Open access database created to help identify plastic pollution sources
Research led by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) provides a new open-access Raman spectral library that can be used to detect molecular “fingerprints” of particles and better trace sources of ocean plastic pollution.
Turtles stunned by cold Christmas return to the sea
Four of six green sea turtles that were cold stunned by the record-breaking Christmas cold on barrier island beaches were released into St. Andrews Sound Friday morning after the Georgia Sea Turtle Center rehabilitated them.
Stand back and let seals have time out
https://www.mpnews.com.au/2023/01/09/stand-back-and-let-seals-have-time-out/
Seals, including leopard, elephant and fur, regularly come ashore on Mornington Peninsula beaches to rest and lie in the sun.
Utah’s Great Salt Lake could disappear in 5 years without drastic water conservation
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2023/01/07/utahs-great-salt-lake-could-dry-up-5-years-report-says/11003747002/
Scholars and conservationists released a briefing this week urging emergency water-saving measures to prevent the looming collapse of Utah’s Great Salt Lake.
Mollusks- dead and alive- can help predict future shellfish extinction
https://news.wm.edu/2023/01/06/mollusks-dead-and-alive-can-help-predict-future-shellfish-extinction/
Rowan Lockwood and Emily Rivest are studying mollusks both dead and alive as part of a multi-university initiative to predict the extinction risk of various species as casualties of global warming.