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We should talk about the weird GOP astroturfing around whales 🐳 and wind 💨 that's going on in New Jersey.
First - yes, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Sean Hannity are part of this.
First - yes, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Sean Hannity are part of this.
While it would be easy to roll our eyes at MTG claiming "wind farms are killing whales," this is getting respectability-washed by other GOP congressmen - notably Chris Smith and Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey.
patch.com/new-jersey/poi…
patch.com/new-jersey/poi…
Things got ~awkward~ at a recent #WorldWhaleDay 🐳 "Save the Whales" rally hosted by @CleanOcean that Reps. Smith and Van Drew hosted.
(I note that one rally organizer has a spate of small WinRed donations, while most Clean Ocean Action staff donate to Dems or not at all.)
(I note that one rally organizer has a spate of small WinRed donations, while most Clean Ocean Action staff donate to Dems or not at all.)
On #WorldWhaleDay, here are some fun facts about #WHALES that are sure to blow your mind away!
Fun facts: weather.com/en-IN/india/bi…
📸: NOAA
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Fun facts: weather.com/en-IN/india/bi…
📸: NOAA
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The earliest whales were land-dwelling!
Whales first marked their presence on Earth around 50 million years ago. In fact, last year, palaeontologists unearthed a 43-million-year-old fossil of a four-legged whale that walked on land and swam in oceans.
📸: Robert B
Whales first marked their presence on Earth around 50 million years ago. In fact, last year, palaeontologists unearthed a 43-million-year-old fossil of a four-legged whale that walked on land and swam in oceans.
📸: Robert B
Dolphin is a type of whale!
Yes, you read it right. They belong to the class of toothed whales—those whales that have teeth and use them for hunting and feeding on their prey.
Yes, you read it right. They belong to the class of toothed whales—those whales that have teeth and use them for hunting and feeding on their prey.
My book "Ask An Ocean Explorer"(*) is out in 30 days (on 21 Feb).
So for the next 30 days, I'll be sharing some of the wonders & history of exploring the deep here, in #30daysofdeep
(*<cough>available for pre-order, e.g. amazon.co.uk/Ask-Ocean-Expl…; also for Kindle, & audio book)
So for the next 30 days, I'll be sharing some of the wonders & history of exploring the deep here, in #30daysofdeep
(*<cough>available for pre-order, e.g. amazon.co.uk/Ask-Ocean-Expl…; also for Kindle, & audio book)
On this day, 59 years ago, two people reached the ocean's deepest point for the first time.
Here's a wonderful account by one of them, Don Walsh, in his own words: scientificamerican.com/article/diving…
And here's some archive newsreel footage:
#30daysofdeep 1/30
Here's a wonderful account by one of them, Don Walsh, in his own words: scientificamerican.com/article/diving…
And here's some archive newsreel footage:
#30daysofdeep 1/30
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Here's Gorringe Bank, a twin-peaked seamount near Portugal that rises from ~5 km deep to ~50 m deep, taller than Mont Blanc in the Alps. Home to >800 species, from deep-sea glass sponges to kelp.
Discovered by USS Gettysburg in 1875 under Capt Henry Gorringe.
Here's Gorringe Bank, a twin-peaked seamount near Portugal that rises from ~5 km deep to ~50 m deep, taller than Mont Blanc in the Alps. Home to >800 species, from deep-sea glass sponges to kelp.
Discovered by USS Gettysburg in 1875 under Capt Henry Gorringe.
