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84% of the world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.

"The best way to protect coral reefs is to address the root cause of climate change. And that means reducing the human emissions that are mostly from burning of fossil fuels." apnews.com/article/cora... @apnews.com

@annamac.bsky.social Greetings from little ol'England

We can always repeal the American Independence Act and you can have Charles back as King, if you like ...😉🤣

Photo shows a view of the Euhoplites ammonite's end suture pattern in a shock of deep purple iridescence.

Side view of this beauty.

Happy #MolluskMonday, y'all! Look into my suture, tell me what you see😁

Seriously though, isn't this some of the prettiest pyritized nacre you've ever seen?! Sciency name is Euhoplites lantus and it hails from the Gault Chalk of Kent, Great Britain.

@annamac.bsky.social Greetings from little ol'England

‘Lego and tardigrades’: when humans finally destroy the world, what will remain? Milnesium tardigradum is only 0.5mm long and has survived all five great extinction events – plus it’s cute

Of the announced candidates for #InvertebrateOfTheYear I'm currently supporting tardigrade!

We all know they have cool traits like going into space and reviving (ours were fine alone for months of covid), and are everywhere. But I love them because they are adorable 😍

Vote tardigrade April 2-4! 🧪

This hermit crab place itself anemones on its shell for defence
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #trawangan #dive&stay #giliair #fish #ocean #sealife #marinelife #hermitcrab #reef #anemone

#HappyBirthday

@susanmcgraw88.bsky.social Is 'never dull' there at the moment ...

#LittleOlEngland

Golden eyes of the Caribbean reef squid at the golden hour in Coral City 💛🦑🦑👀🌇 #caribbeanreefsquid #reefsquid #squid #goldenhour #goldeneye #cephalopodsofcoralcity #cephalopod #chromatophores #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #coralcity

Whole squad in formation #squidsquad #caribbeanreefsquid #squad #formation #cephalopod #synchronizedswimming #cephalopodsofcoralcity #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity

Yellowline Arrow Crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis) Yellowline Arrow Crab from Guantánamo Bay, Guantánamo, CU on May 24, 2023 at 07:33 PM by Robin White. Molted

S is for Stenorhynchus.

The arrow crab might have the most alienesque shape of all. Found in the wild in the Caribbean, they can be a menace in the reef aquarium, but friendly to people.

Here's one with its own moult!

#CrabAZ 🦀🧪🦑

There is a sea star that is orange in color with black tips at the end of each arm on top of a sediment covered sea floor with some rocky areas rising in the back

There is a pink colored sea star curled around a vast shaped glass sponge. Both of these are protruding off a rocky wall face

On top of a sediment and rocky sea floor is a peach colored sea star that has black tips at the end of each arm and black and vertical stripes going up around the central disc

There is a sea star sitting on top of a sediment covered rock. The sea star has a bright orange spot in the center fading out to lighter orange and then white tips to its five arms.

Sea star post! I thought of @echinoblog.bsky.social I think the first one is a Macroptychaster accrescens. It looks like the second one might be feeding on a sponge. And I haven’t seen a star like the last two before. #AntarcticClimateConnections #MarineLife #SouthernOcean @schmidtocean.bsky.social

You should have popped over ... We could have got one more in !

@jorgenmeister.bsky.social Greetings from little old England

@alderdicer.bsky.social Greetings from little old England

I managed a pool last Sunday ... Does that count ?

Crab during a night dive
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #crab #padi #nightdive

C'mon ...

#StillGotIt

#NeverLeftYa

😉

Don't panic ... I'm here for the dive-related banter !

Darn ! Beat me to it ...

with green sea turtle - Chelonia mydas
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #chelonia #padi #turtle #greenturtle #turtles

The water’s finally warming back up again after last weeks cold spell and the manatees are coming back to town #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #sirenia #coldsnap #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity

Male Amazon river dolphins pee into the air, confusing scientists Researchers finally confirmed the unique behavior, but no one is quite sure why they do it.

I don’t know what I’m supposed to do with this information

www.popsci.com/environment/...

A purple nudibranch with a white marginal band and reddish rhinopores and gills

Given <gestures at everything>, I think we need more nudibranchs.

Hypselodoris sp., Lembeh

#MarineLife #Invertebrate 🌊 #macro

Ghost fishing: How marine litter is choking Scotland's seas Each year, countless seals, whales, and seabirds fall victim to ghost fishing. In Shetland, efforts to clear lost nets and traps are underway, but is it enough?

How marine litter is choking Scotland’s seas.

theferret.scot/ghost-fishin...

A terminal phase (male) bluehead wrasse shows out to an intermediate phase (female) #blueheadwrasse #wrasse #showout #showoff #courtshipchase #protogynoushermaphrodite #supermale #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity

The Coral Reef feed aims to build a Bluesky community of scientists, managers, enthusiasts, artists, etc. that care about reefs and climate change. Currently, open to everyone posting using the words "coral reef" or "arrecife". Please like it if you want to see 🪸 content!

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They Thought It Was an Old Baseball. It Was a Mastodon Tooth. (Gift Article) Remarkably well preserved ice age remains like those discovered recently in a yard near Scotchtown, N.Y., are rare — but not as rare as you might think.

Doggerland: Hold my mead.
#fossilfriday

Wetflix.