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Bone-eating Jabba worms, the world’s deepest plastic bag, new shipwrecks, climate change art, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: May 14, 2018.

Posted on May 14, 2018 By Andrew Thaler
Weekly Salvage

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 May, 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.
  • How to save the high seas: As the United Nations prepares a historic treaty to protect the oceans, scientists highlight what’s needed for success.

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

  • No commentary needed: Eyeless, Mouthless, Bone-Eating Worm Named After Jabba the Hutt.
Osedax worms growing on the vertebrae of a dead whale.
Photo: 2006 MBARI
  • Every ocean, every dive, every time, trash: Plastic Bag Found at the Bottom of World’s Deepest Ocean Trench.

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The incredible biodiversity of Aquaman’s variant cover: Halfway Home

Posted on May 7, 2014May 8, 2014 By Andrew Thaler
Popular Culture, Science

aquapurged3It’s day three of our epic journey through the wonderful deep-sea creatures featured on this variant cover for Aquaman #31. Have you taken a shot at naming all 18 species, yet? We identified species 1, 2, and 3 on Monday and 4, 5, and 6 on Tuesday.

Today we continue with 7, 8, and 9, one of which is is a major fishery.

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