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

Posted on April 12, 2018 by David Shiffman

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 the Guardian.

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

California mobilizes to save kelp, but will it be in vain? From OceansDeeply
How getting fishing right can protect other threatened marine species. By Doug Rader, for the EDF blog.
Marine noise is disturbing fish, physically and mentally. By Richard Kemeney, for Hakai.
How to help penguins. By David Oehler, for MongaBay.

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Meet me in Borneo, exploitation on the high seas, navy sonars, creature reports, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: March 12, 2018.

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Andrew Thaler

Happy Monday-est Monday!

Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

This is the final week to get you abstracts in for the International Marine Conservation Congress, the premier ocean conservation conference, coming to you from Kuching, Malaysia this June! We got a cracking good symposium on human impacts in the deep sea and plenty of travel grants available for researchers in need. And, for the first time, we’ll be hosting Make for the Planet, Borneo!

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

An outstanding piece on exploitation in the high seas by Jeff Marlow. The High Seas Are Being Exploited. Exploration Must Keep Pace.
This is a thing that happened:

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

Posted on March 8, 2018 by David Shiffman

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 back in the Chesapeake, and crabs will follow. By Dan Charles, for NPR.
Be sure to fill out your Mammal March Madness brackets, now featuring a Cookiecutter Shark! (Don’t know what March Mammal Madness is? Check out my 2017 article about it)

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

Mega-colony of 1.5 million penguins discovered. By Damian Carrington, for the Guardian.
Supplemental nutritional assistance for whales. By John Strang, for Hakai.
Is ocean acidification a chance for bipartisan cooperation in Congress? By Ian Evans, for Oceans Deeply.
The fish that makes other fish smarter. By Ed Yong, for the Atlantic.

Please add your own cuttings and spoils in the comments!

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Floridian flamingos and fishing in the twilight zone: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, March 1st, 2018

Posted on March 1, 2018 by David Shiffman

Cuttings (short and sweet):

Follow Kristina Tietjen, a marine conservation biologist working in Kiribati, on twitter!
A case for wild flamingos calling Florida their home. By Joann Klein, for the New York Times.
The underwater damage left behind by hurricanes. From NPR’s Weekend Edition.
Even corals have microbiomes. By Jason Goldman, for Hakai.
Life of an albatross. By Liza Lester, for the Ecological Society blog.
Senate Committee to consider updates to fish act. By Beth Beard, for the American Fisheries Society blog.

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

The ocean’s twilight zone faces fishing threat. By Alistair Bland, for OceansDeeply
What we don’t know about the arctic: a remarkable ecosystem. By Henry Huntington, for the Ocean Conservancy blog.
Antarctica’s king penguins could disappear by the end of the century. By Matthew Taylor, for the Guardian.
Dams are fragmenting the Amazon. By Claire Asher, for MongaBay.
Saltwater lakes filled with jellyfish found in Indonesia. By Elaina Zachos, for National Geographic.

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A new Gulf oil spill, opposition to deep-sea mining, DIY drop cameras, and more! Massive Monday Morning Salvage: October 30, 2017

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Andrew Thaler

I’ve been away for 2 weeks, so it’s a super-massive edition of the Monday Morning Salvage!

Fog Horn (A Call to Action)

There’s still an unimaginable amount of work to do in Dominica and across the Caribbean. Support the Rebuild Dominica Hurricane Relief fund or any of the other funds from our list: How to help our island colleagues in the wake of total devastation.

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

This is such a cool story: A Trail of Rocks Traces Historical Steamship Routes. We can track old steamship routes from rocks scraped out of the furnaces and tossed overboard.
Former Papua New Guinea Attorney General attacks deep sea mining project. They always pick pictures for these articles that don’t show how much life is right around the vents.

Sampling SMS under the sea Photo: Nautilus Minerals

Whose ecological footprint is bigger: Medics, economists, or environmentalists? Spoilers: conservationists still have an impact, but they sure ain’t number 1.

Jetsam (what we’re enjoying from around the web)

There’s a fresh oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and it’s pretty darn huge:
Some fun from Deep Sea News: When real-life marine biologist and mom goes to sea, she takes the octonauts with her.

This is fine: Report on U.S. Marine Sanctuary Oil Drilling Sent to White House, Not Released to Public. This is totally fine: Trump Administration Proposes Largest Oil and Gas Lease Sale in U.S. History.
Alaska’s Oyster Farmers Are Filling an Acidification-Driven Void. The state’s oyster farming industry is gaining ground as growers elsewhere struggle. From Hakai Magazine, which is great.
Nature is one of the most under-appreciated tools for reigning in carbon. From Anthropocene, which is fast becoming my favorite environmental print magazine. Sorry, Orion.
Thousands of penguin chicks starve in Antarctica.

Hey, Andrew, how about you give us at least *some* good news today? Ok, fine.

Shrinking fish, shipstrikes, and tracking Putin by wildlife. Thursday Afternoon Dredging: August 24th, 2017

Posted on August 24, 2017 by David Shiffman

Cuttings (short and sweet):

Watch this basking shark feed in a video from Basking Shark Scotland
Video by Basking Shark Scotland
Follow Ting-Chun Kuo, a seahorse conservationist who just defended her Ph.D., on twitter!
Climate change is shrinking fish. By Craig Welch, for National Geographic.
More whales are dying from shipstrikes then previously believed, because some sink. By KCBS news.
Scientists attached cameras to penguins. Here’s what they found. By Sarah Gibbens, for National Geographic

Vacation Penguins

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Andrew Thaler

While we take a break during December, enjoy these penguin videos shot by intrepid Antarctic explorer David Honig.

Vacation Penguins

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Andrew Thaler

While we take a break during December, enjoy these penguin videos shot by intrepid Antarctic explorer David Honig.

Vacation Penguins

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Andrew Thaler

While we take a break during December, enjoy these penguin videos shot by intrepid Antarctic explorer David Honig.

Vacation Penguins

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Andrew Thaler

While we take a break during December, enjoy these penguin videos shot by intrepid Antarctic explorer David Honig.