing environmental management approaches relevant to deep-sea mining. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2019.01.006.
• Christiansen and friends (2019) Potential effects of deep seabed mining on pelagic and benthopelagic biota. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2019.02.014.

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