1/2 Our new study on #plastics & #microplastics distribution throughout the North #Pacific , led by Robby Rynek UFZ, is out 🤗! We found it everywhere (not only in so-called garbage patch) plus an unexpected 2nd hotspot not projected by ocean models 👇
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When 'best available science' is not enough. High Seas Science & Elizabeth Mendenhall advocate for more scientific research through the #BBNJ Treaty to ensure it achieves the goals of conservation & sustainable use of #HighSeas marine biodiversity.

Read more: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A jellyfish evolved back into a single cell, doesn't need oxygen, and now lives parasitically inside the cells of other animals. Repeat: there's a single-celled jellyfish vibing O2-free INSIDE OTHER ANIMAL CELLS. Meet the hook-shaped intracellular jellyfish parasite Myxozoa 😈

HAVE YOU SEEN BABY DEEP-SEA ANGLERFISH?!

Species: Triplewart seadevil (Cryptopsaras couesii)
Baby pics by Linda Ianniello: bit.ly/2Z7pVJN
#DailyJelly

Meet the lake dwelling blob animal that is actually an amorphous body of clones connected by skin and tissue and slime. They siphon water & pluck out bits of floating food, cleaning the lake while vibing as the worlds most terrifying swamp tumor. ✨freshwater bryozoans✨

#frockingfabulous

Never know who you’ll meet in the Twilight Zone, where there's more fish biomass than the rest of the ocean combined! Our friendly deep-sea experts suspect this mesmerizing creature is a lobate ctenophore, a type of comb jelly. Spotted during #SEPacificSeamounts expedition.

🤯 How many organisms like this we haven't even discovered yet?!!

I just felt like reminding the world that breaststroke isopods exist, and they have jazz hands.
From Schmidt Ocean dive 531 part 3 #OctoOdyssey

Can we please look at this and just purely appreciate such creatures exist with us at the same time on this planet??!! 💕💕💕

Testing testing. Is this thing on?

Returning to plug a new paper by me and Anela Choy in which we review life in the ocean's deep water-column. annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.114…
The editor kindly let us go over-length, but we still couldn't fit all the great research done by the deep-sea community.

A stunning baby rainbow tripod fish off Cozumel Mexico.
Like many deep-sea creatures, tripod fish live near the surface when young, taking advantage of the warm nutrient rich waters and looking a lot like colorful jellyfish.
🎥Frida Yolotzin instagram.com/p/C0cm-qrOkZR/…

What this stirred up for me is the uncomfortable reality that, as hard as science is for everyone, it so much harder for so many in the places where we need science the most. We need more Dr. Asha de Vos's in the world. Our planet is changing too fast to wait.

nytimes.com/2023/12/05/spe…

'Success in preserving the ocean will come only when we recognize that protecting the world’s largest ecosystem requires the world’s largest team.'

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‘Success in preserving the ocean will come only when we recognize that protecting the world’s largest ecosystem requires the world’s largest team.’ Excited to have been invited to contribute to The New York Times ‘turning points’ series. Read and RT! nytimes.com/2023/12/05/spe…

'Parachute science created... a false perception that a handful can save the whole...we must give everyone an equitable opportunity to engage with, explore and work in the oceans if we want to drive positive, sustainable change.'
So well said Dr. Asha de Vos!
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This holiday season, break the ice by telling your family and friends how baby octopuses sometimes ride on jellyfish like little hats...[a thread 🧵]

📸 bit.ly/2ZmNZZH