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LarvaBots, turning the tide on captive dolphins, horror fish from the deep sea, ARA San Juan found, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: November 19, 2018.

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Andrew Thaler

Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

Congratulations to Dr. Hal Holmes of Conservation X Labs for earning a Moore Foundation Inventor Fellowship for his DNA Barcode Project.

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

Reef RangerBot becomes ‘LarvalBot’ to spread coral babies.

LarvalBot gently squirts the coral larvae onto damaged reef areas. Credit: QUT Media

Turn of the tide: Seeing dolphins differently by National Aquarium Director John Racanelli.

Banning Arctic fishing and protecting public beach access: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, October 4th, 2018

Posted on October 4, 2018 by David Shiffman

Cuttings (short and sweet):

Follow fisheries biologist Justin Rizzari on twitter!
Commercial fishing banned across much of the Arctic. By Fiona Harvey, for the Guardian.
Slavery with your seafood. By the Save Our Seas Foundation blog.
The top fish books for kids. By Abigail Lynch, for the Fisheries Blog.

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

Supreme Court refuses to take up Martins Beach case. Surfers, beachgoers relieved. By Peter Fimrite, for the San Francisco Chronicle. This case is important for the right of public access to beaches, and involved a wealthy Californian who tried to keep people off of “his” stretch of beach.
Indonesian Tsunami Was Powered by a Deadly Combo of Tectonics and Geography. By Andrea Thompson, for Scientific American. A fascinating (but scary) look at what made this tsunami so powerful and deadly.
Largely banned industrial chemicals could wipe out killer whales, study warns. By Shreya Dasgupta, for MongaBay. Harmful chemicals can continue to wreak environmental havoc even years after they’ve been banned.

Please add your own cuttings and spoils in the comments!

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Things you might like to know about Physical Oceanography – Tsunamis

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Andrew Thaler

This entertaining and informative video comes to us from physical oceanography graduate student Katie Smith.

Hat Tip: Girls are Geeks

Tsunami severely damages Charles Darwin Research Station

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Andrew Thaler

The world’s attention is rightfully focus on the ongoing tragedy unfurling in Japan. Earthquake aftershocks continue to cause damage and the Fukushima nuclear power plant is not yet under control. But the tsunami the struck the Japanese coast continued across the Pacific, and while no place was as hard hit as Japan, there were other casualties, including the Charles Darwin Research Station on the Galapagos island of Santa Cruz.