RogueNOAA

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Posting articles and other media about NOAA and related topics. Lover of science, data, satellites, oceans, coasts, marine organisms, weather, climate modeling, fishers, and coastal communities. My personal views only. This is not a government account.

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Trump's comments come less than a month before midterm elections and referenced Vought. Critics weighed in, arguing the combination raises questions about whether Trump was hinting at a major policy announcement, government action or election-related development.

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

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Don't remember this being in there when I watched it last year but I love how they labelled all the humans as "Homo sapiens". Given what this doc is about, it's a nice touch. — On a related note, it's interesting to see the changes made in a film, post-film festival watch.

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STOP THE FIRST COMMERCIAL DEEP-SEA MINING PROJECT
The felon administration is greenlighting the destruction of our oceans, and we need your help to stop it. The Metals Company has recently applied for the first-ever commercial deep-sea mining operation anywhere in…

act.oceana.org/page/200349/...

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Deep-Sea Mining Faces Another Hurdle—Exploding Rocks Deep-sea mining might still remain in its infancy, however researchers and ecologists are currently raising the alarm about the threats. Seafloor huge sulfides that form around hydrothermic vents are abundant with important metals like copper,…

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Octopuses are solitary creatures, which is pretty understandable when most species engage in cannibalism.

However, larger Pacific striped octopus are an exception. This undescribed species has been known to live in groups of up to 40 octopuses and mates in a beak-to-beak position.

#OCTOtober

A Larger Pacific striped octopus standing in a tank with two arms with its suckers visible. It is leaning on a plastic tube with two of its arms, and its striped mantle is drooping down, facing the camera. One arm is reaching back behind the mantle and is curled, making it look like the octopus is deep in thought.A Larger Pacific striped octopus partially hiding in a glass container. It is rather small. Its suckers are visible. It is mostly an off white colour.A larger Pacific striped octopus in a tank, leaving a conch shell to grab a shrimp. The octopus is mostly a dark brown with a shade of red or purple, with some sandy brown spots and stripes, especially on the top of its head and mantle. Its mantle narrows at the tip. You can see two rows of suckers on its arms. The shrimp is translucent and yellow.Two larger Pacific striped octopus mating in a beak-to-beak "kissing" position. They are gripping each others faces, and the rest of their arms are curled away. The octopus on the left is lightly coloured, with a sandy beige colour, and the octopus on the right has a dark reddish brown colour. Where their stripes are, they have darker colours, a light brown and a dark red respectively.
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