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Jamie E. Thompson

@jethompson.bsky.social

Marine biologist ๐Ÿชธ, museum educator๐Ÿ›๏ธ, mangrove doctor๐ŸŒฟ.

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โœจFirst post here on Bluesky to announce that our team effort paper is now out in
@globalchangebio.bsky.social! We found that ๐ŸŒก๏ธtemperature is driving ๐ŸŒฑ #seagrass recovery rates in the Western Atlantic. Nutrient enrichment in combination with high grazing pressure can reduce seagrass recovery.

14.04.2025 10:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Surprising Squat Lobster Discovery from the Sky

Ever discovered a new species during an international flight? Smithsonian Postdoc Paula Rodrรญguez-Flores has!

25.02.2025 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Using Oyster Shell Reefs To Counter Sea Level Rise In Louisiana Tribesโ€™ historic lands on the Gulf Coast are being lost to the sea. To slow it down, one tribe has turned to oyster shells.

Rising seas are submerging tribal land along the Gulf Coast. One tribe is building protective reefs out of bags of recycled oyster shells.

29.01.2025 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2584    ๐Ÿ” 293    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 52    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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Deciphering a natural super glue Horizons - In brief

Since my undergraduate invertebrate zoology class I took almost a decade ago I have forgotten that velvet worms have oral papillae that shoot slime. I got to relearn it yesterday, and it was magical! ๐Ÿงช

29.01.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Smithsonian to close diversity office after Trump order The Smithsonian Institution is closing its Office of Diversity, freezing federal hiring and ordering employees back to in-office work, according to an email sent by Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III.

IT'S BAD

28.01.2025 21:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Navy's experimental underwater habitat While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live and work on the deep seafloor.

While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live and work on the deep seafloor.

28.01.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 602    ๐Ÿ” 61    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

I think some people hear โ€œgrantsโ€ and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

โ€œPausingโ€ grants means people donโ€™t eat.

28.01.2025 03:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43469    ๐Ÿ” 14410    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1584    ๐Ÿ“Œ 947

Have you guys been seeing this crab everywhere? He was collected as part of efforts to restore the Gulf of mexico seafloor! Follow the link to learn more! ocean.si.edu/conservation...

28.01.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Not all underwater reefs are made of coral โˆ’ the US has created artificial reefs from sunken ships... Artificial reefs are structures that humans put in place underwater that create habitat for sea life. A new study shows for the first time how much of the US ocean floor they cover.

New study provides the first-ever estimate of how much of the sea bottom in US waters is covered with artificial reefs, and some of the crazy things they're made of theconversation.com/not-all-unde...

18.01.2024 14:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Learning they named the most recently discovered whale species (described in 2021) after a person

09.11.2023 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0