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Walrus Attacks, Windships, Wild Oysters, and More! Weekly Salvage: September 30, 2019

Posted on September 30, 2019October 13, 2019 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

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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, 2019February 17, 2019 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

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.

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Cinnamon-flavored hagfish, how to open a coconut, hunted by sperm whales, speaking up for the blue, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: June 11, 2018.

Posted on June 11, 2018June 10, 2018 By Andrew Thaler
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Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

  • Great ocean outreach webinar: Bless your coast: communicating acidification with lessons learned in the Southeast. Tune in June 13th at 1 PM EDT!

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

  • Another entry into the “A Deeper Sea” keeps coming true file: Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish.
  • I’m bummed to be missing Dinacon, but they’re putting out some awesome videos. Ever wonder how to crack open a coconut?
  • Join in on an oceanographic cruise already underway! Follow along with the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Observatory.
  • Introducing #OceanX and #Alucia2, a bold new initiative to explore the ocean and bring it back to the world! Yes please!

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Invisible squid and fish with glowing eye spikes: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, April 5th, 2018

Posted on April 5, 2018April 2, 2018 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet):  Follow Louise Chavarie, an Arctic aquatic ecologist, on twitter! A squid-skin inspired invisibility cloak. From Nature News research updates. Underwater noise pollution disturbs fish, too. From CBC News. NOAA publishes list of global fisheries and their risks to marine mammals. By John Cannon, for MongaBay Antarctic ice melting faster than thought. By … Read More “Invisible squid and fish with glowing eye spikes: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, April 5th, 2018” »

Giant whales and collapsing cod stocks: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, March 29th, 2018

Posted on March 29, 2018 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet):  Follow shark and ray biologist Jeremy Vaudo on twitter! Science may have a reason why whales get so big. By Carrie Arnold, for National Geographic. Paleo profile: The fish from China. By Brian Switek, for Scientific American. Mass stranding in Australia claims 130 whales. Video, for the Guardian. Spoils (long reads and … Read More “Giant whales and collapsing cod stocks: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, March 29th, 2018” »

Giant penguin colonies and tiny squid: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, March 8th, 2018

Posted on March 8, 2018 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet):  Follow Travis Tai, a graduate student studying climate change and fisheries, on twitter! Thumbnail-sized pygmy squid discovered in Australia. By Shreya Dasgupta, for MongaBay. This octopus is 40,000 times heavier than its mate. By Liz Langley, for National Geographic. Seal poo reveals plastic’s path in the sea. Nature research highlights. Grass is … Read More “Giant penguin colonies and tiny squid: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, March 8th, 2018” »

Deep-sea mining goes to court, a year in climate reporting, oyster-adorned singers, and more! The Monday Morning Salvage: December 11, 2017.

Posted on December 11, 2017 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

  • 2017 Year in Climate. It’s been a wild, woolly years of climate highs and policy lows.
    • How Americans Think About Climate Change, in Six Maps.
    • Climate Change Is Complex. We’ve Got Answers to Your Questions.
    • As Climate Changes, Southern States Will Suffer More Than Others.
    • Miles of Ice Collapsing Into the Sea.
  • Fossils of Congress, featuring real, non-elected fossils, found around DC, might be my new favorite thing.
https://fossilsofcongress.tumblr.com/post/168190045787/the-discs-are-pieces-of-crinoid-stem-crinoid-a

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Reducing seabird bycatch, rescuing vaquita, and cod comebacks: Thursday Afternoon Dredging: October 26, 2017

Posted on October 26, 2017 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet): 

  • Watch aquarists at the PPG Aquarium at the Pittsburgh zoo target train a zebra shark so it comes when it’s called

    Video by PennLive.com
  • Follow PNG Sharks and Rays, a twitter account associated with a project studying “one of the last frontiers of marine biodiversity research,” on twitter.
  • 5 things you should know about the Marine Mammal Protection Act. By Katie Hogge, for the Ocean Conservancy blog.
  • First vaquita “rescued” in effort to save the species. By John Cannon, for MongaBay.

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HAGFISH! Also deep-sea mining, climate change, The Ocean Cleanup, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: July 17, 2017

Posted on July 17, 2017 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

Fog Horn (A Call to Action)

  • Hakai Magazine want to hear from you! Dear Hakai Magazine Reader, Who Are You?

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

  • Everything Tangier is utterly fascinating right now: Angry messages to the Trump-supporting mayor of Tangier Island illustrate a need to listen, not to shout.
  • I’m still just dumbfounded by this: Did a Glowing Sea Creature Help Push the U.S. Into the Vietnam War? In other words, Ocean Literacy could save us all from annihilation.
  • I really hope you’re not sick of hagfish yet. Because Hagfish!

  • Best headline, ever: Sea Spiders Pump Blood With Their Guts, Not Their Hearts.

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Cuttlefish camouflage, climate change, ShellBorgs, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: June 19, 2017.

Posted on June 19, 2017 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

  • This cuttlefish:

  • Thanks to Nik Hubbard for bringing it to our attention.

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