Nautilus Ocean

Nautilus Ocean, a channel of @NautilusMag, is a voice for ocean science, conservation and exploration. Experience science, don't just read it.

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When we look back at the stories we've told this year, we're thrilled at the range of their insights. Here are some of our favorite passages in Nautilus' journey through 2022.

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The discovery of a unique octopus, "Casper," sparks debate over traditional species naming that requires physical specimen collection.

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@haleysweiss says that new research suggests nuclear winter might result in a "Nuclear Little Ice Age" if the ocean is factored in. #climatechange

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Countries and companies are pledging to cut their climate pollution to "Net Zero" by mid-century. Could hydrochloric acid help them get there?

@WarrenCornwall details a possible solution.

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"These rough-and-tumble mariners earn their living wrangling icebergs—sometimes to subdue and capture the leviathans, other times to herd the ice in new directions," writes Matthew Birkhold.

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Just over a decade ago, two newly-trained divers discovered that the "rocas" along the Honduran coastline were alive.

Everywhere they looked, they saw growing, thriving coral. How was this possible?

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Author and Stony Brook professor @PaulMattSutter pulled together 10 of the most-cited, most-read papers of the year—and "rather unscientifically curated them" based on his perspectives as an astrophysicist.

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Jared Farmer @geohumanist asks, "Does a naturally occurring tree of great age have value in itself? Foresters and forest ecologists have long debated this question."

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"In the rush to harvest these metals, nearly 600,000 square miles of the deep seafloor has already been set aside for commercial exploration, with much more expected to follow," writes Katarina Zimmer.

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Claudia Geib @cm_geib writes, "The more sperm whale clans overlap territorially with each other, they found, the more distinct their identity codas appear to be."

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Erica Gies @egies writes that reverting coastlines from salt ponds and flood-control levees back to natural ecosystems could help protect from sea-level rise.

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@Unpop_Science writes that the U.S. government gathered that nearly 11 billion crabs had, effectively, disappeared. Climate change appears to be a main culprit, but another offender helps tell a fuller story.

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From our friends at @Narratively, via @AvauntMagazine: We know these giant predators communicate through thunderous clicks. James Nestor and his ragtag crew are determined to find out what they're saying.

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@KristenFrench writes, "Over the past decade or so, the mystery has only deepened as other whale researchers have attempted to resolve the riddle without success."

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@em_underwood writes that scientists need to share and combine datasets to make sense of the interplay between marine animals, their ever-changing environment, and the metal projectiles they must dodge to survive.

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@juliberwald spoke with Tom Moore, formerly of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), about his latest project and the future and challenges of coral restoration.

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"Surging vertically to a height of up to 100 feet just behind an ancient lighthouse," @KristenFrench writes, "the wave has all the menace of a massive tsunami, but unlike a tsunami, it can be surfed."

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Marissa Grunes (@Gone_Incognita) writes that when hip hop artist and music producer @djspooky first visited Antarctica in 2007, he felt "slow motion geological time" being "sped up by human climate change."

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