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RashaKamel<p>"When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins. But how slow or fast they grew back depended on the location—and until now, scientists didn't understand why".<br><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/seaurchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaurchins</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/otters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/kelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kelp</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-sea-otters-kelp-forests-recover.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-03-sea-otte</span><span class="invisible">rs-kelp-forests-recover.html</span></a></p>
Ryan Hodnett<p>Sea Urchin (Euechinoidea)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SeaUrchin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ArtWithOpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtWithOpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CCBYSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCBYSA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sealife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sealife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Urchin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urchin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SeaUrchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Urchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urchins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Euechinoidea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Euechinoidea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Echinodermata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Echinodermata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Animal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AnimalPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WildlifePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Scientists film marine creatures under sea ice in East Antarctica<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-14/scientists-film-sealife-under-bunger-hills-east-antarctica/104811258" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-01-14/sci</span><span class="invisible">entists-film-sealife-under-bunger-hills-east-antarctica/104811258</span></a></p><p>"Plunging to depths of up to 50m, the drone captures an array of colour and life. Red <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaUrchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchins</span></a> can be seen clinging to boulders covered in pink <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a>. Orange <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaCucumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaCucumbers</span></a> with small white tentacles are lying on the floor. <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Jellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jellyfish</span></a> are floating above large yellow <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sponges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sponges</span></a> far below. Every now and again, schools of splotchy grey-and-white <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> surround the drone and try to nibble its camera."</p>
Peter Riley<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoldenKelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenKelp</span></a>, Ecklonia Radiata &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> <br>1 hectare of kelp sequestering up to 18 tonnes of CO2 while producing oxygen through photosynthesis by converting sunlight, carbon dioxide, and nutrients into sugars for growth along <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatSouthernReef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatSouthernReef</span></a> 8,000km around NSW/Vic/SA/WA southern coastline,</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Underwaterforests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Underwaterforests</span></a> vs <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seaurchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaurchins</span></a><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-11/kelp-forests-sea-urchins-port-phillip-bay/104740450" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-01-11/kel</span><span class="invisible">p-forests-sea-urchins-port-phillip-bay/104740450</span></a></p><p>“Helping the Bay” (?)<br><a href="https://www.anl.com.au/news/2591/anl-launches-the-k-helping-the-bay-initiative-helping-to-restore-golden-kelp-forests-in-port-phillip-bay" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">anl.com.au/news/2591/anl-launc</span><span class="invisible">hes-the-k-helping-the-bay-initiative-helping-to-restore-golden-kelp-forests-in-port-phillip-bay</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marineenvironment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marineenvironment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kelp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Naarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Naarm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/revegetation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revegetation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rewilding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reeflife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reeflife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seafloor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seafloor</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Sea urchins: A surprising delicacy for sharks <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-10-sea-urchins-delicacy-sharks.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-10-sea-urch</span><span class="invisible">ins-delicacy-sharks.html</span></a> paper: <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1418506/full" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">frontiersin.org/journals/marin</span><span class="invisible">e-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1418506/full</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Lobsters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lobsters</span></a> are widely accepted as the key predator of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaUrchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchins</span></a>, and this information has informed management strategies to control exploding <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaUrchin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchin</span></a> numbers that threaten temperate <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/reefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reefs</span></a>... In a new study, a camera was set up in a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/lobster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobster</span></a> den and sea urchins were strategically placed in it. Surprisingly, the majority of the sea urchins were eaten—not by lobsters—but by <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sharks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sharks</span></a>."</p>
Heliograph<p>sharks 1:0 urchins 😯 <br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-04/sharks-gorge-on-sea-urchins-in-new-discovery/104427162" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2024-10-04/sha</span><span class="invisible">rks-gorge-on-sea-urchins-in-new-discovery/104427162</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/seaurchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaurchins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/portjackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portjackson</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>The Very Hungry Urchins <a href="https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-very-hungry-urchins/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hakaimagazine.com/features/the</span><span class="invisible">-very-hungry-urchins/</span></a></p><p>Researchers are restoring the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Caribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caribbean</span></a>’s surprising, spiky custodians, which gobble up the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> smothering <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CoralReefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralReefs</span></a>... While overpopulated <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaUrchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchins</span></a> elsewhere are treated as villains, Diadema are the Caribbean’s unsung heroes... the urchins eat massive amounts of algae that would otherwise smother <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/corals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corals</span></a> or prevent <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/coral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coral</span></a> larvae from affixing to rocks and growing into colonies.</p>
Longreads<p>"The team is raising long-spined sea urchins, and partners are releasing them into struggling reefs in Florida and beyond with the goal of developing methods that can be applied at a large scale." —Lisa S. Gardiner for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/@hakaimagazine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hakaimagazine</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-very-hungry-urchins/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hakaimagazine.com/features/the</span><span class="invisible">-very-hungry-urchins/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Longreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Longreads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EditorsPicks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EditorsPicks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SeaUrchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Preservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Preservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DiademaAntillarum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiademaAntillarum</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>New clam species discovered in South Africa's <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/kelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kelp</span></a> forest <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-07-clam-species-south-africa-kelp.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-07-clam-spe</span><span class="invisible">cies-south-africa-kelp.html</span></a> paper: <a href="https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/124517/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zookeys.pensoft.net/article/12</span><span class="invisible">4517/</span></a> </p><p>This small <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/clam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clam</span></a>, which is only 2 mm in length, spends its life crawling between the spines of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaUrchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchins</span></a>. The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a> has so far only been found in one locality in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/FalseBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FalseBay</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a>, where it was found attached to the burrowing <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaUrchin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchin</span></a> Spatagobrissus mirabilis in coarse gravel at a depth of about 3 m. It has not been observed free-living, without the host urchin.</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Underwater gardeners work to restore majestic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/kelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kelp</span></a> forests off Vancouver Island<br><a href="https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/underwater-gardeners-work-to-restore-majestic-kelp-forests-off-vancouver-island-9161135" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">timescolonist.com/local-news/u</span><span class="invisible">nderwater-gardeners-work-to-restore-majestic-kelp-forests-off-vancouver-island-9161135</span></a></p><p>"In the chilly waters of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a>'s <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/BarkleySound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BarkleySound</span></a>, gardeners are at work on the sea floor. They are <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> from the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/UniversityOfVictoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfVictoria</span></a> who are trying to regrow <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/KelpForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KelpForests</span></a>, a crucial part of the marine habitat, amid threats from <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/HeatWaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatWaves</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> and voracious <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaUrchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchins</span></a>."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>B.C.’s kelp forests are declining, but scientists are fighting back<br><a href="https://www.cloverdalereporter.com/news/bcs-kelp-forests-are-declining-but-scientists-are-fighting-back-7430180" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cloverdalereporter.com/news/bc</span><span class="invisible">s-kelp-forests-are-declining-but-scientists-are-fighting-back-7430180</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Restoration</span></a> of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/KelpForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KelpForests</span></a> lost to <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/HeatWaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatWaves</span></a> and overgrazing <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaUrchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchins</span></a> is underway off <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a>’s coastlines with guidance from local researchers... To kickstart their restoration work, divers are planting two species of canopy-forming <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/kelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kelp</span></a>... The project team is also trying to understand why some pockets of kelp have survived, and if they can be transferred into other areas"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Sea urchin larvae can get nutrition from molecules dissolved in seawater <a href="https://oceanbites.org/whats-on-your-plate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oceanbites.org/whats-on-your-p</span><span class="invisible">late/</span></a></p><p>Integrative biological analyses of responses to food deprivation reveal resilience mechanisms in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaUrchin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchin</span></a> larvae <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.17120" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10</span><span class="invisible">.1111/mec.17120</span></a></p><p>"these <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/larvae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>larvae</span></a> feed on dissolved organic matter — basically just any of the organic goop found in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seawater</span></a>... This way, even when regular food is unavailable, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaUrchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchins</span></a> can gain sufficient energy from molecules in the seawater itself. The sea is soup."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Scientists Find Pristine Ecosystems on High-Seas Seamounts<br><a href="https://schmidtocean.org/scientists-find-pristine-ecosystems-on-high-seas-seamounts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">schmidtocean.org/scientists-fi</span><span class="invisible">nd-pristine-ecosystems-on-high-seas-seamounts/</span></a></p><p>"scientists observed 160 species on the Salas y Gómez Ridge that had not yet been known in the region and suspect that at least 50 of them are new to science. These are <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/squid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>squid</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/corals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corals</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mollusks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mollusks</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaStars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaStars</span></a>, glass <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sponges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sponges</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaUrchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchins</span></a>, crabs, and squat <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/lobsters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobsters</span></a>, amongst others. They set a record for sighting the deepest-known <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/photosynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photosynthesis</span></a>-dependent animal in the world: <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Leptoseris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leptoseris</span></a>, a wrinkle <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/coral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coral</span></a>."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Underwater Mountains Harbor Abundant Life Off Chile’s Coast<br><a href="https://schmidtocean.org/underwater-mountains-harbor-abundant-life/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">schmidtocean.org/underwater-mo</span><span class="invisible">untains-harbor-abundant-life/</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> may have discovered more than 100 <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a> living on <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seamounts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seamounts</span></a> off the coast of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Chile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chile</span></a>. The recent <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SchmidtOceanInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SchmidtOceanInstitute</span></a> expedition resulted in identifying <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/DeepSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSea</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/corals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corals</span></a>, glass <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sponges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sponges</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaUrchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchins</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/amphipods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amphipods</span></a>, squat <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/lobsters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobsters</span></a>, and other species likely <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NewToScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewToScience</span></a>."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Pacific <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/KelpForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KelpForests</span></a> are way older than we thought<br><a href="https://www.futurity.org/pacific-kelp-forests-age-3167012/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">futurity.org/pacific-kelp-fore</span><span class="invisible">sts-age-3167012/</span></a> </p><p>Early <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Oligocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligocene</span></a> kelp holdfasts and stepwise <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> of the kelp ecosystem in the North Pacific <a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2317054121" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2317</span><span class="invisible">054121</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/kelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kelp</span></a> flourished off the US Northwest Coast more than 32 million years ago, long before the appearance of modern groups of marine <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mammals</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaUrchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchins</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a>, and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bivalves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bivalves</span></a> that today call the forests home."</p>
Ed Wilk 🇺🇦🌵<p>Smashing Urchins<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/divers-armed-with-hammers-spark-hope-in-efforts-to-save-kelp-forests-it-s-ecologically-sanctioned-mayhem/ar-AA1n4QHz?ocid=msedgdhp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=6552ba06ede24b14a0295a9439cfefc7&amp;ei=44" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/weather/topstori</span><span class="invisible">es/divers-armed-with-hammers-spark-hope-in-efforts-to-save-kelp-forests-it-s-ecologically-sanctioned-mayhem/ar-AA1n4QHz?ocid=msedgdhp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=6552ba06ede24b14a0295a9439cfefc7&amp;ei=44</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.coffee/@TidalFlats" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TidalFlats</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@glasspusher" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>glasspusher</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@12thRITS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>12thRITS</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@AlterNewt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AlterNewt</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wonkodon.com/@Biff52" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Biff52</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@GuyDudeman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GuyDudeman</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://urbanists.social/@keithmorrisnm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>keithmorrisnm</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChunderRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChunderRoad</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/kelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kelp</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/seaurchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaurchins</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a>: <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaUrchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchins</span></a> are struggling to get a grip as <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> alters ecosystems <a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-08-sea-urchins-struggling-climate-ecosystems.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2023-08-sea-urch</span><span class="invisible">ins-struggling-climate-ecosystems.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Hyposalinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hyposalinity</span></a> reduces coordination and adhesion of sea urchin tube feet <a href="https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/13/jeb245750/321194/Hyposalinity-reduces-coordination-and-adhesion-of" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.biologists.com/jeb/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/226/13/jeb245750/321194/Hyposalinity-reduces-coordination-and-adhesion-of</span></a></p><p>"Even a slight change in salinity can affect the ability of sea urchins to attach their tube feet to their surroundings... They rely on their adhesive structures to move in the wave-battered rocky area near the seashore... Without urchins, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CoralReefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralReefs</span></a> can become overgrown with <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a>"</p>
Ray Lovegrove<p>Mystery sea urchin deaths threaten Red Sea coral reefs</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-66046722" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-ea</span><span class="invisible">st-66046722</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/RedSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedSea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SeaUrchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/OceanEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanEcology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/CoralReef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralReef</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecosystem</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>A town in western Japan has turned the hatpin urchin, seen as a nuisance of the ocean as it devours seaweed, into a local delicacy. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/06/09/food/urchins-marine-delicacy/?utm_content=buffer58a40&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_campaign=bffmstdn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/06/</span><span class="invisible">09/food/urchins-marine-delicacy/?utm_content=buffer58a40&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_campaign=bffmstdn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fooddrink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fooddrink</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ehime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ehime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seaurchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaurchins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uni</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>A library children's book published in 2020, written by Theresa Emminizer.</p><p>What If <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeaUrchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaUrchins</span></a> Disappeared?<br>Life Without Animals</p><p>"From the fiercest predator to the lowliest plant, every member of an ecosystem is immeasurably important to the survival of their environment. Although they're not regarded as a keystone species, sea urchins play a pivotal role in maintaining healthy marine environments. Without <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/seaurchins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaurchins</span></a> to consume <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a>, entire coral reef ecosystems could collapse."</p><p>Available as an e-book at this link:<br><a href="https://garethstevens.com/title/What-If-Sea-Urchins-Disappeared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">garethstevens.com/title/What-I</span><span class="invisible">f-Sea-Urchins-Disappeared</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extinction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oceans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoralReef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoralReef</span></a></p>
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