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28/07/2021

Just On Marine: No. 72 - https://mailchi.mp/a0ec62899dc1/just-on-marine-no-13390202

Its all about surprising coelacanths, shark intestines & oysters at the Tokyo olympics.

Plus, exclusive access to our first series - The RockHopper Diaries

🗞 Stories One Strange fish - the eel. For centuries, no one could actually find any sexual organs - we couldn’t tell whether there were male and female eels. Turns out that at one point in their life, eels stop eating, and develop sexual organs. A fascinating Q&A. Nautilus 14 tons of oyster...

22/06/2021

Just On Marine: No. 71 - https://mailchi.mp/99fa8e3b9bfa/just-on-marine-no-71

🗞 Stories Dr Ryan Daly updates Radio 702 on the Greatest Shoal on earth702 Birds hide from predators, even while still in the egg. Audobon diver was (half) swallowed by a whaleSmithsonian clicking on 6million ads in 2million climate articles the creators artificially increased the visibility of...

31/05/2021

Your fortnightly dose of Ocean Optimism.
Plus, SCUBA diving lizards, A marine reserve tool & how the navy influenced what we know about the ocean.

Just On Marine: No. 70 - https://mailchi.mp/c1f32d6d4129/just-on-marine-no-5169674

🗞 Stories The Global Fishing Watch has just launched a tool to create, support & monitor marine reserves. This is exciting news - marine reserves create healthy oceans and 'pay out' over time. GlobalFishingWatch Payment Portal Stripe will invest $2.75 million into 6 new early stage carbon re...

04/05/2021

Just On Marine: No. 69

- We made a movie. Plus, fish sticks, an Oscar and animal facial recognition -
All this and more: https://mailchi.mp/5dc40c08d014/just-on-marine-no-5162646

🗞 Stories 👏👏Seachangeproject  Or are fish sentient beings? New Yorker Seagrass sucks carbon from the atmosphere at 36 times that of a tropical rainforest. Positive.news Capable of mapping in high definition to 7000m deep, by itself.Saildrone US coral reefs currently save more than....

11/04/2021

Just On Marine: No. 68 - https://mailchi.mp/610df37ff50d/just-on-marine-no-5156798

🗞 Stories Can you steer a large vessel through the Suez Canal? Its harder than you think. Try your hand with this simulator: CNN - Also, here's how we moved the Ever Given. BBC - You can watch the VesselFinder map recording (from GPS) of the event here. Bycatch rates in the US are falli...

11/03/2021

This edition is all about turtle e-eggs (with poacher trackers), 81 year old snapper, Jellyfish that never die and where you may find your next job in the ocean space.

All this and more in this edition of Just On Marine - Happy ocean stories you probably didn't hear about.

Just On Marine: No. 67 - https://mailchi.mp/c2b0550c719b/just-on-marine-no-5148262

🗞 Stories How do differently-shaped icebergs float? Draw your own iceberg to see how it will float on this webpage (beware, you could lose a few hours designing your own icebergs). Joshdata Meet Zanzibar's seaweed mamas. Farming seaweed is shaking up Zanzibar's shores, tilting the balance ...

16/02/2021

Just On Marine: No. 66 - https://mailchi.mp/64456fff1bdd/just-on-marine-no-5141126

🗞 Stories Gentoo penguins build love nestsBBC  repairability indexdurabilityGrist snaps its claw 'thousands of times a second'Science Renewables are now the cheapest they've ever been.BBC Bazaruto archipelago has reported an almost 50% reduction in illegal fishing,Allafrica Salmon have spawned...

28/01/2021

Just On Marine: No. 65 - https://mailchi.mp/ee83d9217588/just-on-marine-no-5134186

🗞 News What do Cape Gannets and bees have in common? Dance of courseHakai  iconic South African dusky kob,SOS Two female eagle rays gave birthGuardian The nocturnal glass frog waves to communicate in noisy environmentsMongabay Ocean Giants newsletter MMF The (eel)grass is greener in Virgini...

07/01/2021

Hot off the press, here's the first edition of Just On Marine for 2021. No. 64 - https://mailchi.mp/e7b737cfd389/just-on-marine-no-5128186

🗞 News "The worst thing about being seasick is knowing you are not going to die". The elusive cure for seasickness/cartsickness/camelsickness (yes, camelsickness) is applicable in the latest tech advancements - from driverless cars to Virtual Reality & Megaskyscrapers. The search for a cu...

17/12/2020

Just On Marine: No. 63 - https://mailchi.mp/5b7cc8589f4b/just-on-marine-no-5116410

Elephants, uh s***m whales, never forget. Turns out s***m whales live in family groups and support each other, remembering accumulated knowledge and interaction histories over extended periods. "S***m whale family life is surprisingly similar to ours”. BBC Aquaculture is the fastest-growing food...

10/11/2020

Here are this week's Happy Ocean Stories, including life lessons from kelp. Plus, there are insurance policies for mangroves, yes really,

This and more in our bi-weekly briefing.
Just On Marine: No. 62 - https://mailchi.mp/8af370e8b96d/just-on-marine-no-5103058

🗞 News Sasol has abandoned drilling rights (yay!) next to the Bazaruto National Park, Mozambique. The deep-water wells had poor reserves hence the interest in shallow water deposits. Dailymaverick We just discovered a 500m high 'skyscraper' coral reef off the northern tip of Australia. It r...

04/11/2020

20/10/2020

David Attenborough's final message to the world, Island brokers are in demand due to the Coronavirus pandemic, plus it's getting much harder to fish illegally.
All this and more in the latest Just On Marine: No. 61 - https://mailchi.mp/2a7db0222fef/just-on-marine-no-5092810

🗞 News Crisis at the Galapagos. A short while ago a Chinese fishing fleet was noticed encroaching on (and in) arguably the most vibrant and important marine reserve on earth. Tracked by a company - HawkEye360 - the vessels were monitored without having their on-board tracking equipment turned ...

06/10/2020

Just On Marine: No. 60 - https://mailchi.mp/682c92ecdd69/just-on-marine-no-5084574

🗞 News Beavers are North America's best firefighting allies. Their dams and wetlands create safe zones for other animals as well as fire breaks that help stem and control wild fires. Yet another reason why we should look to nature to solve the challenges we face in the world today. NatGeo Ho...

05/10/2020

15/09/2020

The future of fashion & the history of fish farming. Soldier fly grubs make great fish food and Artificial intelligence protects wild Orca.

This and more in the latest Just On Marine Happy Ocean stories: No. 59 - https://mailchi.mp/e2ac17337887/just-on-marine-no-59

🗞 News Two things I didn't know about Burmese roofed turtles - 1: they have a permanent smile (seriously), and 2: they've been saved from extinction by the Wildlife Conservation Society. Anyone else for more success stories? Read on.. NYT Project SeaClear uses drones, Remotely Operated Veh...

24/08/2020

Is 'Ultra Black' a real thing?
And.. hold your breath folks, here's a 3minute leopard seal / penguin standoff.

This week's Just On Marine: No. 58 - https://mailchi.mp/7fbb6ef9429f/just-on-marine-no-5056546

🗞 News Hawaiian limpets may be evolving to avoid humans. Limpets on less populated islands are taller and lighter than their relatives on populated islands. Tall & light means you're cooler, but easier to find. Short & dark means harder to find & pull off the rocks, but hotter on the black ...

05/08/2020

This week's happy ocean stories - plus, the cutest, tiniest, baby sunfish photo ever.

Including stories on poaching, hiding and plain light and water scarcity & what it means for your portfolio.

Just On Marine: No. 57 - https://mailchi.mp/066e17a9eda6/just-on-marine-no-57

🗞 News Abalone tensions in a coastal town. These recent tensions over resource use of Abalone: non-consumptive use (leave it alone) versus poaching (sell it for food). Betty's Bay is part of the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve - a world heritage site & protected area. It has been marked as 'Prote...

14/07/2020

Just On Marine: No. 56 - https://mailchi.mp/3b5647eb867a/just-on-marine-no-5037210

🗞 News Drones are giving us unprecedented views of close encounters between sharks and beachgoers. The views afford us valuable information for science, conservation and bather protection. Scientific American Speaking of drones - here's is a beautiful video of an adult and two young Orca in...

29/06/2020

This week's Happy Ocean Stories, plus shark betting and the Greatest Shoal on Earth!

See the latest Just On Marine briefing (No. 55) here: https://mailchi.mp/59b1b601493e/just-on-marine-no-5029634

🗞 News Oil spills be gone - a "game-changing" sponge able to selectively absorb oil and not water has been developed by researchers in Illinois. The sponge is Oleophilic, Hydrophobic & Magnetic, and re-useable (several times apparently). Forbes Carbon-capturing rocks. A secretive Califo...

12/06/2020

This week's happy ocean stories - plus, images of Elvis Worms & Murder Hornets!

Just On Marine: No. 54 - https://mailchi.mp/4b5a5bc51c69/just-on-marine-no-2756298

🗞 News It's been 50 years since sockeye salmon were seen in lake Okanagan, Canada. Natural systems do rebound, in this case with the help of 'fish ladders'. Goodnet Black Lives Matter / Eco activist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson discussed 5 ways the ocean can (should) help the climate crisis. Hin...

28/05/2020

Coral reef CSI, new protection for ocean migratory pathways, & how to photography birds at home. These and other Happy Ocean Stories in the latest

Just On Marine: No. 53

- https://mailchi.mp/fdde7d2662c2/just-on-marine-no-2749390

🗞 News The South African abalone black market is being squeezed by the COVID-19 lockdown. The result: lots of frozen abalone with nowhere to go. Word on the street is that it has started back up again. Hakai We can protect ocean creatures when they're in their summer or winter homes. Now we can p...

20/05/2020

Just On Marine: No. 52 - https://mailchi.mp/910c4df9566b/just-on-marine-no-2745122

🗞 News The fantastic story of a quest to reach the deepest parts of the world's oceans - 36,000 feet under the sea.  New Yorker It turns out that otter p**p is an important 'engineer' of land animal communities - the places otters p**p have different communities from their neighbouring n...

08/05/2020

Just On Marine: No. 51

Happy Ocean Stories, plus, what ocean creature is longer than a blue whale?

https://mailchi.mp/513f1fd92ca0/just-on-marine-no-921662

🗞 News Cold War atomic bomb tests have helped scientists age whale sharks. One can age sharks by counting rings on the vertebra, much like a tree. But are these rings laid down yearly or 6-monthly? Thanks to atomic bomb trials we know the answer, and that whale sharks live around 50 years. e...

23/04/2020

This week's happy ocean stories, plus Tracking Silver Ghosts.

Just On Marine: No. 50 - https://mailchi.mp/c674548f622c/just-on-marine-no-911638

🗞 News Fossil teeth in Peru have hinted that early primates travelled across the Atlantic Ocean on floating natural rafts of vegetation - from Africa to South America. Palaeontologists are yet to find evidence for an alternate route by which these primates made the harrowing journey. Smit...

14/04/2020

Mexican fishing bats, how to prep a 12million year old crab fossil & vote for the next XPrize criteria - the water treatment challenge.

All this and more in the latest Just On Marine briefing: No. 49 - https://mailchi.mp/422b477fe455/just-on-marine-no-906318

🗞 News More than 500 divers, experienced in treating breathing difficulties, have volunteered to help the NHS with critically ill coronavirus patients. Times Here's a gif-heavy, uh, lesson on a how not to deal with a beached whale carcass, and what it teaches us about the current coronavirus...

08/04/2020

Its a Goodie! Get it hot off the press here 👇🏻

Just On Marine: No. 48 - https://mailchi.mp/6ad519152392/just-on-marine-no-902722

🗞 News Here's the endearing story of Roofus, the baby turtle found alive on someone's roof! The tiny & dehydrated turtle was likely dropped by a gull. Read, listen or watch the feel good story. Aquarium Size does matter, if you're a Narwhal. Using data over 35 years researchers found tha...

31/03/2020

Just On Marine: No. 46 - https://mailchi.mp/82b57d426ac9/just-on-marine-no-897410

🗞 News Squid communicate with flashes and flickers when in the presence of other squid. When hunting however they dim themselves and, just before striking, flash a splotchy pattern. This could enable squid cooperation. Woah! Nature Laamu Atoll - The Maldivian resort island has embraced a code...

24/03/2020

Just On Marine: No. 46 - https://mailchi.mp/ba925d7fe880/just-on-marine-no-891910

🗞 News If you read one thing today let it by the FutureCrunch newsletter - the preamble is inspirational, the articles they curate showcase not media hype but optimistic truth. FutureCrunch Check out these 19 free courses on conservation, climate change and sustainability. The world despera...

12/03/2020

Just On Marine: No. 45 - https://mailchi.mp/59a22f63b25a/just-on-marine-no-881705

🗞 News Results are out: dishwashers are better for the environment than hand washing. *As long as its new-ish, you don't pre-rinse and you don't use heated drying. Thats ~63% fewer emissions over a 10 year lifespan. Grist Early Marshall Islander seafarers used curved sticks and cowrie shells...