A VARIETY OF STARFISH

 

PHOTOS OF SEA STARS BY

These strangely alluring images are from a report by Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein (1855–1936), a German zoologist who specialized in sea stars, sea urchins, and crinoids. Although Döderlein is best known for his study of marine life in Japan, where he was one of the very first European naturalists to work, from 1879 to 1881, these starfish are actually from the waters around Indonesia, collected during the Siboga Expedition, 1899–1900.  

Excerpt from website The Public Domain Review

READ THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA's GUIDE TO SEA LEVEL RISE : YES IT IS OVER A HUNDRED PAGES from CALIFORNIA OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL

OPC CAL GOV : SEA RISE GUIDE 2024 

What difference does a foot or two make?  Well, the pounding surf, the incoming tide, wipes away the beaches and seacliffs as we know them to be, and my concern goes beyond the destruction of real estate.  These changes are natural processes but climate change may be happening rapidly and with it the destruction of our ecosystems.

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