#JacquesWeek returns! Falling glaciers, fish that don’t eat plastic, sharks and the women who study them, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: July 16, 2018
Foghorn (A Call to Action!)
- Jacques Week is coming! Have no fear. Our annual answer to Shark Week’s ocean madness will be back for a forth season!
Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)
- Saving the Vaquita was always about understanding human cultures and how social structures intersect with the ecosystem. Investigation reveals illegal trade cartels decimating vaquita porpoises.

Fishermen with an illegal haul of totoaba. Image courtesy of Elephant Action League.
- Keep beating this drum until it sinks in: Plastic Straw Bans Leave Out People With Disabilities.
- Climate change may be a boon for archaeology: Scorching Heat Wave Reveals Signs of Ancient Civilization in the UK.

Photo: Toby Driver (RCAHMW)