PhD student in the Rotjan Lab at Boston University studying larval ecology and pop. dynamics of tropical tuna species within the Phoenix Islands Protected Area
When I teach in-person, students often laugh at my jokes.
When I teach the same students onlinr they don't laugh at all, so I asked them why.
They replied "Because your jokes aren't remotely funny"
CONFIRMED: Kiribati Government says they are shutting down one of the world's biggest marine reserves. Phoenix Island Protected area of 408,250 sqkm created in 2010, will now be available for "sustainably use marine resources"
BREAKING The Kiribati govt is opening one of our largest marine reserves to commercial tuna fishing and will de-register it as World Heritage site 😳😳😳 #PhoenixIslands @Phoenix_Islands https://t.co/4llgjVJBER
My deepest congratulations to Ecuador on the expansion of the Galápagos Marine Reserve, and to Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, and all involved on the historic announcement of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor at #COP26.