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The Global Extinction Vortex, rising regulations for deep-sea mining, biodegradable bags that don’t, Scientology’s measles cruise, and more! The Monday Morning Salvage: May 6, 2019.

Posted on May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 By Andrew Thaler
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Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

  • Now might be a good time to talk about this with, well, everyone. Everything Is Fucked, Major New Extinction Report Finds.

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

  • I missed this the first time around, but it’s still worth a read: Thinking about Climate on a Dark, Dismal Morning.

Hope is the knowledge that we can prevent bad things—but also the realization that we might choose not to.

Thinking about Climate on a Dark, Dismal Morning
  • 100 people are responsible for more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988. Names and Locations of the Top 100 People Killing the Planet.
  • ‘Biodegradable’ Bags Can Still Carry Groceries After Three Years in the Ground, Study Finds.
Three years after being in sea water, this bag could still hold some groceries.
Photo: Lloyd Russell (University of Plymouth)

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

  • Rules on exploiting minerals on sea bed possible by end-2020, says UN body.
  • Cancel all deep-sea mining licenses.
  • This doesn’t really seem good. Mustard gas leaking from vast underwater First World War weapons dump in North Sea.
  • Will large protected areas save the oceans or politicise them? Probably both.
  • Canada Has New Rules Governing Its Marine Protected Areas. Do They Go Far Enough?
  • Upper Mississippi River Breaks 1993 Flood Record.
Liu Yuyang for China Dialog.
  • Vice Media, I guess? Who’s Going to Tell the Royal Baby That Our Planet Is Unequivocally Dying?
  • The Ocean’s Biggest Waves Seem to Be Getting Even Bigger.
  • A new fossil shows how hagfish went back to basics.
The fossil of an ancient hagfish, Tethymyxine, reveals what the creatures were like 100 million years ago. T. Miyashita, Univ. of Chicago.
  • Trump Administration Sidelines Offshore Drilling Plan After Court Ruling.
  • Cracking down on the swim bladder smugglers.
  • How a 90-Year-Old Quest for Plankton Uncovered Early Plastic Pollution.
The small and mighty CPR, which behaves a lot like a seal. CLARE OSTLE.
  • Curbing deadly ship emissions: Should China protect its coastal communities with an international emission control programme?
  • Enough with the ‘Actually, Electric Cars Pollute More’ Bullshit Already.
  • The Dirt, a monthly compilation of recent publications, positions, opportunities, and calls for proposals in Discard Studies.
  • In case you though things couldn’t get anymore surreal than the libertarian bitcoin seasteaders: Scientology Cruise Ship Slips Out of St. Lucia After Measles Quarantine.

Lagan (what we’re reading from the peer-reviewed literature)

  • Bernot and Boxshall (2019) Two new species of parasitic copepods from the genera Nothobomolochus and Unicolax (Cyclopoida: Bomolochidae) from Australian waters. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6858.
  • Schlüter and friends (2019) Coral reefs and the slow emergence of institutional structures for a glocal land- and sea-based collective dilemma. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2019.04.009.
  • Washburn and friends (2019) Ecological risk assessment for deep-sea mining. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.04.014.
  • Brett (2019) Secrets of the Deep: Defining Privacy Underwater. DOI: n/a

Shipping News (academic and ocean policy wonkery)

  • This video about mathematicians’ favorite chalk is absolutely charming.

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