#Ocean
Diving with Whalesharks in Gorontalo/Indonesia #diving #whaleshark #indonesia #scuba #nature #ocean
Been on my feet working all day. My hands/body ache, but it is what is required to provide food for us. Not a complaint. I like being connected to my nourishment. I know exactly where it comes from, how it was cared for and what it takes to have such a basic need met. I am grateful. Time for a wave of pure WATER!
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-and-white-abstract-art-water-tight-3-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #artist #artists #AYearForArt #beach #beachlife #haiku #ocean #sea #coastal #oceanlife #colorful #modernart #blue
https://www.deviantart.com/synthartstudio/art/Cyberpunk-Sea-World-A-Captivating-Fusion-965652558
#AI #beings #bioluminescent #breathtaking #city #colors #creatures #cybernetic #cyberpunk #depths #dome #fiction #fusion #futuristic #glass #marketplace #metropolis #nature #ocean #reflections #science #sea #skyscrapers #spectacle #submerged #technology #underwater #vibrant #visual #world
Honaunau Bay, Big Island, Hawaii. December 2016.
#memories #photography #iphonePhotography #hawaii #honaunau #sunset #ocean #palmtree
RT @CMEMS_EU: #GACopernicusMarine
The collaboration between our #CopernicusMarine Service and UN DCC Ocean Prediction will provide a platform to use #Ocean forecasting to foster intercultural dialogues and connect the ocean 🌊community across the globe🌎, as presented by Enrique Alvarez https://t.co/Z5q6yGbEtH
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_MARE/status/1665746783257911298
"Dans vingt ans vous serez plus déçus par les choses que vous n’avez pas faites que par celles que vous avez faites. Alors sortez des sentiers battus. Mettez les voiles. Explorez. Rêvez. Découvrez !"
Mark TWAIN
#photo de #longecote
#photographie #ocean #nature #loiretalantique
RT @FAOfish: Let's join hands to #FightUUFishing, a serious threat to our #Ocean & #Fisheries.
Together, we can make a difference by raising awareness & taking action.
Safeguarding our ocean for present & future generations is essential🌊 https://www.fao.org/iuu-fishing/fight-iuu-fishing/en/
#IUUFishing https://t.co/1CkfcrKZUV
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EFCA_EU/status/1665765996097859584
Highway 1 Near Devil's Slide, 2017. #SanMateoCounty #sfbayarea #pacifica #montara #SanMateoCounty #pacific #ocean #highway1 #California
RT @CMEMS_EU: #GACopernicusMarine
Karina Von Schuckmann & Gratianne Quade showcase that the #CopernicusMarine #Ocean report is a success story of our service🌊
Key findings
Scientific innovations
Ability to connect science to policy
Looking forward to seeing the next report in September! https://t.co/m66tJZAyjt
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1665727559957463044
We are delighted to see The Deep Ocean featured in
Nature as one of Andrew Robinson’s five best science picks! Packed full of “superb colour photographs of astonishing organisms," this book is available now in hardcover and ebook. https://hubs.ly/Q01S3znc0
#MarineLife #MarineScience #MarineBiology #Ocean #OceanLife #SeaLife
Fake Plastic People News!
An elderly man from the Seaside town of Dystopiania has found some grains of sand amongst the plastic.
#satire #plastic #consumerism #industry #shopping #extinction #ocean #wildlife #climate
let´s join the challenge!
RT @EU_MARE: The #Ocean represents 70.8% of our planet. It links us all, yet is plagued by 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris.
It’s time to #BeatPlasticPollution.
Be part of the wave. Join the #EUBeachCleanup campaign.
#WorldEnvironmentDay @eu_eeas @UN @UNEP #SDG14 @EU_ENV
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EFCA_EU/status/1665744479653965826
You’ve heard of Nekobasu, now get ready for Sakanabasu, the newest #FunWayToTravel for #GhibliMonth2023!
#mastoArt #Ocean #Ghibli #StudioGhibli #DeepSea #Fish #Barreleye
Why study the #ocean? A standard list of reasons might include making predictions about climate or because it’s a source of food and other resources as well as a major transportation route. My list is a bit different:
1. To understand, as much as possible, our home and source of life;
2. To appreciate our own smallness in the grand scheme of things; and
3. To participate in something larger than our human selves.
Why don’t we give reasons like these when justifying scientific research?
Introducing the Triton 660 Personal Submarine! Explore the Ocean in Style #monday #montag #mondaymorning #Mondaymorning #ElectricVehicles #innovation #technology #MondayMotivation #writerslift #instatech #tech #business #ocean #sea #vehicle https://t.co/TSNqWpOfZt https://l8r.it/jiyh?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
The #Ocean represents 70.8% of our planet. It links us all, yet is plagued by 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris.
It’s time to #BeatPlasticPollution.
Be part of the wave. Join the #EUBeachCleanup campaign.
#WorldEnvironmentDay @eu_eeas @UN @UNEP #SDG14 @EU_ENV
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_MARE/status/1665662881428303873
The #ocean 🌊 represents 70.8% of our planet. It links us all, yet is plagued by 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris. It’s time to #BeatPlasticPollution.
Be part of the wave. Join the #EUBeachCleanup campaign: http://ec.europa.eu/eu-beach-cleanup
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/eu_eeas/status/1665644631336570880
Hike to the ocean
YOU CAN FIND IT HERE IN FULL:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/hike-to-the-ocean-patricia-hofmeester.html
By https://pixels.com/profiles/patricia-hofmeester/shop #WallArt #homedecor #fineart #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt ##LoveArt #BuyArtNotCandy #photography #SpringIntoArt @PatriciaPhotos #Spain #ocean #dunes #hike #view #vacation
RT @EU_MARE: The #Ocean represents 70.8% of our planet. It links us all, yet is plagued by 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris.
It’s time to #BeatPlasticPollution.
Be part of the wave. Join the #EUBeachCleanup campaign.
#WorldEnvironmentDay @eu_eeas @UN @UNEP #SDG14 @EU_ENV
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1665665240971849729
'What science tells us: #Climate #Adaptation #Solutions and IPCC insights', is one of #ECCA2023's opening talks on Tuesday Morning 20 June, with Prof Hans-Otto Pörtner IPCC Working Group II as speaker.
Prof Hans-Otto Pörtner (Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research) has established theory and evidence on effects on #climatewarming, #ocean #acidification, and hypoxia on marine organisms and #ecosystems.
An exciting opportunity to apply to OceanHackWeek! Applications are now open
📣 Don’t miss the chance to participate in this upcoming workshop!
Visit https://oceanhackweek.org/ohw23/ for details
#OceanHackWeek #ocean #climate
She sat on them without food for 30 days, one egg fell out, and rolled down the hill, and she couldn't put it back. There's only the two of them, and her mate has never been seen. They are the youngest hatchlings in the harbour. #Geese #Goslings #MyBackyard #Ocean
#GoodMorning! Perhaps I should have led with that? 😎
It's raining, at times heavy. That's not changing the outside work, just helping me choose a suitable hat.
My work clothes are still wet.
It's a beautiful day in #Aarhus for #OceanRace2023
Let's talk #Science of the #Ocean #Antarctica #Arctic + #SeaLevelRise 2pm today at the #Genova #GenoaPavilion...
The #ocean 🌊 represents 70.8% of our planet. It links us all, yet is plagued by 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris. It’s time to #BeatPlasticPollution.
Be part of the wave. Join the #EUBeachCleanup campaign: http://ec.europa.eu/eu-beach-cleanup
#ocean #environment #nature #preservation #nomining
Why we need to respect Earth’s last great wilderness – the ocean | Oceans | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/04/why-we-need-to-respect-earths-last-great-wilderness-the-ocean
A shocking tale of what we do:
(It's a baby bird)
#Plastic #Pollution #Environment #Planet #Ocean #WildLife #Sea #Birds #Climate #ClimateCrisis #BBC #FuturePlanet
Today’s the day - starting at 9:45am on BBC Radio 4, Blue Machine is this week’s Book of the Week. Time for some ocean in your day! https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mlgf #ocean #books
@helenczerski Thank you for this important article! We need so urgently a perspective change from #anthropocentrism and #greed to #kinship with #nature! Yes, it's time to talk about #ecosystems, to see #climatecrisis and #biodiversityLoss as connected. Perhaps we need a revolution in thinking: Plankton is more important for our survival than any businesspeople. Until we understand this we need more articles and books like yours. #ocean #sea #sealife #ecology #water
"J'aime à marcher à mon aise,
et m'arrêter quand il me plaît.
La vie ambulante est celle qu'il me faut."
Jean Jacques ROUSSEAU
#photographie #nature #ocean #loireatlantique #landscape #paysage
“Whale of a tale? The stories about whales helping tackle climate change are overblown”
#carbon #ocean
https://theconversation.com/whale-of-a-tale-the-stories-about-whales-helping-tackle-climate-change-are-overblown-205489
Yeah, there is something fishy going on! Another grouper. Here in Florida we are known for these beautiful fish...I know right now we are known for crap politics, but I have to live here due to Hubby's job, so I am looking on the bright side as much as I can! Eyes on the ocean....ahhhhh
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/colorful-grouper-fish-on-blue-2-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #artist #artists #AYearForArt #beach #beachlife #ocean #sea #coastal #Florida #oceanlife #nature #colorful #fish #watercolor #fishes #collage
The young water mage prodigy knew how to have fun. She was surfing on the ocean near the beach, though not by using a surfboard or the like. Instead, her bare feet on the (for her) solid waves which carried her along with quite the incredible speed - and if she were to lose balance and fall? Well, the soft landing inthe cool water would certainly be welcome on this hot day.
🌊🌊🌊
#ai #aiart #stablediffusion #kemonomimi #mousegirl #fantasy #mage #magician #watermagic #ocean# sun #sky #nele
The Bell House and the entrance sign at the Trinidad Head Light Station today (California Coastal National Monument). For more information https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/california/california-coastal and https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Land/All/Article/1995224/trinidad-head-lighthouse/ and #publiclands #photography #lighthouse #history #interpretation #nationalmonuments #ocean #seascape Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs
Ocean, Morning Light 🩵🩵🩵
https://jan-matson.pixels.com/featured/ocean-morning-light-jan-matson.html
A peaceful beach painting of the ocean in the soft morning light.
#SilentSunday #seascape #ocean #MastoArt #JanMatson #painting #OilPainting #artist
Boater attacked by
Orca worries of its kind
Negative press hurts
#orca #killerwhales #ocean #conservation #haiku #poetry
http://www.businessinsider.com/ship-captain-attacked-orca-worried-boaters-shoot-killer-whales-2023-6
Nature Photography.
Sun and Surf!
Louisburg, Nova Scotia.
Deep blue ocean waves crash upon Cape Breton Island's seashore on a beautiful sunny day!
https://5-alan-mason.pixels.com
An original photograph by photographer Alan E Mason.
Cheers for now.🙂
#art #artist #photography #photographer #Alan E Mason #nature #outdoors #fineartphotograpy #ocean #Canada #NovaScotia #Mastodon
#SilentSunday #ocean #sea #beach #beaches #Florida #FloridaBeaches #clouds #photography #MastoPhoto #BuyIntoArt #fediverse #FediGiftShop #GiftIdeas #SupportIndependentArtists
The Beautiful Sea is available here: https://hhphotography.pixels.com/featured/the-beautiful-sea-hh-photography-of-florida.html
That's a nice view!
#beach #mexico #travel #explore #exploring #ocean #adventure #viewpoint
Are you attending #ASLO2023 in Mallorca? Then come to my presentation tomorrow (Monday) at 10:30 on « High-frequency, year-round time series of the carbonate chemistry in a high-Arctic fjord (#Svalbard) »
Not attending? No worries, the discussion paper is here:
https://essd.copernicus.org/preprints/essd-2023-92/
The jokes write themselves.
"Clumps of 5,000-mile seaweed blob bring flesh-eating [#Vibrio] #Bacteria to #Florida...
"...Even more worrying, the researchers say, is the role of #Ocean #Pollution in the proliferation of the bacteria, which can cause disease and death... Samples tested... were abundant with #Plastic debris, which interacted with the #Algae and bacteria to create a “perfect #Pathogen #Storm..."
#News #USNews #Environment #DeSantis #Horror
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/03/sargassum-seaweed-algae-florida-bacteria-vibrio
“Instead of seeing the ocean as a “solution” for climate change, we need to see it as a test of a new attitude to our planet, one that doesn’t treat it as a combination of universal rubbish bin and exploitable resource. Ask not what the ocean can do for you, but what you can do for the ocean.”
My piece in the Observer today, about the growing attitude that we can just “use” the ocean as if it’s not doing anything useful to start with: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/04/why-we-need-to-respect-earths-last-great-wilderness-the-ocean
El Niño and Extreme Atlantic Ocean Heat are About to Clash
"Globally, warm sea surface temperatures that can fuel hurricanes have been off the charts in the spring of 2023, but what really matters for Atlantic hurricanes are the ocean temperatures in two locations: the North Atlantic basin, where hurricanes are born and intensify, and the eastern-central tropical Pacific Ocean, where El Niño forms.
This year, the two are in conflict – and likely to exert counteracting influences on the crucial conditions that can make or break an Atlantic hurricane season. The result could be good news for the Caribbean and Atlantic coasts: a near-average hurricane season. But forecasters are warning that that hurricane forecast hinges on El Niño panning out."
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/02/el-nino-and-extreme-atlantic-ocean-heat-are-about-to-clash/
#climatechange #hurricane #ENSO #OceanWarming #Ocean #Atlantic #Pacific
One more reason to avoid #Florida #BoycottFlorida
Clumps of 5,000-mile #seaweed blob bring flesh-eating #bacteria to #Florida
Decomposing pieces of Great #Atlantic #sargassum belt carry Vibrio #bacteria
“perfect pathogen storm [with] implications for both marine life and #publichealth”
“The amount of #plastic we find entangled in the #seaweed on a daily basis, and every tide that comes in brings more, is shocking” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/03/sargassum-seaweed-algae-florida-bacteria-vibrio #ocean
"Telle un défi à la vitesse et au bruit, la MARCHE incite à la modestie, pousse à la curiosité, suscite la méditation. Elle invite au repli, à l'intimité, à se taire pour mieux écouter."
Franck MICHEL
#photographie #nature #ocean #loireatlantique #landscape #paysage
From a piece on the #ocean in the Observer; not yet online:
'Instead of seeing the ocean as a 'solution' for #climatechange, we need to see it as a test of our new attitude to our planet, one that doesn't treat it as a combination of universal rubbish bin & exploitable resource. Ask not what the ocean can do for you, but what you can do for the ocean'! @helenczerski
however, this is a test that I think humans are about to fail!
I leave you tonight with a colorful dolphin fish! I love all things "sea" and hope you will appreciate my vision. :)
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/colorful-dolphin-fish-beach-art-on-blue-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #artist #artists #AYearForArt #beach #beachlife #ocean #sea #coastal #Florida #oceanlife #nature #colorful #fish #watercolor #colorful #fun #beachlife #beaches #sealife
I hope you'll enjoy my sunrise video🌞
#beach #ocean #sky #nature #landscape #reverebeach #massachusetts #boston
a bold swoosh of blue
a base of the purest white
A sudden impact!
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-and-white-abstract-art-water-tight-2-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #artist #artists #AYearForArt #poetry #beach #beachlife #haiku #ocean #sea #coastal #Florida #oceanlife #writing #haiku #nature #colorful #poem #poet #writing #writingcommunity #tropical #modernart #waves #blue
'Seafood provides vital nourishment to more than 3 billion people worldwide, especially in some under-resourced tropical countries where people rely on the #ocean for more than half of their animal protein intake.' https://nautil.us/global-warming-could-make-some-fish-less-nutritious-307572/ #foodhistory #climatechange #omega3
Another fun puffer! Don't be fooled though. There's enough poison in 1 pufferfish to kill 30 adults. NO antidote. The skin is covered in spikes with this poison and can damage your hands or kill you. It's unfortunate that the dangerous things are so darn cute...lol
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/puffer-fish-art-2-on-beach-blue-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #artist #artists #AYearForArt #beach #beachlife #ocean #sea #coastal #Florida #oceanlife #nature #colorful #fish #tropical #pufferfish #fun #cute #animals #colorful
The ocean is full of connections, and here's another one. The idea that whale poo helps redistribute the critical nutrient iron in iron-poor seas has been around for a while, but now it looks as though the penguins are at it too.
What’s important is that when species suffer population decreases, it’s not just about losing charasmatic animals - it’s about breaking the links in the ocean systems for recycling and energy distribution.
Continuing the backlog of adventure paintings, here’s Devil’s Punch Bowl on the Oregon Coast, from April. (Didn’t really hit it at the right time of day, but interesting features nonetheless.)
#watercolor #watercolour #watercolorart #oregoncoast #oregoncoastart #oregonexplored #oregoncoastline #oregoncoastlife #oregon #gooutside #nature #naturelovers #ocean #creative #painting #MastoArt #MastoArtists #FediArt #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #ArtistsOfMastodon #artistatwork
tumultuous waves
a rip tide of emotion
Sea of memories...
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-and-white-abstract-art-water-tight-1-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #artist #artists #AYearForArt #poetry #beach #beachlife #haiku #ocean #sea #coastal #Florida #oceanlife #writing #haiku #nature #colorful #poem #poet #writing #writingcommunity #tropical #modernart #waves #blue
Ocean surface warming is “off the charts” and “eye-popping.” In March, sea surface temperatures off the east coast of North America were nearly 14C higher than the 1981-2011 average. We are likely to see intensifying hurricanes, massive marine life die-offs, and other serious consequences. #ocean #climate https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65339934
On a deserted Gulf coast beach under a beautifully painted sunset sky of yellow, orange and shades of blue, this couple is enjoying the peace and tranquility that being by the water can bring to the soul. Photographed on a balmy summer evening.
#sunset #beach #Florida #FloridaBeaches #ocean #photography #MastoPhoto #BuyIntoArt #fediverse
#FediGiftShop #SupportIndependentArtists
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On A Quiet Beach With You is available here: https://www.pictorem.com/529359/On%20A%20Quiet%20Beach%20With%20You.html
A digital piece done in oil on canvas style titled 'Cloud and Sea' finished late last night :)
(7590x9960pixels master)
Turbulent ocean against high shoreline cliffs, low cloud, lighthouse atop the cliffs, and a feeling of impending storm..
#Lighthouse #Classical #OilOnCanvas #DigitalArt #Ocean #Sea #Cliffs #Art #Artist #Arte #Artwork #Australia #Adelaide #Inspirational #Wallart #Prints #Canvas #Canvases #MastodonArt #Nature #MastoArt #ArtMatters #FediArt #ArtCollector #Paintings #Painting #Gifts #GiftIdeas #MothersDay #Christmas #Birthday #Present #ArtBooster #UniqueArt #AbstractArt #BuyIntoArt #FediGiftShop #AYearForArt #CreativeToots #Color #Colorful #SilentSunday
All ready for the first official Blue Machine book talk at London’s Royal Institution. #ocean
Today's the day! Blue Machine is out in the world.
When we think we're talking about the ocean, it's usually fish, the whales or the pollution - anything except the water itself. It's time for that to change. Blue Machine tells the biggest story on Earth. And reviewers are being very nice about it:
‘An untold story that is vital to everyone on the planet.’
‘What a wonderful book . . . a history, ecology and conservation exploration. I loved it!’
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/441190/blue-machine-by-czerski-helen/9781911709107
Starting to work on a backlog of adventure paintings, here’s a view of Agate Beach from April, with @N8designs !
#watercolor #watercolour #watercolorart #oregoncoast #oregoncoastart #oregonexplored #oregoncoastline #oregoncoastlife #oregon #gooutside #nature #naturelovers #ocean #agatebeach #rockhounding #creative #painting #painting🎨 #MastoArt #MastoArtists #FediArt #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #ArtistsOfMastodon #artistatwork
lost in the deep sea
a puff of colorful fins
A touch of whimsy!
#dailyhaikuprompt - lost
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/puffer-fish-art-on-beach-blue-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #artist #artists #AYearForArt #poetry #beach #beachlife #haiku #ocean #sea #coastal #Florida #oceanlife #writing #haiku #nature #colorful #fish #poem #poet #writing #writingcommunity #tropical #pufferfish #fun #cute #animals
The sky and water reflections glow pink as the sun peeks over the horizon while a few gray cumulus clouds scurry by overhead. Moored sailboats rock gently in the early morning salty seabreeze in this secluded cove on a balmy start to the day.
#sunrise #Florida #pink #sailboats #clouds #photography #MastoPhoto #ocean #BuyIntoArt #fediverse #FediGiftShop
Sunrise-A New Day is available here: https://www.pictorem.com/264454/Sunrise-A%20New%20Day.html
Lovely day, but I wish it would rain ☔
The smoke in the air, can be seen for more than a hundred miles.
Making a colourful sunrise though.
The devastating losses of others, has been consuming my attention.
We're all safe, and are not at risk, but out of control wildfire has consumed 200 buildings. It's heartbreaking.
I'm mostly offline all day, but keeping you updated.
#NovaScotia #WildfireSmoke #Wildfire #GoodMorning #AltText
#Halifax #Ocean #Twilight #Sunrise
The water in the Baths near one of the ladders. Could see right to the bottom.
A short day to finish on day 7 in the #KingRange on the #LostCoastTrail and more. Getting in a bit more #tidepooling and wandering the #dunes.
https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/05/lost-coast-punta-gorda-lighthouse.html
#hiking #backpacking #walking #trekking #crab #beach #nature #landscape #California #HumboldtCounty #NaturePhotography #landscapePhotography #getoutside #optoutside #ocean
Day 3 on the #LostCoastTrail started cold, but the overnight storm had finished and sun was coming for the finish of the hike on the #beach. https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/05/lost-coast-big-flat-to-shelter-cove-and.html
#hiking #backpacking #trekking #walking #California #nature #ocean #NaturePhotography #KingRange #sunset #landscape #landscapePhotography #CaliforniaCoastalTrail
Today is the 93rd anniversary of the 1st test of the Bathysphere (May 27th 1930), the first capsule to take humans down into the ocean depths. It was William Beebe’s idea & Otis Barton did the engineering. They were the first people to see deep ocean creatures in their natural habitat, setting a record dive depth of 670 metres in 1932. Beebe described it as “dangling in a hollow pea on a swaying cobweb, a quarter of a mile below the deck of a ship rolling in mid-ocean”.
#Ocean #Exploration
Headline at the Guardian:
"Is it too late to halt deep-sea mining? Meet the activists trying to save the seabed"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/21/is-it-too-late-to-halt-deep-sea-mining-the-activists-trying-to-save-the-seabed
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If mining companies are given the go-ahead to exploit the ocean depths, the environmental cost will be devastating.
Miners hope to drill into hydrothermal vents (those iconic deep-sea chimneys), and also extract metals from mountains protruding from the seabed. Most commonly explored, however, and likely to be the first mining undertaken, are what’s known as polymetallic nodules: lumps of metals and minerals mixed with all sorts of sediment, which sit on the ocean floor.
This mining will see hordes of large mining machines moving along the seafloor like bulldozing combine harvesters, scooping up nodules and whatever else is in their path.
“Everything around them will be disturbed,” says Dr Diva Amon, a deep-sea biologist. “The top 10cm for certain, home to the majority of life on the seafloor. That means huge amounts of habitat and animals will be lost.” Out the back, water, sediment and shredded wildlife will be pumped out, wreaking havoc. Everything else collected will be pumped through a network of pipes up to a ship on the surface. “Here the nodules will be separated from other materials like water, sediment, and likely crumbled pieces of metal that will be spewed out into the ocean as waste.”
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#Ocean #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Pollution #Capitalism
Yesterday, 25 May 2023 — For only the third time in recorded history, we had the highest average world air temperature, the lowest global sea ice extent, and the highest average ocean temperature, all on the same day.
And this is just the beginning of the dubious and destructive record-setting events we will see in the months and years ahead.
Continue to work and hope for the best, but definitely *prepare* for the worst.
#Ocean #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
"Sailing at Sunset" is my latest #artwork with a three dimensional quilted effect. (Not a real quilt but can be purchased on many products including prints.) This is my second image with a sailing theme.
Art is here - https://fineartamerica.com/featured/sailing-at-sunset-quilted-effect-peggy-collins.html
#sailing #sailboats #ocean #mountains #art #artist #colorful #color #AYearForArt #MastodonArt #FediGiftShop #MastoArt #FediArt #BuyIntoArt #PeggyCollins
Something I learned today: books get trailers now. Blue Machine is out next Thursday (June 1st) and here's the trailer for it.
You can also hear me talk about it at the launch book talk in London at @Ri_Science on publication day: https://www.rigb.org/whats-on/blue-machine-uncovering-oceans-power #Ocean #BlueMachine Do join us!
Ala Moana Regional Park, Oahu, Hawaii. This 100-acre park is a favorite with locals who swim, fish and surf. Hawaii, the land that never disappoints.
ART - https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/ala-moana-regional-park-oahu-hawaii-rachel-league.html
#seascape #ocean #art #artwork #ArtMatters #artist #artbooster #fediverse #nature #photography #AYearForArt #mastodon #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #hawaii #sunset #travel #hawaii #clouds
Global warming can be deadly. Almost everyone knows that.
Fewer people know about ocean acidification, and how destructive it can be.
Fewer still have even heard of the ocean oxygen problem — which, in the long run, could lead to far greater damage and many more extinctions than any other threat we face.
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Researchers complain that the oxygen problem doesn’t get the attention it deserves, with ocean acidification and warming grabbing the bulk of both news headlines and academic research.
Just this April, for example, headlines screamed that global surface waters were hotter than they have ever been — a shockingly balmy average of 70 degrees F. That’s obviously not good for marine life. But when researchers take the time to compare the three effects — warming, acidification, and deoxygenation — the impacts of low oxygen are the worst.
As the atmosphere warms, oceans around the world are becoming ever more deprived of oxygen, forcing many species to migrate from their usual homes. Researchers expect many places to experience a decline in species diversity, ending up with just those few species that can cope with the harsher conditions.
Our future ocean — warmer and oxygen-deprived — will not only hold fewer kinds of fish, but also smaller, stunted fish and, to add insult to injury, more greenhouse-gas producing bacteria, scientists say. The tropics will empty as fish move to more oxygenated waters and those specialist fish already living at the poles will face extinction.
Oxygen levels in the world’s oceans have already dropped more than 2% between 1960 and 2010, and they are expected to decline up to 7% below the 1960 level over the next century. A 2021 paper showed that the oceans are already committed to a fourfold greater oxygen loss, even if CO2 emissions stop immediately.
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FULL ARTICLE -- https://e360.yale.edu/features/as-ocean-oxygen-levels-dip-fish-face-an-uncertain-future
#Ocean #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Biodiversity #Extinction
"What is the ocean? How do we know it? In whose interests is it used? Where do land and sea meet and part? Who has freedom on the sea, and for whom has it been a location of extraction, immiseration and constraint?"
Surabhi Ranganathan for #TheDial: https://www.thedial.world/issue-4/law-of-the-sea-climate-change
#Longreads #Sea #Ocean #Law #History #Environment #ClimateChange
"The Titanic is the Marilyn Monroe of shipwrecks."
Fizz posted "Titanic: First ever full-sized scans reveal wreck as never seen before," the first full-sized digital scan of the Titanic, with visualizations pieced together from 700,000 images collected by remote controlled submersibles. (Title via pthomas745 in the comments!)
#titanic #ship #ocean #scan #photography #mapping #disaster #history #preservation #science #visualization
A snorkeling giraffe. #grickledoodle #giraffe #snorkeling #ocean #cartoon #MastoArt #drawing
"In the misty morning fog with
our,
Our hearts a-thumping and
you....." - Van Morrison
Babs E Photography
Ericeira, Portugal, April 2023
#Monday #photography #mondaymorning #fog #mistymorning #waves #surf #beach #ocean #blue #water
Lil Orca friend, gonna sink yer boat
#Orca #Art #ArtForSale #Drawing #Boat #KillerWhale #Ocean #Nature #Animals #YouSunkMyBattleship #Illustration #YesYes
This is a tribute to my home province, beautiful British Columbia - with its #mountains and #ocean and overall incredible scenery no matter where you go. The image is part of my continuing series of artwork with a quilted effect (not a real quilt!)
Art is here - https://peggy-collins.pixels.com/featured/landscape-at-sunset-quilted-effect-peggy-collins.html
#art #landscape #BritishColumbia #Canada #artist #AYearForArt #MastodonArt #FediGiftShop #MastoArt #FediArt #BuyIntoArt #PeggyCollins #SilentSunday
Waterfronting and seal spotting on our way to lunch at the market today.
#SouthAfirca #photography #nature #ocean #urban #seal #water #city
metamorphosis
from hiding in a shell to
Ocean butterfly!
#DailyHaikuPrompt - May 19th - butterfly
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/deep-blue-nautilus-shell-beach-art-sharon-cummings.html
*Mixed Media photography, watercolor and hand place circles to create the pattern using PS. Yup, each circle was eyed and placed by me.
#art #artwork #artist #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #poem #poet #writer #writing #writingcommunity #beach #beachlife #beaches #ocean #sea #nature #science #fractal #biology #marinebiology #marine #coastal
Sunrise Arriving Ocho Rios Jamaica by Debra Martz
A beautiful start to the day as we were arriving at port while on a cruise last month.
https://debra-martz.pixels.com/featured/sunrise-arriving-ocho-rios-jamaica-debra-martz.html
#sunrise #OchoRios #Jamaica #sea #ocean #BlueSky #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #TheArtDistrict #rtArtBoost #newbeginnings #earlymorning #EarlyRisers #FediGiftShop
I adore collage work! I've been experimenting with backgrounds lately...watercolor. With painted fabric for the focal point. I am really liking it. :)
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/colorful-seahorse-on-blue-beach-art-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #artist #artists #AYearForArt #beach #beachlife #beaches #ocean #sea #coastal #beachy #Florida #oceanlife #nature #colorful #marinebiology #collage #fish #watercolor
A little scene with birds flying over sand and sea.
Visit my shop to find out more about this original artwork☺️👇
Original soft pastel painting - Sea Birds https://etsy.me/3M9ZOLS via @Etsy
#landscape #ocean #birds #painting #SoftPastel #FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots