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#Submersible #Oceangate #Titan www.bbc.com/news/article...

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From Feb 24 to Mar 4, @whoi.edu used R/V Atlantis, their #submersible Alvin, & #ROV Sentry to visit the wreck of USS F-1, a US Navy #submarine lost off the coast of San Diego in 1917. phys.org/news/2025-05...

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🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation. This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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⛴️ #Shipping #Norway www.cbsnews.com/news/norway-...

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🧪 #Marineresearch 🐋 #whale #humpbackwhale "Scientists have dissected the left eye of a juvenile humpback and revealed the species’ eyesight is weaker than biologists previously suspected." www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/h...

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🧪 #Marineresearch #whale New research from #humpbackwhale Visual acuity was estimated at...a value that is an order of magnitude lower than what is predicted...appears lost at 3–4 average humpback whale body lengths away. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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If you do in fact want Covid boosters for yourself or anyone, you can submit public comment to the FDA here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

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CalMatters just released an article about our lab's students that have been affected by the funding cuts 💔 Thanks to the journalists for amplifying their voices. calmatters.org/education/hi...

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com To control the political damage around Medicaid cuts, “Republicans are pursuing a strategy to reduce benefits, while pretending otherwise,” Donald Moynihan and Pamela Herd, two professors of public policy, write in a guest essay.

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🦈 #Shark 24 foot long #baskingshark strands and dies on beach in #CapeCod, #Massachusetts. Necropsy was performed, but "didn't find anything that was obviously wrong with the shark." Article quotes researchers John Chisholm and Greg Skomal phys.org/news/2025-05...

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www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2...

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#Alaska "If it becomes law, the bill would require two seats for representatives from the subsistence #fishing sector, two representing the commercial fishing sector, two representing the sportfishing sector, and a fisheries scientist. www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...

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#fishing #IUUfishing #illegalfishing #SouthCarolina www.nationalfisherman.com/south-caroli...

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Movements, growth rates and strong sexual segregation in critically endangered tope sharks Galeorhinus galeus in the Northeast Atlantic onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... "the North Channel, Irish Sea and northern Celtic Sea may constitute a key mating area."

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Deciphering age, growth and maturity patterns in one of the smallest but data-deficient shark species, slendertail lanternshark from the East China Sea onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... "This life strategy, typical of deep-sea elasmobranchs, underscores the vulnerability of E. molleri. "

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#Amphipods #giantamphipods "They estimate that about 59 per cent of the sea floor falls within this range. The genetic data also suggested the specimens, although distributed across this vast area, all represented one genetically similar species." www.newscientist.com/article/2480...

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Giant #amphipods may be more common in the #deepsea than we previously thought royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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Florida has more homes at risk of #hurricane #flooding then any other state in the USA. Government is now trying to encourage coastal residents to raise their houses "This year, the state launched Elevate Florida, offering roughly $400 million in federal funding for residential mitigation..."

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After Dr. Meghan Martin’s home flooded three times in 4 years, she had contractors raised the house 12 ft so future coastal flooding and hurricane storm surge will be less likely to reach the interior.

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After hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Tampa Bay area has seen demand spike for raising houses "At least three houses on her block have already been elevated, she said, and about six more are in the process within the neighborhood. Another dozen are hoping to get started soon."

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#SouthCarolina is now allowing recreational #fishing for #redsnapper in state waters "A bill allowing recreational anglers to fish all 55 species in the red snapper–grouper complex year-round within state waters was recently signed into law by Governor Henry McMaster." wpde.com/news/local/g...

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#Coral #bleaching #Hawaii "It's sad and disheartening," Taylor said. "It was really colorful probably two years ago. And now it's all bleached white." AOL.com search.app/DNxuJ

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Folks, my course that teaches professional skills to graduate students is going to discuss professional email etiquette when emailing potential PhD advisors, committee members, colleagues, or employers.

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Just saw a grown-ass adult scientist post, only slightly paraphrased, "don't panic about the loss of Federal funding, apply for this grant" for grant that can fund a maximum of $500. Begging people to realize that "trying to help" is not the same thing as actually helping.

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I’ll say this again and every time a new story comes up. I’m not anti-trawling. But we should not do it in sensitive habitats or marine protected areas! If they’re not protected against this, they’re not protected against much!

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Salmon aquaculture "There are up years and down years in salmon supplies -- nothing new about that. What is new, though -- nearly unprecedented -- is for hundreds of thousands of additional metric tons of salmon to come onto the market in a single year." www.intrafish.com/opinion/tari...

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#salmon #sealion #Washington www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

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New #sharkscience from Cornelia Erk & stellar cast of ghost shark researchers. Genetic diversity of American elephantfish showing "recent" arrival in South America. And as a bonus, relationship between the 3 Callorhinchus spp doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... @britfinucci.bsky.social @iucnshark.bsky.social

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The air traffic controller shortage, explained.

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#deepseamining insideclimatenews.org/news/1805202...

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#Pensacola #Florida #⁶⁸dronefishing #drone #dronerescue "He grabbed one of the flotation devices scattered across the beach, attached it to his Swellpro drone, and flew it out to the girl' www.fox10tv.com/2025/05/16/p...

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#whales #humpback #whales #crabfishing #California Most crab fishing is stopped when whales are around to avoid entanglement. Now there's a solution "...a remote-controlled pop-up balloon-like device that signals the crab cage to head to the ocean's surface.' www.cbsnews.com/news/crab-se...

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One of the options mentioned in the article quoted below is turning unwanted sargassum into biofuel, a project that has been funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...

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Two of the solutions that St Lucia is looking at to solve the problem of excess sargassum: turn it into either fertilizer or paper pulp www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...

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Toxic #Hydrogensulfide gas from rotting #sargassum #algae is an air quality and #healthcare problem in Guadalupe www.gwadair.fr/publitheque/...

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Huge amounts of #sargassum #algae are choking #Caribbean islands, disrupting tourism and even causing health problems for residents. This article lists a number of locally grown solutions to mitigate the problems. phys.org/news/2025-05...

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Has anybody seen recently appointed U.S. government officials wandering along the beach with a chainsaw? "Officials are offering $20,000 for information about #dolphin, originally found intact but later with its head removed" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#Submersible #Oceangate #Titan www.bbc.com/news/article...

From Feb 24 to Mar 4, @whoi.edu used R/V Atlantis, their #submersible Alvin, & #ROV Sentry to visit the wreck of USS F-1, a US Navy #submarine lost off the coast of San Diego in 1917. phys.org/news/2025-05...

🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation. This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

⛴️ #Shipping #Norway www.cbsnews.com/news/norway-...

🧪 #Marineresearch 🐋 #whale #humpbackwhale "Scientists have dissected the left eye of a juvenile humpback and revealed the species’ eyesight is weaker than biologists previously suspected." www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/h...

🧪 #Marineresearch #whale New research from #humpbackwhale Visual acuity was estimated at...a value that is an order of magnitude lower than what is predicted...appears lost at 3–4 average humpback whale body lengths away. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

If you do in fact want Covid boosters for yourself or anyone, you can submit public comment to the FDA here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

CalMatters just released an article about our lab's students that have been affected by the funding cuts 💔 Thanks to the journalists for amplifying their voices. calmatters.org/education/hi...

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com To control the political damage around Medicaid cuts, “Republicans are pursuing a strategy to reduce benefits, while pretending otherwise,” Donald Moynihan and Pamela Herd, two professors of public policy, write in a guest essay.

🦈 #Shark 24 foot long #baskingshark strands and dies on beach in #CapeCod, #Massachusetts. Necropsy was performed, but "didn't find anything that was obviously wrong with the shark." Article quotes researchers John Chisholm and Greg Skomal phys.org/news/2025-05...

www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2...

#Alaska "If it becomes law, the bill would require two seats for representatives from the subsistence #fishing sector, two representing the commercial fishing sector, two representing the sportfishing sector, and a fisheries scientist. www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...

#fishing #IUUfishing #illegalfishing #SouthCarolina www.nationalfisherman.com/south-caroli...

Movements, growth rates and strong sexual segregation in critically endangered tope sharks Galeorhinus galeus in the Northeast Atlantic onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... "the North Channel, Irish Sea and northern Celtic Sea may constitute a key mating area."

Deciphering age, growth and maturity patterns in one of the smallest but data-deficient shark species, slendertail lanternshark from the East China Sea onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... "This life strategy, typical of deep-sea elasmobranchs, underscores the vulnerability of E. molleri. "

#Amphipods #giantamphipods "They estimate that about 59 per cent of the sea floor falls within this range. The genetic data also suggested the specimens, although distributed across this vast area, all represented one genetically similar species." www.newscientist.com/article/2480...

Giant #amphipods may be more common in the #deepsea than we previously thought royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Florida has more homes at risk of #hurricane #flooding then any other state in the USA. Government is now trying to encourage coastal residents to raise their houses "This year, the state launched Elevate Florida, offering roughly $400 million in federal funding for residential mitigation..."

After Dr. Meghan Martin’s home flooded three times in 4 years, she had contractors raised the house 12 ft so future coastal flooding and hurricane storm surge will be less likely to reach the interior.

After hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Tampa Bay area has seen demand spike for raising houses "At least three houses on her block have already been elevated, she said, and about six more are in the process within the neighborhood. Another dozen are hoping to get started soon."

#SouthCarolina is now allowing recreational #fishing for #redsnapper in state waters "A bill allowing recreational anglers to fish all 55 species in the red snapper–grouper complex year-round within state waters was recently signed into law by Governor Henry McMaster." wpde.com/news/local/g...

#Coral #bleaching #Hawaii "It's sad and disheartening," Taylor said. "It was really colorful probably two years ago. And now it's all bleached white." AOL.com search.app/DNxuJ

Folks, my course that teaches professional skills to graduate students is going to discuss professional email etiquette when emailing potential PhD advisors, committee members, colleagues, or employers.

Just saw a grown-ass adult scientist post, only slightly paraphrased, "don't panic about the loss of Federal funding, apply for this grant" for grant that can fund a maximum of $500. Begging people to realize that "trying to help" is not the same thing as actually helping.

I’ll say this again and every time a new story comes up. I’m not anti-trawling. But we should not do it in sensitive habitats or marine protected areas! If they’re not protected against this, they’re not protected against much!

Salmon aquaculture "There are up years and down years in salmon supplies -- nothing new about that. What is new, though -- nearly unprecedented -- is for hundreds of thousands of additional metric tons of salmon to come onto the market in a single year." www.intrafish.com/opinion/tari...

#salmon #sealion #Washington www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

New #sharkscience from Cornelia Erk & stellar cast of ghost shark researchers. Genetic diversity of American elephantfish showing "recent" arrival in South America. And as a bonus, relationship between the 3 Callorhinchus spp doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... @britfinucci.bsky.social @iucnshark.bsky.social

The air traffic controller shortage, explained.

#deepseamining insideclimatenews.org/news/1805202...

#Pensacola #Florida #⁶⁸dronefishing #drone #dronerescue "He grabbed one of the flotation devices scattered across the beach, attached it to his Swellpro drone, and flew it out to the girl' www.fox10tv.com/2025/05/16/p...

#whales #humpback #whales #crabfishing #California Most crab fishing is stopped when whales are around to avoid entanglement. Now there's a solution "...a remote-controlled pop-up balloon-like device that signals the crab cage to head to the ocean's surface.' www.cbsnews.com/news/crab-se...

One of the options mentioned in the article quoted below is turning unwanted sargassum into biofuel, a project that has been funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...

Two of the solutions that St Lucia is looking at to solve the problem of excess sargassum: turn it into either fertilizer or paper pulp www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...

Toxic #Hydrogensulfide gas from rotting #sargassum #algae is an air quality and #healthcare problem in Guadalupe www.gwadair.fr/publitheque/...

Huge amounts of #sargassum #algae are choking #Caribbean islands, disrupting tourism and even causing health problems for residents. This article lists a number of locally grown solutions to mitigate the problems. phys.org/news/2025-05...

Has anybody seen recently appointed U.S. government officials wandering along the beach with a chainsaw? "Officials are offering $20,000 for information about #dolphin, originally found intact but later with its head removed" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Good organization to help if you like to support #shark science

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