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Hagfish nom-nommers, Trample-gramming, boring clams, I’m still in love with these giant isopods, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: April 8, 2019.

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Andrew Thaler

Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

Good job, everyone! NOAA Budget Proposal Hits Rough Waters in Congress.
Tool Foundry expands access to science by promoting tools for discovery: Luminary Labs initiative launches four-month accelerator to help inventors bring better scientific tools to more communities

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

Cambodia’s endangered river dolphins at highest population in 20 years.

Dick-Shaped, Wood-Munching Clams Are More Diverse Than We Thought, Study Finds.

A wood-boring clam inside a piece of wood
Photo: Jenna Judge

How Miami’s realtors lie to themselves, each other, and you about climate change in America’s largest sinking city: Heaven or High Water: Selling Miami’s last 50 years.
The Video of Giant Isopods Eating an Alligator in the Deep Sea You Must Watch!

Deep-sea gator falls covered in isopods, more struggles for the Ocean Cleanup, a robot lost in the cold (but not the one you’re thinking of), and more! Monday Morning Salvage: February 18, 2019

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Andrew Thaler

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

What do you do if you find yourself at the helm of a major Louisiana marine science institution? If you’re Dr. Craig McClain, you plant the first experimental Alligator falls in the deep Gulf of Mexico!

Photos courtesy Dr. Craig McClain via Deep Sea News.

On the other hand, if you find yourself at the helm of a US Navy destroyer, you might want to review this incredible and exhaustive accounting of the USS Fitzgerald disaster and how training deficits, exhaustion, and poor decision making compounded to create a deadly situation.

USS Fitzgerald. Public domain photo.