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The world’s largest cold water coral reef lies beside the first experimental deep-sea mining test site

In a region once thought to be so ecologically uninteresting that it was viewed as a useful testbed for deep-sea mining equipment, NOAA researchers have detected what could be the world’s largest cold water coral reef. “For years we thought much of the Blake Plateau was sparsely inhabited, soft sediment, but after more than 10 … Read More “The world’s largest cold water coral reef lies beside the first experimental deep-sea mining test site” »

Weekly Salvage

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Weekly Salvage

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Weekly Salvage

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Weekly Salvage

Weekly Salvage

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

What do you do if you find yourself at the helm of a major Louisiana marine science institution? If you’re Dr. Craig McClain, you plant the first experimental Alligator falls in the deep Gulf of Mexico!

On the other hand, if you find yourself at the helm of a US Navy destroyer, you might want to review this incredible and exhaustive accounting of the USS Fitzgerald disaster and how training deficits, exhaustion, and poor decision making compounded to create a deadly situation.

Weekly Salvage

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

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Cuttings (short and sweet): Follow UBC’s wildlife conservation economics lab on twitter! The Deep-Sea Fish with the Telescopic Tubular Eyes. By Craig McClain, for Deep Sea News. How to take action to help endangered species near you. A Revelator News Podcast by John Platt. Spoils (long reads and deep dives): Why does halibut cost so … Read More “Amazing fish eyes, the real cost of halibut, and protecting local species: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, December 13, 2018” »

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Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

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

Weekly Salvage

Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

Here Are All the Candidates With Science Backgrounds Who Just Got Elected. Note, my representative, Dr. Andy Harris, MD, also has a science background and he’s an awful, incompetent, ineffectual, and embarrassing representative, so having a “science background” isn’t everything.
Mining the deep ocean will soon begin. What will that mean for existing denizens of the abyss? Featuring Drs. Diva Amon and Leigh Marsh!