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Two new writers, the net that never stops killing, how not to launch a boat, the Blackfish Effect, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: May 28, 2018

Posted on May 28, 2018May 28, 2018 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

Muster (updates from the blog)

  • Southern Fried Science has a fresh, new, mobile friendly look! Let us know what you think in the comments.
  • We welcomed two new writers in as many months! Please give a huge welcome to Angelo Villagomez and Rachel Pendergrass. Check out their first articles:
    • The ‘Pluto Moment’ for Marine Protected Areas.
    • Defining Your Audience (Or How To Plan The Worst Birthday Ever).
  • Spotted in the Chesapeake: We met a friendly Northern Water Snake swimming around the Bay this weekend. Northern Water Snakes are common and completely harmless. If you see one, just say “Hi” and let them be.
Photo by author

Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

  • Yale study: Newspaper op-eds change minds and The Long-lasting Effects of Newspaper Op-Eds on Public Opinion. Scientists and conservationists, this summer, make an effort to publish a Letter to the Editor or OpEd in your local paper. If you’ve done so, please leave a link to it in the comments.

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

  • A Single Discarded Fishing Net Can Keep Killing for Centuries.

“One old gill net found wedged between rocks off the coast of the San Juan Islands reportedly sat atop a pile of marine bird and mammal bones that was three feet deep.”

source.

  • This Woods Hole robot submarine found a 300-year-old Spanish galleon that may contain billions in treasure.
WHOI
  • It’s been far, far too long since we had a really good boat launch fail. Don’t worry, the crane operator bailed out before the flip and is fine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcZ8-MtcZrE

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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, 2018March 12, 2018 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

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:

Tweet about potential confirmation of Amelia Earhart's remains.

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When I talk about Climate Change, I don’t talk about science.

Posted on January 3, 2017January 6, 2017 By Andrew Thaler
Conservation, Science

Climate Change is real. It’s happening now. And the best available data points to us as the cause.

That the foundational science is settled is a point of unending frustration to scientists, science writers, and policy advocates who face continuous partisan push back, from whitewashing government websites to threatening scientists with legal repercussions for reporting the data.  During my International Marine Conservation Congress keynote last year, I argued that Climate Change denial is not a science literacy problem, but rather a product of increasing political bifurcation. Political ideology is a much stronger predictor of Climate Change understanding than science literacy.

The term “Climate Change” is now loaded with so much political baggage that it becomes almost impossible to hold a discussion across political lines. In stakeholder interviews, people generally understand and acknowledge the impacts of climate change on local and regional scales, as long as you don’t call it “Climate Change”. This has been my experience working in rural coastal communities, which tend to be strongly conservative and intimately connected to the changing ocean.

Which is why, when I talk about Climate Change, I don’t talk about science. 

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Ocean Story Slam – Don’t forget to put the plug in

Posted on February 6, 2010February 6, 2010 By Andrew Thaler 1 Comment on Ocean Story Slam – Don’t forget to put the plug in
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My contribution to Bluegrass Blue Crab’s Ocean Story Slam. Of course, since I’m also a judge, this technically doesn’t count. Some stories are just too fun not to tell, this is not one of them. So consider this my gift to you: ~Southern Fried Scientist

Ocean Story Slam

Posted on February 6, 2010 By Bluegrass Blue Crab 7 Comments on Ocean Story Slam
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We know you all have good stories from the field, of your crazy colleagues, or simply of what crazy shenanigans happen in otherwise tedious lab time. Not to mention, your actual research should be tell-able in story form, so…

In the honor of narratives in science, I propose an OCEAN STORY SLAM!

Plus, I know you all love competitions.

Curious? Check out my intro at YouTube. Please submit yours in reply.

What is a story slam, you ask?

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