18 January 2018 — Ocean update
Due to a last-minute curation cancellation, this week's newsletter is a handful of ocean bits and pieces that have caught my attention in recent weeks.
- The Economist World Ocean Summit kicked off this week - watch highlights from the first day.
- Sci-fi meets marine science in this paper looking at "radical ocean futures"
“Fish Inc” by Simon Stålenhag (scenario #2 in the paper)
- The International Seabed Authority is developing rules on seabed mining
Hydrothermal vents are home to rich ecosystems and
communities of shrimp, snails, and other species (C.L. Van Dover/co-PI)
communities of shrimp, snails, and other species (C.L. Van Dover/co-PI)
- Fishing now covers 55% of the global ocean
- I'm still in awe of these beautiful cephalopod illustrations