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Another sunny day photo - Point Nepean - Port Phillip side. Beautiful clear water allowing the seaweed covered rocks to be seen.
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #AustralianLandscape #PointNepean #ClearWater #Victoria #Seaweed #Rocks #PortPhillipBay #SunnyDay
Sea trinkets IV/VI, September 2025.
#macro #sea #seaweed #algae #photography
#plants #botany #seaweed #oceanography
'The Smith Seaweed Ecology Lab at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography is showcasing the scientific diversity and natural beauty of seaweeds through the new Ellen Browning Scripps Herbarium Collection. '
#plants #botany #seaweed #oceanography
'The Smith Seaweed Ecology Lab at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography is showcasing the scientific diversity and natural beauty of seaweeds through the new Ellen Browning Scripps Herbarium Collection. '
🌊🍙MOTHER OF THE SEA🍘✨
Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker (キャスリーンメアリードリューベイカー 1901-57) is not well known in her homeland, but in Japan she has become a national hero, remembered at Sumiyoshi-jinja in Uto (宇土 - Kumamoto Prefecture) as the savior of the seaweed industry.
California Seaweed Festival happening on Oct 10 and 11, 2025, in LA at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
Giant clone of seaweed discovered in the Baltic Sea https://phys.org/news/2025-03-giant-clone-seaweed-baltic-sea.html
"a small, bushy form of #seaweed that was previously thought to be a separate species is a clone of bladderwrack. The clone has formed new populations by dispersing fragments of an original female plant with the currents and growing into new individuals. The clone spreads over more than 500 km of the coast of the Bothnian Sea, from Öregrund to just south of Umeå, and may be the world's largest clone of any organism"
Giant clone of seaweed discovered in the Baltic Sea https://phys.org/news/2025-03-giant-clone-seaweed-baltic-sea.html
"a small, bushy form of #seaweed that was previously thought to be a separate species is a clone of bladderwrack. The clone has formed new populations by dispersing fragments of an original female plant with the currents and growing into new individuals. The clone spreads over more than 500 km of the coast of the Bothnian Sea, from Öregrund to just south of Umeå, and may be the world's largest clone of any organism"
Green staghorn coral may be more likely to survive ocean warming if crabs are around https://phys.org/news/2025-02-green-staghorn-coral-survive-ocean.html
"predation by #starfish led to wounds that bled mucus, which in turn attracted the hoof-clawed #crab... the #crabs fed on the mucus but did not harm the coral... they also fed on nearby #seaweed, typically the vectors for infectious #bacteria, which led to infection prevention in the #corals... coral that were protected by the crabs were 60% less likely to suffer tissue loss"
Tide’s out, dinner’s up: why Wales is at the forefront of a #seaweed revolution - https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/nov/10/wales-seaweed-revolution-coastal-foraging-trip-pembrokeshire "Food, fertiliser, fuel … seaweed has been a life force for centuries. On a coastal foraging trip in Pembrokeshire, we discover it’s now behind a new green initiative, too"
Do Not Pin Your Hopes for Guilt-Free Hamburgers on Seaweed
"I did the math, and it doesn’t add up.
#Seaweed doesn’t just fail to reduce emissions as well as promised. It sucks the air out of productive debate. Hoping for any simple solution to hack complex food system problems distracts us from both the complexity and the magnitude of the changes necessary. Red algae, in other words, is a red herring."
https://newrepublic.com/article/187421/cows-beef-dairy-seaweed-emissions
#beef #meat #emissions
Do Not Pin Your Hopes for Guilt-Free Hamburgers on Seaweed
"I did the math, and it doesn’t add up.
#Seaweed doesn’t just fail to reduce emissions as well as promised. It sucks the air out of productive debate. Hoping for any simple solution to hack complex food system problems distracts us from both the complexity and the magnitude of the changes necessary. Red algae, in other words, is a red herring."
https://newrepublic.com/article/187421/cows-beef-dairy-seaweed-emissions
#beef #meat #emissions
Invasive #seaweed may better adapt to changes than native species in #Hawaii waters https://phys.org/news/2024-10-invasive-seaweed-native-species-hawaii.html
Integrated physiological response by four species of #Rhodophyta to submarine groundwater discharge reveals complex patterns among closely-related species https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-74555-6
"successful species of #algae can quickly change the concentration of dissolved substances inside their cells to match external changes. This ability to regulate internal water pressure is crucial for survival"
Fishers & scientists unite to restore #seaweed populations on Chilean coast https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/fishers-scientists-unite-to-restore-seaweed-populations-on-chilean-coast/
"The disappearance of the seaweed has formed ocean deserts. Its absence has not only reduced #biodiversity but also deprived the area of the ecosystem services that they provide. Despite considerable challenges, the project already shows signs of hope... At the last observation, after two months of crop repopulation, there were more than 2,000 repopulated seedlings between the two species."
Black kelp fly (Coelopa frigida). There were uncountable numbers of these so I find it surprising that there are fewer than 300 observations (in North America) on iNaturalist. People just don't care about flies like they should. Argyle Shore, Prince Edward Island, Canada. #fly #diptera #nature #entomology #pollinators #inaturalist #kelp #seaweed #beach #pei #macro #PrinceEdwardIsland
Black kelp fly (Coelopa frigida). There were uncountable numbers of these so I find it surprising that there are fewer than 300 observations (in North America) on iNaturalist. People just don't care about flies like they should. Argyle Shore, Prince Edward Island, Canada. #fly #diptera #nature #entomology #pollinators #inaturalist #kelp #seaweed #beach #pei #macro #PrinceEdwardIsland
🌊🍙MOTHER OF THE SEA🍘✨
Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker (キャスリーンメアリードリューベイカー 1901-57) is not well known in her homeland, but in Japan she has become a national hero, remembered at Sumiyoshi-jinja in Uto (宇土-Kumamoto Prefecture) as the savior of the seaweed industry.
On April 14th Japan's nori farmers travel to pay their respects to Drew-Baker's memorial overlooking the Ariake Sea, a huge bay filled with seaweed farms.
#Japan #Kumamoto #seaweed #KathleenMaryDrewBaker #キャスリーンメアリードリューベイカー
🌊🍙MOTHER OF THE SEA🍘✨
Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker (キャスリーンメアリードリューベイカー 1901-57) is not well known in her homeland, but in Japan she has become a national hero, remembered at Sumiyoshi-jinja in Uto (宇土-Kumamoto Prefecture) as the savior of the seaweed industry.
On April 14th Japan's nori farmers travel to pay their respects to Drew-Baker's memorial overlooking the Ariake Sea, a huge bay filled with seaweed farms.
#Japan #Kumamoto #seaweed #KathleenMaryDrewBaker #キャスリーンメアリードリューベイカー
