WASHINGTON POST - ANCIENT SHIPWRECKS - CLIMATE CHANGE
EXCERPT:
To study shipwrecks, the new research drew upon historical records of no less than 657 wrecks of Spanish ships in the Caribbean between 1495 and 1825 — a period that started just after Columbus’s first expedition to the new world. All of the storms that were inferred to have wrecked these ships occurred prior to the earliest year in today’s official Atlantic hurricane database, which is kept by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and begins in 1851.... But to strengthen the analysis, the researchers also cross-referenced the shipwreck history with data from the rings of pine trees growing in the Florida Keys, which can also provide a record of hurricane history.
3/25/16
GHOST LIKE OCTOPUS DOWN 5000 FEET - NEW SPECIES - NECKER ISLAND - RIDGE AREA OFF HAWAII
HONOLULU SUN TIMES - NEW GHOST-LIKE OCTOPUS SPECIES OFF HAWAII
EXCERPT:
According to NOAA’s Michael Vecchione, the ROV was traversing a flat area of rock interspersed with sediments at 4,290 meters when it came across an octopod sitting on a flat rock dusted with a light coat of sediment.
The animal didn’t appear to be very muscular and lacked pigment cell, causing it to appear “ghost-like,” according to Vecchione, who also noted that the octopod was “unlike any published records and was the deepest observation ever for this type of cephalopod.”
The octopod is believed to be a member of the incirte octopods. These octopods lack fins and cirri. They are also similar in appearance to shallow water Octopus.
Cirrate octopods have been reported in depths of over 5,000 meters. However, the deepest published reports for incirrates are all less than 4,000 meters. ...
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National Geographic Video
EXCERPT:
According to NOAA’s Michael Vecchione, the ROV was traversing a flat area of rock interspersed with sediments at 4,290 meters when it came across an octopod sitting on a flat rock dusted with a light coat of sediment.
The animal didn’t appear to be very muscular and lacked pigment cell, causing it to appear “ghost-like,” according to Vecchione, who also noted that the octopod was “unlike any published records and was the deepest observation ever for this type of cephalopod.”
The octopod is believed to be a member of the incirte octopods. These octopods lack fins and cirri. They are also similar in appearance to shallow water Octopus.
Cirrate octopods have been reported in depths of over 5,000 meters. However, the deepest published reports for incirrates are all less than 4,000 meters. ...
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National Geographic Video
3/22/16
SEA OTTER BIRTH AT MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM - OTTERS ARE MAMMALS - THE MOTHER GROOMS THE BABY RIGHT AWAY
LA TIMES - SEA OTTER BIRTH AT MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/
El Nino rains were coming down and making the sea rough, so the mother came into an area that is
part of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a place where the waters were more sheltered and calm. Siren.
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/
El Nino rains were coming down and making the sea rough, so the mother came into an area that is
part of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a place where the waters were more sheltered and calm. Siren.
3/11/16
"GALLON OF MILK" RARE ALBINO WHALE SPOTTED
CS MONITOR - HUGE ALBINO WHALE SPOTTED OFF MEXICO
EXCERPT: This specimen was observed for the first time during the 2008-2009 season as a whale calf with the albino characteristics for which it was named,” Conap (Commission of Natural Protected Areas) explains in a recent online post....
In the recent sighting, this time in the area known as Alambre Island in the Ojo de Liebre Lagoon, Gallon of Milk was accompanied by a calf that was completely gray, which must mean she has become a mother for the first time." ...
The bright white whale’s condition albinism makes her of a special kind, since the gene mutation that leads to a sharp decrease in the pigment melanin – or the lack of it – is barely recorded among marine mammals,” Tech Times explains.
EXCERPT: This specimen was observed for the first time during the 2008-2009 season as a whale calf with the albino characteristics for which it was named,” Conap (Commission of Natural Protected Areas) explains in a recent online post....
In the recent sighting, this time in the area known as Alambre Island in the Ojo de Liebre Lagoon, Gallon of Milk was accompanied by a calf that was completely gray, which must mean she has become a mother for the first time." ...
The bright white whale’s condition albinism makes her of a special kind, since the gene mutation that leads to a sharp decrease in the pigment melanin – or the lack of it – is barely recorded among marine mammals,” Tech Times explains.
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