#OurAmazingOcean
Half the oxygen we breathe comes from tiny phytoplankton in the ocean.
Every day is #EarthDay
via Katherine Hayhoe
Half the oxygen we breathe comes from tiny phytoplankton in the ocean.
Every day is #EarthDay
via Katherine Hayhoe
08:55 PM - Apr 22, 2024
#TurtleTuesday
Just look at those lil hawksbill hatchlings!!! The Conflict Islands Hope Spot is a remote atoll, allowing for the preservation of the area's species. It has proven to be an important site for both hawksbill and green sea turtles.
📸 Migration Media RT MissionBlue
Just look at those lil hawksbill hatchlings!!! The Conflict Islands Hope Spot is a remote atoll, allowing for the preservation of the area's species. It has proven to be an important site for both hawksbill and green sea turtles.
📸 Migration Media RT MissionBlue
10:01 AM - Apr 09, 2024
#MondayMotivation #Hope
The most important reason for hope may be the superpower of knowing what our predecessors did not and could not know. --Sylvia Earle
📸 Kip Evans
The most important reason for hope may be the superpower of knowing what our predecessors did not and could not know. --Sylvia Earle
📸 Kip Evans
09:51 AM - Apr 08, 2024
#coralreefs #science
Who knew Seychelles currents could spread coral larvae so far?!
Check out this new study by ScienceDaily that shows how seemingly-remote reefs are actually inter-related!
https://bit.ly/3IRe0rB via MissionBlue
📷 Kamil Rogalinski
Who knew Seychelles currents could spread coral larvae so far?!
Check out this new study by ScienceDaily that shows how seemingly-remote reefs are actually inter-related!
https://bit.ly/3IRe0rB via MissionBlue
📷 Kamil Rogalinski
11:09 AM - Apr 05, 2024
#ClimateEmergency #EndFossilFuels #EndPlasticPollution
Biodegradable Algae-based Microplastics Could Put End To Worldwide Crisis
via Study Finds
https://studyfinds.org/bio...
Biodegradable Algae-based Microplastics Could Put End To Worldwide Crisis
via Study Finds
https://studyfinds.org/bio...
09:16 AM - Apr 02, 2024
#OurAmazingOcean #science #medicalscience
An adhesive substance in mussels is helping scientists create a coating for joint implants that would release antibiotics to stop infections after surgery
https://studyfinds.org/mus...
via Study Finds
An adhesive substance in mussels is helping scientists create a coating for joint implants that would release antibiotics to stop infections after surgery
https://studyfinds.org/mus...
via Study Finds
01:46 PM - Mar 31, 2024
#SeaweedSaturday 🙃
Beautiful photo essay: From ocean to plate: the female-led seaweed company
"There are about 12,000 different species of seaweed in the world, and nearly 500 of them can be found growing in Norway"
https://ow.ly/ZuTK50R5kQk
Beautiful photo essay: From ocean to plate: the female-led seaweed company
"There are about 12,000 different species of seaweed in the world, and nearly 500 of them can be found growing in Norway"
https://ow.ly/ZuTK50R5kQk
01:15 PM - Mar 30, 2024
#OurAmazingOcean
Who knew sea cucumbers were considered the "janitors" of the sea?!
They're vital to protecting coral from diseases!
Dive into the full article by Science Daily
https://bit.ly/3Vd67UM
📸 Rodrigo Curi
Who knew sea cucumbers were considered the "janitors" of the sea?!
They're vital to protecting coral from diseases!
Dive into the full article by Science Daily
https://bit.ly/3Vd67UM
📸 Rodrigo Curi
09:10 AM - Mar 29, 2024
#MondayOceanMotivation
"Together we really can make a difference...The answer is deceptively simple: all doing the right thing, little by little. One action times a thousand, times a billion, and you've got change." -SylviaEarle
📸 Francesco Ungaro
"Together we really can make a difference...The answer is deceptively simple: all doing the right thing, little by little. One action times a thousand, times a billion, and you've got change." -SylviaEarle
📸 Francesco Ungaro
10:59 AM - Mar 25, 2024
(Edited)
🙌🏾 She has returned!!!
Wisdom, is a Laysan albatross & oldest known banded bird in the wild -- she's at least 72 years old!
Was sighted March 18 at Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) as she flirted with single mōlī bird (on L)
That's Wisdom on the right
pic via USFWS Volunteer Nick Minnich
Wisdom, is a Laysan albatross & oldest known banded bird in the wild -- she's at least 72 years old!
Was sighted March 18 at Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) as she flirted with single mōlī bird (on L)
That's Wisdom on the right
pic via USFWS Volunteer Nick Minnich
12:11 PM - Mar 21, 2024
(Edited)
#kelp
New fossils suggest kelp forests have swayed in the seas for at least 32 million years
https://ow.ly/wqp050QKhY9 via OPB/Oregon Public Broadcasting
New fossils suggest kelp forests have swayed in the seas for at least 32 million years
https://ow.ly/wqp050QKhY9 via OPB/Oregon Public Broadcasting
10:38 AM - Mar 07, 2024
(Edited)
#WhaleWednesday
How First Contact With Whale Civilization Could Unfold
https://ow.ly/iCrS50QHy8Y via The Atlantic/MSN
How First Contact With Whale Civilization Could Unfold
https://ow.ly/iCrS50QHy8Y via The Atlantic/MSN
09:50 AM - Mar 06, 2024
#ClimateEmergency #indigenous #Quinault
How a Northwest tribe is escaping a rising ocean
https://www.opb.org/articl...
How a Northwest tribe is escaping a rising ocean
https://www.opb.org/articl...
11:11 AM - Feb 29, 2024
#SeismicPlanet
Seismic Shift: Earth’s Pacific Plate Being Pulled Apart By Undersea Faults
https://studyfinds.org/pac...
Seismic Shift: Earth’s Pacific Plate Being Pulled Apart By Undersea Faults
https://studyfinds.org/pac...
10:25 AM - Feb 22, 2024
#otters #symbioticplanet
How sea otters help curb coast erosion
https://ow.ly/92X050Qzmup via WBUR/NPR
📷 Kedar Gage via Unsplash
How sea otters help curb coast erosion
https://ow.ly/92X050Qzmup via WBUR/NPR
📷 Kedar Gage via Unsplash
11:35 AM - Feb 16, 2024
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A fish for Fat Tuesday!
Meet the #MardiGras wrasse
Discovered in 2007 and described by Luiz Rocha, fellow scientists nicknamed it the MardiGras fish due to the bright purple, yellow and green coloration of its terminal male phase.
https://flowergarden.noaa....
A fish for Fat Tuesday!
Meet the #MardiGras wrasse
Discovered in 2007 and described by Luiz Rocha, fellow scientists nicknamed it the MardiGras fish due to the bright purple, yellow and green coloration of its terminal male phase.
https://flowergarden.noaa....
05:51 PM - Feb 13, 2024
(Edited)
#sustainability #WeCanDoIt
Progress! 🙌🏾
Starbucks is the First National Coffee Retailer to Accept Reusable Cups for Drive-thru and Mobile Orders
https://stories.starbucks....
Progress! 🙌🏾
Starbucks is the First National Coffee Retailer to Accept Reusable Cups for Drive-thru and Mobile Orders
https://stories.starbucks....
11:43 AM - Feb 10, 2024
#AlohaFriday #FishyFriday
Nemo Can’t Count, But Real Clownfish Are Territorial Counting Champs!
https://ow.ly/l8QI50QwUyx
Nemo Can’t Count, But Real Clownfish Are Territorial Counting Champs!
https://ow.ly/l8QI50QwUyx
11:53 AM - Feb 09, 2024
#ClimateEmergency #EndFossilFuels
California is heading into another huge dump of rain
These 1-day rain predictions wld have been nearly unimaginable 5-10 short years ago
#ClimateChangeIsHere
https://ow.ly/nbHc50Qxt5U
California is heading into another huge dump of rain
These 1-day rain predictions wld have been nearly unimaginable 5-10 short years ago
#ClimateChangeIsHere
https://ow.ly/nbHc50Qxt5U
07:31 PM - Feb 02, 2024
#MondayMotivation
"Everybody can do something, whether it’s picking up trash, clearing the junk or changing eating habits.
There are eight billion answers.
We need to respect the ocean and take care of it as if our lives depended on it.
Because they do." --SylviaEarle
"Everybody can do something, whether it’s picking up trash, clearing the junk or changing eating habits.
There are eight billion answers.
We need to respect the ocean and take care of it as if our lives depended on it.
Because they do." --SylviaEarle
10:49 AM - Jan 29, 2024
#SeabirdSaturday
🚨 Puffins among list of iconic seabirds on the brink of extinction
https://ow.ly/YWSr50QryKh
🚨 Puffins among list of iconic seabirds on the brink of extinction
https://ow.ly/YWSr50QryKh
09:39 AM - Jan 20, 2024
#Indigenous #salmon
In a major shift, Northwest tribes — not US officials — will control salmon recovery funds
https://ow.ly/ivX450QqLRw
via Oregon Public Broadcast/NPR
In a major shift, Northwest tribes — not US officials — will control salmon recovery funds
https://ow.ly/ivX450QqLRw
via Oregon Public Broadcast/NPR
11:16 AM - Jan 15, 2024
#OceanDeepDive #marinepollution
‘Ghost gear’: the Senegalese team battling a lethal fishing legacy – in pictures
https://ow.ly/TT5150QnGMy
‘Ghost gear’: the Senegalese team battling a lethal fishing legacy – in pictures
https://ow.ly/TT5150QnGMy
07:09 PM - Jan 13, 2024
#MaterialsScience #CleanEnergyTransition
Squid-inspired smart windows may make buildings more energy-efficient
https://ow.ly/Mby150QovvL
Squid-inspired smart windows may make buildings more energy-efficient
https://ow.ly/Mby150QovvL
10:47 AM - Jan 09, 2024
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateArt #AlohaFriday
A Gallery of Hope: Art + Climate
Nice tour of climate art by climate scientist
Katherine Hayhoe
https://ow.ly/JzSm50QjQqW
A Gallery of Hope: Art + Climate
Nice tour of climate art by climate scientist
Katherine Hayhoe
https://ow.ly/JzSm50QjQqW
12:55 PM - Dec 29, 2023
12:20 PM - Dec 24, 2023
#RemarkableOceanPlanet
" I wish I could just wave a magic wand and get people to see how remarkable it is that life exists, that humans exist, with the capacity to wonder." ~Sylvia Earle
" I wish I could just wave a magic wand and get people to see how remarkable it is that life exists, that humans exist, with the capacity to wonder." ~Sylvia Earle
06:47 PM - Dec 22, 2023
