Showing posts with label biodiversity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biodiversity. Show all posts
12/1/25
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6/29/23
MALE SEA LIONS HAVE GOTTEN BIGGER OVER THE LAST FIFTY YEARS! UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MARINE SCIENCE
Usually as a population grows, the sea lions get smaller. However just published in Current Biology, is a report from University of California at Santa Cruz.
Excerpt: It's counterintuitive. You would expect that their body size would decrease as dietary resource competition intensified," said coauthor Paul Koch, professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at UCSC.
The number of California sea lions has increased dramatically since the Marine Mammal Protection Act was passed in 1972. In parts of their range, the sea lions may now be approaching the ecological "carrying capacity," the largest number of animals an ecosystem can support.
NEWS-UCSC EDU : 2024 SEA LIONS
Excerpt: "We found that the male California sea lions have expanded their ecological niche, which means they are now foraging on a more diversified group of prey and expanding the places where they are foraging on a more diversified group ogf prey and expanding the places where they are foraging," Valenzuela-Toro said. "Apparently they are now going farther north than they used to.....
**** Scientists looked at the skulls of sea lions...
11/5/22
SEA CREATURES RECENTLY DISCOVERED! SHARKS THAT GLOW BLUE! HOW ABOUT A SNAKE THAT SWIMS THROUGH GLACIERS?
An exciting video from Origins Explained.... Check out the Wandering Meatloaf!
9/10/21
GREAT BARRIER REEF WORLD HERITAGE SITE - UNESCO
WORLD HERITAGE UNESCO GREAT BARRIER REEF
EXCERPT: With the GBR there are some 2.500 individual reefs of varying sizes and shapes, and over 900 islands, ranging from small sandy cays and larger vegetated cays, to large rugged continental islands rising, in one instance, over 1,1000 meters above sea level. Collectively these landscapes and seascapes provide some of the most spectacular maritime scenery in the world. ... There are over 1,500 species of fish, about 400 species of coral. 4,000 species of mollusk, and some 240 species of birds, plus a great diversity of sponges, anemones, marine worms, crustaceans, and other species.
4/23/20
PRINCE ALBERT II of MONACO FOUNDATION
LA TIMES - ENVIRONMENT : PRINCE ALBERT II INTERVIEW - CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE PLANET
Excerpt: As head of state, Prince Albert II of Monaco, son of Prince Rainier III and Hollywood actress Grace Kelly, has made ocean research and conservation a priority through his government and his private foundation, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. Since 2006, the foundation has supported some 530 projects around the world, at a cost of 62 million euros ($68 million), to address climate change, biodiversity and the protection of endangered species, and water resource management.
8/10/18
CORAL TRIANGLE BIDIVERSITY THE MOST AMAZING ON EARTH - 75% KNOWN SPECIES
THE CORAL TRIANGLE MOST IMPORTANT : NHM
The Coral Triangle is a part of ocean spanning six million square kilometres, over Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste.
Although it's far less well-known than other places with abundant corals, like the Great Barrier Reef, the Coral Triangle is home to 30% of the world's reefs. In fact, when it comes to biodiversity, it is like nowhere else on Earth. More than 75% of the known coral species live there, as well as 37% of the world's coral reef fish.
It is home to six of the world's seven species of marine turtle, as well as blue whales, sperm whales, dolphins and dugongs.
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