Ep. 21 Neuston, We have a problem

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04/01/22 • 45 min

Sometimes the most interesting and bizarre life is hiding right in front of us. Sam and I are back to learn about the creatures that survive, and dare we say thrive, in the most visible and least studied part of our oceans. Research for this episode by me, Sarah @barnacle_btch Production for this episode by the lovely Sarah @hikkikonormie Sources: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/ocean-cleanup-project-could-destroy-neuston/580693/ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822023868631;view=1up;seq=320 https://www.marineinsight.com/environment/what-does-the-term-ocean-biome-means/ https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001046 H.G. Marshall, M.I. Gladyshev, Neuston in Aquatic Ecosystems, Editor(s): Gene E. Likens,Encyclopedia of Inland Waters,Academic Press,2009,Pages 97-102,ISBN9780123706263,https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012370626-3.00220-9. https://theoceancleanup.com/

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Ep. 20 Marie Tharp's "girl talk"

You know how plate tectonics are definitely real and the oceans are full of seamounts and shit? Yeah, well, no one else did until 1959. Josie from A Hill to Die On joins Sarah to talk about Marie Tharp and how she provided pivotal insight into the seafloor morphology and seafloor mapping that allowed scientists to bring their understanding of how the Earth works into the 20th century. Resources: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/marie-tharp-maps-plate-tectonics-seafloor-cartography https://www.whoi.edu/who-we-are/about-us/people/awards-recognition/mary-sears-women-pioneers-in-oceanography-award/award-recipients/marie-tharp-biography/ https://www.science.org/content/article/once-honored-racist-ocean-science-pioneer-now-rejected https://biography.yourdictionary.com/marie-tharp https://theconversation.com/marie-tharp-pioneered-mapping-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-6-decades-ago-scientists-are-still-learning-about-earths-last-frontier-142451 https://www.whoi.edu/news-insights/content/marie-tharp/

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Ep. 22 Meet the Neuston

Last time we learned that neuston exist and are grossly under appreciated. Today, we take a closer look at a few of these floating friends and ask that age old question: Can I Lick This? Will I Die? Sources: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/portuguese-man-o-war.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/portuguese-man-of-war https://aquarium.org/tag/velella-velella/ https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/marine/colonial-creatures/wind-sailor http://sio-legacy.ucsd.edu/zooplanktonguide/species/velella-velella https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJGO_bSsR3w https://www.jellywatch.org/velella https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2020/10/05/paper-nautilus/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/argonaut https://oceana.org/marine-life/blue-glaucus/ https://www.americanoceans.org/species/blue-glaucus/ https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article/24/4/558/2670390