Putative Batesian mimicry of gelatinous zooplankton by larvae of marine fishes: a closer look based on in-situ images by blackwater photographers Johnson et al. 2025 Larval fishes appear to mimic invertebrates as seen by deep ocean divers after sunset oceansciencefoundation.org/josf42d.html...

Gorgeous kelp forest dive at Hopkins Marine Station yesterday! 🌊 Photos of giant kelp, a gorgeous iridescent red algae, and the seal that followed our dive! 🦭

Muppy 4 ever

Blair Braverman@blairbraverman.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you could use a little brightness in your day, I recommend spending some time with sled dog MUPPY. I’m genuinely obsessed with her. She is an icon. She is a legend. Her legs are 4 inches long.

Great protest in Anchorage, Alaska in front of City Hall. And there are two other protests going on in the city simultaneously! People lining both sides of the street…

Updated 50-year change of annual temperature for the Alaska climate divisions, now for 1975-2024. Largest changes are in the North Slope and West Coast divisions and driven by, you guessed it, sea ice loss. Data from NOAA/NCEI. #akwx #Climate #ClimateChange @climatologist49.bsky.social

This is a great resource that I'm going to immediately use for one of my projects!

Brendan O’Neill@permafrostee.bsky.social · 2y ago

Check out the CPA’s “An Illustrated Permafrost Dictionary” if you want to learn about the 100 most important terms in permafrost science and engineering, now on RG! It has beautiful pictures, many thanks to the first author, in the pic below (great cook too) 😁 www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Pretty amazing to see a Channel Island fox in the wild, just chillin by a bench. These guys were nearly extinct when I was a kid.

Water people! I'm working on a syllabus for my sophomore Environmental Problem Analysis seminar. I think our first topic (of three) is going to be river modification! What are your favorite approachable reads on rivers, dams, and channelization?

The #marineheatwave known as the Blob (2014-2016) devastated common murre populations in Alaska. The figures in this paper are so striking, I got chills. #birds #seabirds www.science.org/content/arti...

‘Blob’ heat wave killed millions of seabirds—and they haven’t bounced back

Historic 2016 event may have permanently altered northern Pacific ecosystem

science.org

Brittle star? More like chonky star

Chris Mah@echinoblog.bsky.social · 2y ago

on my mind recently ASTROPHIURA! This curious brittle star that RESEMBLES a sea star! They live in the #deepsea and have been seen by #Okeanos as well as #Falkor. its POSSIBLE I may have seen something like thus during the #chile #invertebratetaxonomyworkshop2024! such nifty critters!

Is The Onion covering mCDR and carbon credits now??? 😆

The Onion@theonion.com · 2y ago

Species Of Blue-Green Algae Announces IPO theonion.com/species-of-b...

It's the time of year when "south" feels very significant. Photo taken at noon yesterday.

Good Morning ☀️ Day 5 of #ArtAdventCalendar "Bathing Beluga" Acrylic On Canvas Apologies if you get the Raffi song stuck in your head all day! Another from my Animals Invading Human Habitats Series (b/c we invade theirs all the time.. right?!) #painting #torilart #art #beluga

This needs to be a country song

Climatologist49@climatologist49.bsky.social · 2y ago

Siri, come up with the most Wasilla, Alaska, headline ever.

To better understand how fishers and the seafood industry are responding to marine mammal interactions, there’s a voluntary, anonymous survey about use of and perceptions of deterrents. If you work in fishing communities in the US, please consider sharing! www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

NOAA Committee Conducting Survey on Methods to Deter Conflicts with Marine Mammals

Deadline for fishermen, dock and marina owners, and others to complete the survey extended to December 22.

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YOU FOOLS. YOU LET MOOSE.

Nov 2024 global data from ERA5 Reanalysis showed that it was the 2nd warmest Nov on record. More importantly, it is now a 100% certainty that 2024 will finish as the warmest year on record (1940-present), and likely the first year with an average temp over 15C in the history of human civilization.

Saw some cool examples of ice rafting while skating this weekend. As freeze progresses, rocks and sediments get stuck in the growing ice canopy, seemingly #DefyingGravity. That's some wicked sediment transport 😆

Want to understand the importance the importance of #salmon to #Alaska and a way forward? Read this: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/43ae...

Indigenizing salmon fisheries in Alaska

Climate impacts on salmon in the Yukon and Kuskokwim River watersheds and the need for Alaska Native-led solutions

storymaps.arcgis.com

@drandrewthaler.bsky.social told me #Science + #Ocean Twitter was here. Looks like #Alaska Twitter is here too! I missed you all 🥹 IG was not cutting it for my esoteric social media discussion needs