Eight years ago, the largest marine heat wave in W. Australian History swept through one of the most iconic seagrass ecosystems on earth, changing the trajectory of my career forever. Today, we published a review of its effects & how to better prep to learn from such extremes.
lots of the "most endangered sharks" lists get published around #SharkWeek, and most of them are horrible....like, "list of fish you have already heard of, whether endangered or not"-level of badness.
This is better:
https://t.co/Dji6uGsQV2
Meet Cassiopeia the first ever shark to be equipped with the a tag using @esa ARC chip during the #sabashark2019 expedition - this 3m female tiger shark is now swimming free in the Atlantic again
Learning about sharks+rays, talking w/ each other about why we value these species, & working together on their conservation to create thriving communities of both sharks & people. That's my hope for #SharkAwarenessDay + beyond. #WeAreShark#OceanOptimism [Image (c) Chris Knight]
More hard truths for #SharkAwarenessDay: Plastics are bad and of course they impact sharks, but the primary threat to shark and ray survival is overfishing. A thread.
Setting off towards saba island for #sabashark2019#sharkscience expedition - 10 days of exciting projects on the elasmobranchs of the Saba Bank in the Dutch Caribbean