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Speak Up For The Ocean Blue : SciComm: How will you get started?
There need to be more conversations about the ocean on the web and there are plenty of opportunities to start your science communication journey, but people still aren't getting started. Therefore, I am going to tell you the different ways how you can get started in science communication today. S...
Speak Up For The Ocean Blue : Restoring oyster beds, seagrass, and salt marshes together is better than restoring only one type of habitat
There are many coastal areas that have been degraded to the point that restoration is necessary, but restoration can be very expensive and is often focused on 1 type of habitat. Therefore, restoration specialists and conservationists are now focusing on restoring more than one type of habitat to inc...
Speak Up For The Ocean Blue : Will the ocean lead fashion into a new era with products made from invasive species and kelp?
Everyone loves fashion and loves to look good when they go out. Many people follow the term "Look good, feel good." But today's fashion comes at an environmental cost/price and therefore, it needs to change to more sustainable options. In this episode of the Speak Up For the Ocean Blue Podcast, I...
from my Totally Awesome Vegan Conservationist friend....lana
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Little frogfish uses his/her lure
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Did you know that kelp sequesters 173 million metric tons of carbon dioxide every year??
Seaweed farms are looking to scale up this impact by planting more kelp. In addition to becoming a carbon sink, kelp also has significant food, medicinal, and other marketable applications that are drawing the worlds attention.
My only fear so far is the emphasis by many tech companies to bring this to a global scale quickly. In my opinion, we must be careful not to let the oceans become the new frontier of farming by removing sensitive native ecosystems with climate change mitigation as a the marketing lens. Monoculture across the seas is no better than a monoculture of palm oil across Borneo. We must still be mindful of ocean ecology and food webs, and make sure our attempts to combat the climate crisis don’t ignore the biodiversity crisis.
Then how do we pursue blue carbon programs responsibly?
🐟 Strive for a circular economy on land and sea
🦦 Investigate + invest in regenerative ocean farming focused on poly-culture (many species) models
🌿Lead initiatives that are backed by science, not profit
What do you think? Have you heard of any kelp-planting programs?
Nature is beautiful but can be brutal 🐟
Crab performs a fatality on the beat drop 🦀
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Octopus bimaculoides says hi before returning to its regularly scheduled hunt in the mud during low tide
Los Angeles County CA June 2016
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Octopus or squid? 🧐🐙🦑
This octopus squid, which only has eight arms like its octopus relatives, is impressive in many different ways. Their tentacles are bioluminescent, they can detach the tips of their tentacles to distract predators, and they inhabit in the deep sea! 🎥:
Be a friend like a dolphin is to another sock dolphin in its pod.
Drone getting up close and personal
Did a vessel lose 100,000 fish from their net due to a net rupture or did they discard bycatch and break the law? https://www.speakupforblue.com/show/speak-up-for-the-ocean-blue/
Canada is moving to ban single-use plastics, but which ones and are there any exemptions? I interview Natasha Tucker, Executive Director of Plastic Oceans Canada, to find out more details. https://www.speakupforblue.com/show/speak-up-for-the-ocean-blue/
In the 1800s in Eden, Australia, orcas would corral baleen whales into the shallow bays for whalers to finish the hunt. After the whale died, the orcas would eat the lips and tongue. The rest would be left for the whalers to use for oil products. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/speak-up-for-the-ocean-blue/id1010962669
First observations of orcas hunting blue whales show coordinated attacks of three orcas lining up alongside to push the blue whale underwater while two orcas bite at the blue whale's head. https://www.speakupforblue.com/show/speak-up-for-the-ocean-blue/
Don't Look Up depicts exactly what scientists go through in today's society to try and make people aware of climate change.
Speak Up For The Ocean Blue raises awareness of the variety of ocean science and conservation projects conducted all around the world. It educates you, t…
Speak Up For The Ocean Blue : SUFB 1250: Hope can help win the war on nature
A friend recently recommended a podcast to me where the host interviewed Dr. Jane Goodall. Dr. Goodall is a terrific scientist and is known for her studies on great apes where she lived with apes in the wild for many years. During the podcast, the host, Jay Shetty, discussed how hope could help fi...
Deep-sea mining is on the minds of many mining and tech companies as there is a potential to mind the metals that are so badly needed for computer chips that power the very devices you are using to listen to this podcast. However, we are not aware of the ramifications of mining unique areas such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents.
A PhD candidate in deep-sea biology for Queen's University Belfast, Elin Angharad Thomas, conducted an analysis to assess whether the species that are found in hydrothermal vent habitats would be threatened by deep-sea mining. She used the criteria for the IUCN Red List to determine whether the species would be considered "at risk."
The results of her analysis revealed that 2/3 of the species analyzed would be considered endangered by deep-sea mining and 20% of the species would be considered critically endangered.
The results of the study make more of a case to avoid deep-sea mining to preserve biodiversity in the deep sea.
NFTs are all the rage in the cryptocurrency world these days. Many artists, digital creators, and even marine organizations are making money using NFTs. However, the way NFTs are processed could have implications for increasing climate change.
NFTs use the Eurythreum cryptocurrency, which is controlled by users (called miners) having to solve complex puzzles to gain tokens. Solving the puzzles take up a lot of energy which emits carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
The entire Eurythreum cryptocurrency uses as much electricity as Libya.
There are ways to reduce the emissions to almost zero by switching the manner in which the currency is controlled.
NFTs are being used to make people a lot of money, but are they bad for the environment.
Speak Up For The Ocean Blue raises awareness of the variety of ocean science and conservation projects conducted all around the world. It educates you, t…
The Indonesian government plans to grow corals on bricks made from coal ash that are full of harmful metals because the coal industry wants to stay relevant.
Speak Up For The Ocean Blue raises awareness of the variety of ocean science and conservation projects conducted all around the world. It educates you, t…
Speak Up For The Ocean Blue : SUFB 1245: WTF!!! The Indonesian government is using coal to help grow coral
The Indonesian government took coal ash off the list of hazardous materials even though there is evidence that there are harmful metals such as mercury and arsenic that can leech into the environment. The coal industry lobby worked with the government to get the removal passed. The government foll...
New research published in the Journal of Heredity identified 3 new genetically distinctive populations of tiger sharks: one population is in the Indo-Pacific Ocean basin; one is in the Atlantic Ocean basin, and the third is in the waters surrounding the Hawaiin Islands.
The new populations will no doubt add a call to protect the distinct population keeping in mind that tiger sharks are mass migratory species.
Are polar bears in Norway switching their diets to eat more reindeer?
Polish researchers observed a young female polar bear chasing a reindeer into the ocean, drowning it, and feeding on it.
The observation in addition to another observation of the same young female feeding on a different reindeer carcass in the same region sparked a wonder as to whether polar bears were altering their diets in the Svalbard region because there was less ice.
Other researchers disagree with that line of thinking as the bears have been seen feeding on reindeer since the 1950s and 60s on occasion. They think that more people are able to document the observations with phone cameras to post on social media making it seems as though polar bears feeding on reindeer occurs more often than we think.
What is the state of your beach? How well does your coastal state manage your beaches?
Surfrider’s State of the Beach is out and you can see how your State graded.
What did you state grade? Let us know in the comments below.
I'm discussing “Seaspiracy: Where Do We Go From Here?!” with Speak Up For The Ocean. Today, Apr 6 at 9:00 PM EDT on . Join us! https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/MKK6EJZE
Tuesday, April 6 at 9:00pm EDT with Andrew Lewin. Discussing how viewers of Seaspiracy and newly inspired activists can work with marine scientists and conservationists to reduce/eliminate over-fishing.
Jumping on Clubhouse to chat Seaspiracy https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/m2jBREA6
Tuesday, March 30 at 9:00pm EDT with Andrew Lewin. Breaking down the movie Seaspiracy
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Every country has a different way of managing its oceans and every region also has its own way of managing its oceans. Various regions can learn from one another and build on each other's successes to implement ocean conservation. In today's episode, we complete our three-part series with a guest host, Laure Katz from the Blue Nature Alliance, who speaks to Arthur Tuda from WIOMSA (Western Indian Ocean), Angelique Pouponeau from SeyCCAT (Seychelles), and Joaquin Labougle (Blue Nature Alliance) to share their experiences on regional approaches to ocean conservation. You can watch the video podcast here: https://www.bluenaturealliance.org/iucn-wcc-2021-podcast-series Check out all of our episodes on www.speakupforblue.com Want To Talk Oceans? Join the Speak Up For Blue Facebook Group: http://www.speakupforblue.com/group. Speak Up For Blue Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speakupforblue/ Speak Up For Blue Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpeakUpforBlue
We are continuing our series in partnership with the Blue Nature Alliance to discuss Marine Conservation and how that will move forward in order to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030. Incorporating People, Knowledge, and Networks in Ocean Conservation will be crucial to implement successful marine conservation strategies. I am joined by Kate Brown (Global Island Partnership in New Zealand), Coral Pasisi (Tofia Niue from the Island of Niue) and Ginny Farmer (Blue Nature Alliance based in the US) on the podcast to discuss their experiences in marine conservation and how people, knowledge, and networks help in ocean conservation. Video podcast: https://www.bluenaturealliance.org/iucn-wcc-2021-podcast-series Check out all of our episodes on www.speakupforblue.com Want To Talk Oceans? Join the Speak Up For Blue Facebook Group: http://www.speakupforblue.com/group. Speak Up For Blue Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speakupforblue/ Speak Up For Blue Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpeakUpforBlue
The Blue Nature Alliance is a collaboration among several organizations that would like to help communities around the world to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030. The goal cannot be reached by any single entity, but teaming up with each other can help all of us achieve this goal. Getting to 30% ocean protection will take the participation of all ocean users around the world. Social equity will play a large role in designating MPAs; however, it has not been taken into account during many of the past MPA processes. Several marine professionals wrote a paper on Social Equity and why it is crucial to the proper designation and implementation of MPAs. I speak with Dr. Asha de Vos (Oceanswell), Dr. Ana Spalding (Oregon State University), and Mael Imirizaldu (Blue Nature Alliance) on the role and importance of Social Equity in marine conservation. Link to article: https://www.bluenaturealliance.org/a-call-to-prioritize-social-equity-in-marine-conservation Check out all of our episodes on www.speakupforblue.com Want To Talk Oceans? Join the Speak Up For Blue Facebook Group: http://www.speakupforblue.com/group. Speak Up For Blue Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speakupforblue/ Speak Up For Blue Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpeakUpforBlue
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