Climate Program Office’s Post

To Save the Ocean we must remove the Munitions from the Seas. I had the pleasure today to speak on the "Global Perspective on Underwater Munitions", or what I like to call: "The Ecology of Warfare" at the Rostock Ocean Conference. Tomorrow, I speak at the UXO Working Group on "Turning Threats into Opportunities.

--From the Monterey Bay Research Institute: an Octopus Nusery two miles down off the coast of Central California Video runtime: 5:16 “Thanks to MBARI’s advanced marine technology and our partnership with other local researchers, we were able to observe the Octopus Garden in tremendous detail, which helped us discover why so many deep-sea octopus gather there. These findings can help us understand and protect other unique deep-sea habitats from climate impacts and other threats,” said MBARI Senior Scientist Jim Barry, lead author of the new study. The Octopus Garden is located 3,200 meters (10,500 feet, or about two miles) below the ocean’s surface on a small hill near the base of Davidson Seamount, an extinct underwater volcano 130 kilometers (80 miles) southwest of Monterey, California. The site is full of Muusoctopus robustus—a species MBARI researchers nicknamed the pearl octopus because from a distance, nesting individuals look like opalescent pearls on the seafloor.  Over the course of 14 dives with MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Doc Ricketts, the research team learned why such large numbers of pearl octopus are attracted to this location. The presence of adult male and female octopus, developing eggs, and octopus hatchlings indicated that the site is used exclusively for reproduction. The team did not observe any intermediate-sized individuals or any evidence of feeding. Pearl octopus gather at this site solely to mate and nest." #deepoceans #marinelife #octopus

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Help scientists better understand the impact of a solar eclipse on nature. Join the study on April 8th by observing animal behavior in your home or neighborhood and participating in a nationwide project called the Solar Eclipse Safari (https://lnkd.in/grXUfc-F). The collection of crowdsourced data observations in animals during the solar eclipse can help scientists better understand how the totality experience may also affect humans. #solareclipsesafari https://lnkd.in/gmBSMDra

From Bluefloat's proposal: "Based on the preliminary assessment, the Project may result in potentially significant impacts on the following threatened species:" Potential impacts associated with: Turbine strike: 18 Albatross and petrel species Turbine strike: 9 Shorebird species Removal of habitat and turbine strike: Swift Parrot and Orange-bellied Parrot Underwater noise and Electromagnetic Fields (EMF): Grey Nurse Shark Interruption to foraging by underwater noise and entanglement: 5 Turtle species Underwater noise, EMF and entanglement: 4 Whale species

Our Good Friends and Collogues at Aquarium Divers Coral Society shared this video (https://lnkd.in/ePiyiu_h) with WFCRC about an aggressive soft coral species. The problems it is creating and how all citizen scientists can participate, by share marine observations. State and Federal Organizations are making a pre-emptive strike on these new threats by asking everyone to take of picture (see the video) of this new coral when they see one. Which is of course the first step to take, but just knowing that it is happening, is not enough! The other half of that value is knowing WHERE did it happen in relation to local areas. It adds to the situational awareness of the end users. When these observations are shared on an interactive, digital GIS platform the situational awareness is viewable on detailed GIS Maps along with all of the associated data like spreadsheets, data sets, word docs, videos and graphics, etc.... The real value of sharing information is immense and the costs are not. It is all free, start sharing your marine observations here: https://arcg.is/0DTvS9 WFCRC Users Guide https://lnkd.in/e23NER7U 🐠

Some species of Dendropsophus treefrogs lay eggs in water, some lay eggs on land, and some can flexibly switch between land and water. This flexibility may have enabled the transition to a terrestrial existence for adult treefrogs. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/NrsT50SKckp

One thing people constantly forget about Mars is it has too litttle gravity for long term habitation. We need circular structures either fixed to the ground or this mobile HAPs version (disc shaped airship) that has built in centrifuge for consistent 1g environment in rotating habitating sections. Hydroponic sections can also grow crops. This airship version will work well in low elevated craters where there is more air density. Best thing about it it's a mobile scientific outpost.

Out in The Innovation Geoscience! Marine mammal genomes: Important resources for unravelling adaptation and evolution in the marine environment. Zhang et al. believe that marine mammal genomes will contribute unique and significant insights into our understanding of #mammal #evolution, #adaptation, #disease, conservation, and future prospects in an era of #climate change. Read more @Innov_Geosci https://lnkd.in/g7uJ8rpa

Egg shape is related to flight ability.