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Prochlorococcus cyanobacteria form biofilms on particles & dynamically transition between free-living and attached states with significantly different physiology

That impacts carbon release, thus suggesting a role in carbon export to the deep sea

@mitcee.bksy.social
#phytoplankton #biofilm #oceans

Ocean development (Earth sciences 🌍)

Ocean development refers to the establishing of human activities at sea and use of the ocean, as well as its governance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_development

#OceanDevelopment #Oceans #EarthSciences

Can sea squirts help reverse aging effects? 🪸🧪

Sea squirts are filter feeders that are edible ascidians! They are a source of “plasmalogens”, a lipid found in our cell membranes that supports brain and heart health.

#Fish #Oceans #MarineBiology #Biology #Science

100 nations have now ratified the High Seas Treaty. Australia, Brunei, Canada, Germany, Papua New Guinea & Zimbabwe are the latest countries to ratify. Currently, less than 1% of international waters are fully protected.

#oceans #nature Image: Vyacheslav Argenberg

🌊 One storm surge feeds the next

Dutch researchers found North Sea storm surges cluster: one hitting 1 to 3 days after an earlier storm runs 17.5%, about 7cm, higher than a surge with no recent predecessor.

🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2026gl125098

#Climate #Flooding #Oceans #Science 🧪

VesselAlert
Name: OCEANS
MMSI: 244820561
Callsign: PF4201
Type: Other
Flag: Netherlands
Seen: 28-Sep-2026 07:25:17 CEST
Distance: 60.5 nm
Signal RSSI: 0.0 dBFS
Ship AIS VesselAlert © kx1t - link

Since whaling was banned in 1986, whale numbers have rebounded but threats, mostly human-made, remain and are on the agenda at a meeting in Hobart. #marine #biology #mammals #oceans #endangered #protected #species

The Cure range of sailing catamarans from McConaghy are ready for serious cruising from day one.
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The new Cure 48GT, 55GT and 68GT: high levels of comfort with the capability to explore further, safely.
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#InnovativeDesign #CompositeEngineering #LightWeight #Oceans

More September vacations -- the in and outs of the highest tide in the world, aka the Bay of Fundy.
#photography #oceans #tides #rocks #Canada #HopewellRocks

Returm to the real world. End of #Overberg escape #oceans and #firelight

Many rivers to cross
And it's only my will that keeps me alive
I've been licked, washed up for years
And I merely survive because of my pride

- Jimmy Cliff

A 2017 scientific study by Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research calculated that 88% to 95% of all the plastic transported by rivers into the sea originated from 10 major river systems.

#Plastic
#Rivers
#Oceans

Scientists discovered two strange new sea spider species in the Salish Sea, including a hairy-legged, red-eyed species that can groom itself with comb-like appendages. Another is frequently covered…

#science #biology #oceans

Fantastic quotation about the #oceans at the entrance of the Australian maritime museum in Sydney which also houses the vessel in which James Cameron went down almost 11.000M in the Mariana Trench to the deepest point in the world’s oceans cc: @deepseadawn.bsky.social