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Thursday Afternoon Dredging: March 2nd, 2017

Posted on March 2, 2017 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet):

Logo by Ethan Kocak
  • Watch this school of hammerheads swim! Video by Earth Touch.
  • Follow seahorse conservation biologist Lindsay Aylesworth on twitter!
  • 147 individual great white sharks were spotted off Cape Cod last year. By Steve Annear, for the Boston Globe.
  • Tips for planning an environmentally-friendly vacation. By Shivani Vora, for the New York Times.

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

  • Tips for new faculty to negotiate a better salary, from the team at Dynamic Ecology.
  • New research suggests that scientists do not lose credibility by engaging in advocacy. By Ed Yong, for the Atlantic.

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