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Sea monsters and saving kelp: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, April 12, 2018

Posted on April 12, 2018April 11, 2018 By David Shiffman 1 Comment on Sea monsters and saving kelp: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, April 12, 2018
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Cuttings (short and sweet):  Follow graduate student Justine Hudson, who studies arctic marine mammals, on twitter. Prehistoric “sea monster” could be largest that ever lived. By John Pickrell, for National Geographic. Right whales think before they speak. By Jason Goldman, for Scientific American. UK could create 5,000 jobs by improving seafood sustainability. By Fiona Harvey, for … Read More “Sea monsters and saving kelp: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, April 12, 2018” »

Thursday Afternoon Dredging: March 30th, 2017

Posted on March 30, 2017March 30, 2017 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet):

Logo by Ethan Kocak
  • Watch the sharks at Palmyra Atoll, and check out my new article for Hakai Magazine about an important new study of this unexploited population.
  • Follow Erin Dillon, a UC Santa Barbara Ph.D. student, on twitter!
  • Derelict Fishing Gear and the Death of Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs. From the NOAA Response and Restoration blog
  • Growth spurts may determine a lamprey’s sex. By Erin Ross, for Scientific American.

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