body and tentacles by bluewavechris on Flickr.
Obituary: Great Barrier Reef
(25 Million BC – 2016)
Climate change and ocean acidification have killed off one of the most spectacular features on the planet. https://shar.es/1EGAbHRIP, Great Barrier Reef. While I didn’t know you personally, you were on my bucket list. I’ll still make a visit and mediate in your memory. You’ll be missed.
So The Great Barrier Reef was official pronounced dead today…
This is the worst news in the history of things to happen. Ever.
Remember being young and thinking that maybe, one day, you could go scuba diving at this world wonder? See all the beautiful corals pulsing in their alien way, the fish swimming and darting around them? Watch sea stars slowly slide along the seabed?
2016 is officially the worst
No. Do your research at don’t listen to melodramatic travel writers, talking about shit they have no idea about.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/14/great-barrier-reef-severe-stress-not-dead-yet
(via raulgreenscale)
Obituary: Great Barrier Reef
(25 Million BC – 2016)
Climate change and ocean acidification have killed off one of the most spectacular features on the planet. https://shar.es/1EGAbHRIP, Great Barrier Reef. While I didn’t know you personally, you were on my bucket list. I’ll still make a visit and mediate in your memory. You’ll be missed.
So The Great Barrier Reef was official pronounced dead today…
This is the worst news in the history of things to happen. Ever.
Remember being young and thinking that maybe, one day, you could go scuba diving at this world wonder? See all the beautiful corals pulsing in their alien way, the fish swimming and darting around them? Watch sea stars slowly slide along the seabed?
2016 is officially the worst
(via moreanimalia)
JEWEL-LIKE CRUSTACEAN FROM THE DEEP SEA
Amphipods are small crustacean that inhabits all acuatic environments, from ocean depths to groundwater, in freshwater systems, also found in caves and sea ice. Their feeding strategies are various: detrital feeders, herbivores, scavengers and suspension feeder, over 800 Species of amphipods are know worldwide.
These amphipods of the families Epimeriidae and Iphimediidae are among the prettiest, these living gems are predominantly red, and fades quicly with increasing depth. They are foud in the Southern Ocean and are tiny, just 2-4cm long.
At 1950 m Epimeria larsi, aka the pink gem holds the deepest known species record for the genus, and was collected from the northern Ross Sea slope.
- Photo: Top left: Epimeria rimicarinata; Top right: E. larsi; Middle row: E. schiaparelli (named after the photographer); Bottom right: Epimeria robusta. The bottom left image is of a closely related genus, Echiniphimedia, aptly named the ‘prickly’ amphipod. Credit: Stefano Schiaparelli (University of Genoa) and David Bowden (NIWA)/ IPY CAML voyage TAN0802.
- More NIWA
- more about Antarctic amphipods
(via nirdian)
Source: todropscience
Hawaii (source)
Roter Krake / common reef octopus or big blue octopus / Octopus cyaneus / Fanus West - Hurghada - Red Sea / Aquarius Diving Club
Yay a swimming chambered nautilus
I love it! It’s like a socially-awkward peppermint!
Reblogging for that nautilus description. 🍬
(via nevertoomanyspiders)
Source: earthstory
