Named for its resemblence of falling snow, ‘marine snow’ is an essential part of all #ocean ecosystems. Marine snow is decaying organic matter that continuously falls from the surface to the deep-sea, supporting food chains along the way. Marine #snow is also an important component of the global #carbon cycle! #waterlust #science #ecology #biology #marinebiology #marinescience #sciencefacts #ecosystem

Learn about Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination (TSD) in sea turtles and how climate change is causing sea turtle populations to become predominantly female. #seaturtles #science #ecology #ocean #waterlust #biology #marinebiology #underwater #turtle #marinescience

Learn about the 1st underwater Wi-Fi. Italian tech company, Wsense, has developed sensors and transmitters that allow for real time transfer of underwater data to land, with signals up to ~2 miles deep! #ocean #technology #science #climate #tech #sensor #waterlust #wifi #underwater

Little is known about this iconic, massive gathering of giant spider #crabs (Leptomithrax gaimardii) in Port Phillip Bay, #australia Very few studies have been published on this phenomenon and these Australian natives in general, leaving many questions unanswered to why they gather, how many there are, and how they live their lives. Scientists have observed crabs molting during this aggregation and suggest that they do so in such large numbers to help protect them when they are soft and vulnerable to predators after a molt. To better understand them, scientists started a citizen science project called, Spider Crab Watch. If you see a giant spider crab you can document your sighting, adding it to a live database. You can also help build out this database from land by classifying some of the thousands of images they have taken. #marinebiology #science #sciencefacts #ocean #citizenscience #waterlust #ecology

Learn about the world's oldest, deepest, and one of the largest lakes in the world, Lake Baikal! #lake #science #sciencefacts #marinebiology #biodiversity #baikal #siberia #russia #waterlust

Teams of scientists have discovered several new species in the Florida Keys and in honor of Key West legend Jimmy Buffett, named these new species after him. One of the new species is the Keys Margarita Snail (Cayo margarita) for its lemon-lime color that looks like the margaritas of Margaritaville. (Bieler et al. 2023) Another new species is Gnathia jimmybuffetti, a tiny, 3mm-long gnathiid isopod that is extra special because it's the 1st new gnathiid isopod to be discovered there in 100 years (Erasmus et al. 2023). To read more about these two new Jimmy Buffett inspired species, check out the publications below: Bieler et al. 2023 - https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15854 Erasmus et al. 2023 - https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2023.0040 #marinebiology #science #sciencefacts #florida #floridakeys #margaritaville #news #species #ocean #biology

Learn about this clever solution to help combat the sargassum pollution and lower carbon dioxide levels at the same time! #science #engineering #robotics #algae #sargassum #marinebiology

Scientists are using barnacle shells and oceanographic models to reconstruct where the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 crashed 9 years ago. For more information, check out the publication describing this work titled, 'A Stable Isotope Sclerochronology-Based Forensic Method for Reconstructing Debris Drift Paths With Application to the MH370 Crash' by Al-Qattan et al. (2023) in AGU Advances. #science #sciencefacts #marinebiology #marinelife #ocean #discovery #waterlust #barnacles #shell #shells #education #educational #marinescience #scientist #scientific #missing #flight

Learn about how the US Navy is helping protect the critically #endangered vaquita. #ocean #marinebiology #marinelife #navy #endangeredspecies #vaquita #marinemammals #waterlust

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Learn about the world's smallest shark species, the Dwarf Lanternshark! #ocean #marinescience #marinebiology #marinelife #waterlust #sharks #shark #sharkweek #underwater #oceanfacts #biologyfacts #biology #ecology #explore

Color changing is common in marine organisms, but tanning is extremely rare. Scientists from the University of Hawai'i discovered that the juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks in Kaneohe Bay were tanning in the shallow, clear reef waters! (Lowe & Lowe, 1996). This is the first observation of sun-tanning in marine organisms! #sharks #shark #waterlust #marinebiology #marinelife #memes #meme

Learn about the Ocean sunfish (Mola mola) and what makes it one of the most unique fish in the sea. #ocean #sunfish #molamola #marinebiology #biology #adaptation #science #oceans #fish #interestingfacts

Learn about why there were so many shark sightings this Fourth of July weekend! #shark #sharks #ocean #science #ecology #migration #biology #marinebiology #eastcoast #fish

Learn about the adaptations that allow deep sea organisms to survive unimaginable pressures. #science #sciencefacts #deepsea #underwater #ocean #adaptation #oceanscience #marinebiology #explore #ecology #evolution