SnotBot, still 'flying high!' The robotics lab at Olin collaborated some time ago w/ @Ocean_Alliance to build a custom drone outfitted with petri dishes. Goal is to collect whale blow, rich in biological info. (Health of ocean ecosystems --> tied directly to health of whales). 🐳
Marine experts in Norway believe they have stumbled upon a white whale that was trained by the Russian navy as part of a program to use underwater mammals as a special ops force. https://t.co/mL8gdZ0YoP
Forbes: "How are we ever going to bridge this gap to create a better world for us all? ...First, we can leverage technology like... https://t.co/GRxtqPY6aW
This lovely 8-minute film about from production company What Took You So Long? about a Tongan whale watch guide called George, and the humpback whales that spend their summers in the warm waters around the islands of Vava'u features some of founder... https://t.co/iGqoiPAqqD
In honor of our planet and in celebration of Earth Day, check out this film by Oscar-nominated animator PES to illustrate the positive impact of clean-ups and the need to avoid single-use plastic, created in collaboration... https://t.co/YMzdkwkOFT
Winners of the “Healthy Whale, Healthy Ocean Challenge,” an art scholarship program for K-12 students in New England and the Gulf of Maine region https://t.co/u4Iuz0axoR
The study shows for the first time that marine heatwaves not only affect organisms at lower levels of the food chain, but also might have considerable long-term consequences for the animals at the top, such as dolphins. https://t.co/mAVwfez99G