by Admin | Mar 28, 2020 | Science
A little while back I shared some images of mangroves growing adjacent to the Red Sea. Here are some more from this harsh, tough, and yet functioning habitat. Mangroves are not common along the Red Sea coastline, a figure of around 2,700 square kilometers has been... by Admin | Mar 23, 2020 | Science
It may come as a surprise to you that you can tell an awful lot about the past from shells, and not just the recent past either, but the late cretaceous. Research published in the journal Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology looked at the growth rings in a fossil... by Admin | Mar 20, 2020 | Science
Research published in the journal Current Biology has documented how floating plastic debris becomes covered in marine organisms and ends up giving off scents which are similar to turtles’ normal... by Admin | Mar 17, 2020 | Photography, Science
I shared a few monochrome images recently, and also talked about which underwater subjects look good in black and white. This time, I thought I’d look at some shipwreck images. The main image was taken on a wreck in the... by Marcin Smok | Mar 13, 2020 | Equipment, Science
Trimming the coral garden to keep its inhabitants in tip-top shape is by far the best part of tank maintenance a successful reefkeping aficionado performs on a regular basis. Fragging corals brings joy to one’s face, whether the purpose of such a task is to transplant... by Admin | Mar 10, 2020 | Science
It’s not unusual for parasites to lose various pieces of anatomy or chunks of their biochemistry as evolutionary forces, over time, place pressure on them to stop wasting biological ‘effort’ on redundant and useless parts of their...
