SeaMonster blog
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Graph of the day
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Why whale poop is worth a fortune
Did you know there may only be 3000 sperm whales alive today that are capable of making ambergris? Find out more about this rare, strange stuff with a smell that is very hard to describe, in this a short podcast I made for Chemistry World.
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Advice from a mangrove
Photo Credit: Neil Hammerschlag
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What we know about coral loss
See updates below in red Without empirical evidence that a population or guild of critters is declining it is pretty hard to understand why they are becoming scarce or to justify any remediation. This kind of work is essentially ecological bookkeeping. Or a form of empirical environmental journalism. I hear all the time from science…
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My congressional testimony on Magnuson-Stevens
I will be testifying tomorrow before the Committee on Natural Resources on the Reauthorization of the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Watch the hearing live here. This is my opening statement: Chairman Hastings and Ranking Member DeFazio, My name is John Bruno and I am a marine community ecologist and Professor of Biology at…
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Top 10 crazy things said about climate change
10) “It could just be a shift on the axis.” —Congressman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) 9) “[Climate Change] led to the Vikings dominating Europe for several hundred years.” —Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) 8) “Every cow in the world, you know, when they do what they do, you’ve got more carbon dioxide.” —Speaker of the House John…
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Danger Reef
Joe says view the HD version if possible!
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Fiji fish arrive in New York – guest post from Amy McDermott
Following our fish collecting expedition to Fiji in July with Dr Josh Drew here’s a catch up on what’s happened to the fish, in a guest post from Amy McDermott. Amy’s about to start her masters at Columbia University but for now Josh is putting her to work in the lab. It’s a gray afternoon in…
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Fiji fish. You catch them, then what?
During our expedition in Fiji we caught a lot of fish to add to the collections at the American Museum of Natural History. But how did we get them there? Here’s Josh Drew explaining to me how to process the fish ready for packing up and putting on the plane. [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/71731020[/vimeo]
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Catching lionfish with my bare hands
My recent trip to Fiji was my first time catching fish. Up until now, most of my research and work underwater has involved watching fish, writing notes on waterproof paper, sometimes filming them, but essentially coming back to land empty handed. And one of the many things I learned from Josh Drew during the expedition…
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