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Dead whales, glass sponges, 3D-printing for the ocean, and more! Weekly Salvage: October 14, 2019

Posted on October 14, 2019October 13, 2019 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

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Voyaging canoes, failed sea-steading sea states, breaching ocean plastic, deep-sea mining, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: July 2, 2018

Posted on July 2, 2018July 1, 2018 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

  • This year’s Jairo Mora Sandoval Award for Courage in Conservation goes to Patima Tungpuchayakul!  Between August 2014 and October 2016, Patima helped rescue 3,000 trafficked fish workers stranded on remote islands in Indonesian waters by the Thai fishing industry from their slavery. Read more about Patima’s tireless work to liberate enslaved peoples in the fishing industry.

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

Atlas Obscura is on a roll this week with some seriously fabulous ocean coverage, including my new favs:

  • The Canoe That Changed Hawai‘i: How Hōkūleʻa and its amazing voyage across the Pacific helped kickstart a Hawaiian cultural renaissance.
  • Abalonia: The Island Nation That Never Was.

The wreck of the Jalisco. ASSOCIATED PRESS

  • Whale made from 5 tons of plastic waste breaches Bruges Canal.

The Levee (A featured project that emerged from Oceandotcomm)

  • Stitching Hope for the Coast – Christmas trees provide coastal optimism by the incredible Dr. Guertin.

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Monday Morning Salvage: January 16, 2017

Posted on January 16, 2017January 15, 2017 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

  • Ruby Sea Dragons! For the First Time, a Ruby Sea Dragon has been filmed in the wild, and it is magnificent.

  • Some SFS deep history: I got my start in marine science working in a seahorse lab. Seahorses are among my favorite animals.

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

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Monday Morning Salvage: January 2, 2017

Posted on January 2, 2017January 1, 2017 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

Welcome to 2017 and the ninth year of marine science and conservation at Southern Fried Science!

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

  • Alex Warneke knows exactly how to push all of my ocean outreach buttons: Low-cost teaching tools? Check! Hands on student engagement? Check! Open-source materials and datasets? Check! 3D Printing? Check! Meet 3D Cabrillo:

Courtesy A. Warneke, DSN.

  • Learn more about this awesome project from the National Park Service: How to Build a Better Biomodel.

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

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A curious case of convergent evolution?

Posted on February 15, 2009February 6, 2010 By Andrew Thaler 17 Comments on A curious case of convergent evolution?
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ResearchBlogging.orgThe title of this post is followed by a question mark. That is because what follows is not a statement of fact but a puzzle that I have been mulling over in my head since a photograph was published early last year. I do fervently hope the authors of the paper will forgive me for not citing the picture directly, the full citation can be found at the end of this post. I do this only because I want to lead off with a mystery.

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