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Saving the Iron Snail, Ghosts of the Potomac, Invasion of the Land Crabs, and More! Monday Morning Salvage: July 22, 2019.

Posted on July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

This week in deep-sea mining:

  • Seabed-Mining Foes Press U.N. to Weigh Climate Impacts. Minerals used in electronics are found on the seafloor, but disturbing them could release carbon.
  • Red List: Extinction threat to overlooked species.
The scaly-foot snail lives only at hydrothermal vent sites. Chong Chen.

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

SPACE!

  • One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for the Merchant Marine
  • Discard Studies with an incredibly important dissection of the Tragedy of the Commons: The Tragedy of the Tragedy of the commons.

Read More “Saving the Iron Snail, Ghosts of the Potomac, Invasion of the Land Crabs, and More! Monday Morning Salvage: July 22, 2019.” »

Cleaning beaches and saving right whales: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, September 13, 2018

Posted on September 13, 2018 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet): Follow marine biologist (and research tech in the lab I’m in) Wade VanderWal on twitter! The science behind the International Coastal Cleanup. By George Leonard, for the Ocean Conservancy blog. Here’s a plastic pollution reduction program that works! The hidden lives of deep-sea creatures caught on camera. By Amy Maxmen, for … Read More “Cleaning beaches and saving right whales: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, September 13, 2018” »

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