#crabs — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #crabs, aggregated by home.social.
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Si te encuentras a un cangrejo en la playa haciendo bolitas de arena, seguramente sean del género Scopimera o Dotilla. Viven en las costas del Indopacífico. Cuando baja la marea, excavan comiendo los detritus y el pláncton de la arena, haciendo bolas con la arena que ya ha revisado. 📷倒立 #cangrejos #crabs #crustacea
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🌊🐙 The Oceanarium by Matthew Lei is a final #animation project in #CalArts' Spring 2026 Character Animation Program.
After a frustrated moment, a child runs away and gets lost in the wonders of the #aquarium among dark #ocean displays. The short film features many #animals including an #otter mother and baby, Japanese spider #crabs, and barreleye #fish.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-oceanarium-calarts-animation-matthew-lei
#family #imagination #kids #nature #parenting #sharks #underwater #wildlife #art #education #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🌊🐙 The Oceanarium by Matthew Lei is a final #animation project in #CalArts' Spring 2026 Character Animation Program.
After a frustrated moment, a child runs away and gets lost in the wonders of the #aquarium among dark #ocean displays. The short film features many #animals including an #otter mother and baby, Japanese spider #crabs, and barreleye #fish.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-oceanarium-calarts-animation-matthew-lei
#family #imagination #kids #nature #parenting #sharks #underwater #wildlife #art #education #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🌊🐙 The Oceanarium by Matthew Lei is a final #animation project in #CalArts' Spring 2026 Character Animation Program.
After a frustrated moment, a child runs away and gets lost in the wonders of the #aquarium among dark #ocean displays. The short film features many #animals including an #otter mother and baby, Japanese spider #crabs, and barreleye #fish.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-oceanarium-calarts-animation-matthew-lei
#family #imagination #kids #nature #parenting #sharks #underwater #wildlife #art #education #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🌊🐙 The Oceanarium by Matthew Lei is a final #animation project in #CalArts' Spring 2026 Character Animation Program.
After a frustrated moment, a child runs away and gets lost in the wonders of the #aquarium among dark #ocean displays. The short film features many #animals including an #otter mother and baby, Japanese spider #crabs, and barreleye #fish.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-oceanarium-calarts-animation-matthew-lei
#family #imagination #kids #nature #parenting #sharks #underwater #wildlife #art #education #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🌊🐙 The Oceanarium by Matthew Lei is a final #animation project in #CalArts' Spring 2026 Character Animation Program.
After a frustrated moment, a child runs away and gets lost in the wonders of the #aquarium among dark #ocean displays. The short film features many #animals including an #otter mother and baby, Japanese spider #crabs, and barreleye #fish.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-oceanarium-calarts-animation-matthew-lei
#family #imagination #kids #nature #parenting #sharks #underwater #wildlife #art #education #tksst #video
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🌊🐙 The Oceanarium by Matthew Lei is a final #animation project in #CalArts' Spring 2026 Character Animation Program.
After a frustrated moment, a child runs away and gets lost in the wonders of the #aquarium among dark #ocean displays. The short film features many #animals including an #otter mother and baby, Japanese spider #crabs, and barreleye #fish.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-oceanarium-calarts-animation-matthew-lei
#family #imagination #kids #nature #parenting #sharks #underwater #wildlife #art #education #tksst #video
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🌊🐙 The Oceanarium by Matthew Lei is a final #animation project in #CalArts' Spring 2026 Character Animation Program.
After a frustrated moment, a child runs away and gets lost in the wonders of the #aquarium among dark #ocean displays. The short film features many #animals including an #otter mother and baby, Japanese spider #crabs, and barreleye #fish.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-oceanarium-calarts-animation-matthew-lei
#family #imagination #kids #nature #parenting #sharks #underwater #wildlife #art #education #tksst #video
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🌊🐙 The Oceanarium by Matthew Lei is a final #animation project in #CalArts' Spring 2026 Character Animation Program.
After a frustrated moment, a child runs away and gets lost in the wonders of the #aquarium among dark #ocean displays. The short film features many #animals including an #otter mother and baby, Japanese spider #crabs, and barreleye #fish.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-oceanarium-calarts-animation-matthew-lei
#family #imagination #kids #nature #parenting #sharks #underwater #wildlife #art #education #tksst #video
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🌊🐙 The Oceanarium by Matthew Lei is a final #animation project in #CalArts' Spring 2026 Character Animation Program.
After a frustrated moment, a child runs away and gets lost in the wonders of the #aquarium among dark #ocean displays. The short film features many #animals including an #otter mother and baby, Japanese spider #crabs, and barreleye #fish.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-oceanarium-calarts-animation-matthew-lei
#family #imagination #kids #nature #parenting #sharks #underwater #wildlife #art #education #tksst #video
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🌊🐙 The Oceanarium by Matthew Lei is a final #animation project in #CalArts' Spring 2026 Character Animation Program.
After a frustrated moment, a child runs away and gets lost in the wonders of the #aquarium among dark #ocean displays. The short film features many #animals including an #otter mother and baby, Japanese spider #crabs, and barreleye #fish.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-oceanarium-calarts-animation-matthew-lei
#family #imagination #kids #nature #parenting #sharks #underwater #wildlife #art #education #tksst #video
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For #InternationalCrabDay 🦀
(plus #Invertefest! ) please enjoy some medieval #bestiary #crabs 🦀
1 Bib. Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 291 (De rerum naturis) f97v
2 Bib. Apostolica Vaticana, Reg. lat. 258 f25v
3 British Library, Harley MS 3244 f67r
4 Koninklijke Bib. KB KA 16 (Der Naturen Bloeme) f113v
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Small crab during a night dive
#giliislands #lombok #singapore #diving #scuba #diveandstay #weekend #ocean #sealife #marinelife #crabs #nightdive #crab -
Yesterday I had a lot of fun exploring the outdoors with The Child™
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You overhear the phrase "crab goblin", with no further context. What does it mean to you?
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Pharmaceutical companies move away from horseshoe crab biomedical testing https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/pharmaceutical-companies-move-away-from-horseshoe-crab-biomedical-testing/
#AnimalRights #marinelife #crabs #AnimalTests #AnimalTesting #AnimalExperiments #Pharmaceutical
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Been working hard getting the garden in shape before the heat of summer. But love a cool beach vibe!
#crab #crabby #crabs #beach #beaches #beachy #beachhouse #ocean #oceans #oceanlife #florida #floridalife #sea #sealife #colorful #tropical #tropicalfish #colorful #handmade #handmadeart #SharonCummingsArt #buyintoart
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"Twabs"
Teableau for 02/20/26That's what crabs were called by certain small persons in my household, so now we all call them that.
#Tea #Crabs #Teableau #TeaCozy #TeaCosy #BarleyTea #MugiCha #MetalArt #Applique #Basketry #Fiestaware #Figurines #Handmade #Sewing
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A spied a crab with a smiley face on his back. #nature #crabs #naturevideo #animalsanctuary #floridawildlife
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El cangrejo cabeza de mandarina (Geosesarma krathing) vive en la provincia de Chanthaburi en Tailandia. Es terrestre, pero puede escalar árboles y arbustos en las orillas de los ríos.📷Parinya Pawangkhanant #cangrejos #crabs #crustacea
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Si l'on fréquente les #mangroves des #Caraibes et de l’ #Atlantique américain, on peut éventuellement rencontrer le #crabe rouge des mangrove.
Il a dorénavant sa propre fiche sur le site.FEY Laurent, ROCHEFORT Gaël, NOËL Pierre in : #DORIS, 30/01/2026 :
Goniopsis cruentata (Latreille, 1803), https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/5882#biodiversite #Arthropoda #crustacés #biodiversity #crabs #biodiversidad #Malacostraca
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🦀🤖 Researchers in #Australia used an animatronic "spy crab" to watch thousands of spider #crabs gather to molt their shells. To protect their soft new bodies from #stingrays, the crabs stack themselves into massive towers, a social #behavior captured in detail by the robotic camera.
👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/tv/spider-crab-spy-camera-bbc
#nature #wildlife #robotics #marinebiology #ocean #science #technology #tech #bbc
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Also seen at the air and space museum visit -- GIANT SPIDER CRAB! 🦀
This, of course, reminded me of our episode on the #zodiac #constellation Cancer where Jordan taught me about how evolution keeps producing #crabs (or more formally carcinisation) 🦀 🦀 🦀
Check out our season 1 episode featuring the #astronomy & #mythology of the constellation Cancer ♋ PLUS a Creature Corner segment about CRABS here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cancer-the-crab/
#cancer #crab #museum #animals #nature #NatureIsLit #Crabs #carcinisation
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https://www.wacoca.com/videos/3059211/travel-thirsty/ Travel Thirsty: The BEST MUD CRAB Dishes Around The World! #AlaskanKingCrab #BoiledCrab #butter #crab #CrabFriedRice #crabs #dishes #FriedCrab #FriedRice #GarlicButter #GingerScallion #japan #JapanStreetFood #JapaneseFood #JapaneseStreetFood #KingCrab #MUD #MudCrab #MudCrabs #okinawa #seafood #SeafoodBoil #SteamedCrab #StreetFood #Thirsty #travel #TravelThirsty #TravelThirsty #Vlog #Vlogger #world #YouTube #YouTuber
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Un #crabe de petite taille (jusqu'à 40 mm de large) présent dans sur les côtes de métropole (mais pas que) fait l'objet d'une nouvelle fiche : le xanthe de #Méditerranée.
QUINTIN Christophe, NOËL Pierre, MÜLLER Yves in : #DORIS, 30/11/2025 :
Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792), https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/1912#Arthropoda #biodiversite #Decapoda #crabs #FFESSM #biodiversity #Xanthidae #PMT
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https://www.wacoca.com/videos/3021164/travel-thirsty/ Travel Thirsty: GIANT CRABS Around The World! Seafood #AlaskanKingCrab #AlienCrab #CoconutCrab #crab #crabs #giant #GiantCrab #GiantCrabs #HairyCrab #HorseshoeCrab #KingCrab #MudCrab #RaninaRanina #seafod #seafood #SnowCrab #SpannerCrab #SpiderCrab #StreetFood #TasmanianCrab #TasmanianKingCrab #Thirsty #travel #TravelThirsty #TravelThirsty #Vlog #Vlogger #world #YouTube #YouTuber
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Google plans secret AI military outpost on tiny island overrun by crabs - On Wednesday, Reuters reported that Google is planning to bu... - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/google-plans-secret-ai-military-outpost-on-tiny-island-overrun-by-crabs/ #aiinfrastructure #christmasisland #machinelearning #cloudcomputing #subseacables #datacenters #aiandwork #australia #military #redcrabs #defense #biz #google #subcom #crabs #ai
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I would like to give this magic item to a party of adventurers. See how they solve problems with the application of many crabs.
From https://www.tumblr.com/shrimpeyedvieww/794687430838173696?source
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https://www.wacoca.com/videos/2941492/travel-thirsty/ Travel Thirsty: GIANT COCONUT CRAB Vietnamese Food Hang Duong Quan #ChiliCrab #ChilliCrab #coconut #CoconutCrab #CoconutCrabs #crab #CrabCurry #crabs #curry #Đường #food #giant #hang #QUAN #seafood #SteamedCrab #StreetFood #Thirsty #travel #TravelThirsty #TravelThirsty #VietFood #vietnam #VietnamStreetFood #VIETNAMESE #VietnameseFood #VietnameseStreetFood #Vlog #Vlogger #YouTube #YouTuber
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Quick! Fetch me 16,039,018,500 crabs so I can run DOOM
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Atlantic Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)
#CCBYSA #ArtWithOpenSource #Crab #Darktable #MarineLife #Sealife #Crabs #Decapoda #Crustacea #Crustacean #Crustaceans #Animals #Animal #AnimalPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography
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Saint Piran's Hermit Crab (Clibanarius erythropus) in a Horn Shell (Cerithium vulgatum)
#HermitCrab #CCBYSA #MarineLife #Sealife #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #Shell #Shells #Gastropod #Gastropoda #Mollusc #Molluscs #Mollusca #HermitCrabs #Crab #Crabs #Decapoda #Crustacea #Crustacean #Crustaceans #Animals #Animal #AnimalPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
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Saint Piran's Hermit Crab (Clibanarius erythropus) in a Horn Shell (Cerithium vulgatum)
#HermitCrab #CCBYSA #MarineLife #Sealife #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #Shell #Shells #Gastropod #Gastropoda #Mollusc #Molluscs #Mollusca #HermitCrabs #Crab #Crabs #Decapoda #Crustacea #Crustacean #Crustaceans #Animals #Animal #AnimalPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
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Mussel power: how an offshore #shellfish farm is boosting marine life https://theconversation.com/mussel-power-how-an-offshore-shellfish-farm-is-boosting-marine-life-251192
"Over many years, the studies have shown how some #mussels from the farm have fallen to the seabed and regenerated lost shell reefs. The farm has also boosted populations of #crabs, #lobsters, #scallops, #starfish, #fish, conger #eels, #sharks and #rays... By creating structure and excluding the damaging effects of bottom-towed fishing, offshore #MusselFarms can restore degraded #fishing grounds"
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Molde por corrosión vascular que permite observar el sistema cardiovascular de un cangrejo norteño del quelpo (Pugettia producta). 📷Iain J. McGaw & Jonathon Stillman, 2010 #anatomia #anatomy #cangrejos #crabs
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A variation on my Dancing Daisy crab...I like placing focus slightly off center sometimes. Feels a little more interesting...
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/dancing-daisies-crab-art-2-on-light-blue-sharon-cummings.html#art #artwork #artist #artists #beach #crab #crabs #crabby #beachlife #beachy #beaches #beachvibes #coastal #coastalliving #sea #ocean #oceans #sealife #colorful #daisy #daisies #floral #flowers #botanical #homedecor #home #interiordecor #FallForArt #BuyIntoArt #SharonCummingsArt
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Pure Enchantment Long Crab...I am going to try to get all of my backlogged art listed before the New Year. All of the hurricanes really set me back! We will see!
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/pure-enchantment-long-crab-beach-art-sharon-cummings.html#crabs #crab #ocean #oceans #oceanlife #sea #sealife #colorful #colorfulart #art #artwork #artists #artist #seafood #homedecor #home #interiordecor #interiors #interiordesign #wallart #fediart #mastoart #fallforart #SharonCummingsArt
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https://www.wacoca.com/videos/2418572/travel-thirsty/ Travel Thirsty: American Food – The BEST SEAFOOD and PORK in Miami! Florida USA #American #AmericanFood #AmericanStreetFood #crab #CrabClaws #crabs #FishAndChips #FishFilet #FishTacos #florida #food #FriedFish #GrilledFish #grouper #KeyLargo #lobster #lobsters #MahiMahi #miami #pork #RainbowLobster #sandwich #sandwiches #seafood #StoneCrab #StreetFood #tacos #Thirsty #travel #TravelThirsty #TravelThirsty #usa #Vlog #Vlogger #YouTube #YouTuber
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The world’s largest terrestrial invertebrate?
That would be the coconut crab. It can span ~3 ft (1 m) long from leg tip to leg tip & weigh ~8 lbs (4 kg)! It inhabits coasts off of the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Scientists have compared its pinching power to a lion’s bite force!🥥🦀
American Museum of Natural History
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Sinking in Saltwater: #Maine’s #coastal #marshes at risk as sea levels rise
Between 28 and 57 percent of the state’s coastal marshes could disappear by the end of the century, victims of a rising sea, coastal #development and #PollutedRunoff.
By
Kate Cough
July 28, 2024PORTLAND — "It takes hundreds of years for a #SaltMarsh to form, for fine sediment brought in on the tides to settle in sections of shoreline sheltered from the worst of the wind and waves. As salt-tolerant plants — smooth #cordgrass, #SaltmarshHay, #saltgrass, #BlackRush — begin to grow, their dense stems and roots trap more sediment, and the marsh builds more rapidly, up and out.
"#Crabs, #shrimp and #worms arrive, drawn to the rich food of dying marsh grasses, followed by a variety of #fish — #alewives, #StripedBass, #smelt and Sea-run #BrookTrout among them — many of which eventually migrate between the marsh and the sea.
logo for the sinking in saltwater series"Acre by acre, a healthy salt marsh anchors a #FoodWeb 'more productive than most midwestern #farmland,' according to a 2003 paper published by the University of Maine.
"The same dense grasses that are so good at trapping silt also excel at ensnaring pollutants, pulling out nitrogen and nutrients that cause #AlgalBlooms, and burying #toxic #contaminants in the peat.
"Once established, plants in salt marshes grow quickly, fed by the rich soil, and pull #carbon from the atmosphere. Salt marshes are ten times more effective at storing carbon than tropical forests, and, left undisturbed, can trap the gas in the ground for centuries, a phenomenon scientists refer to as 'blue carbon.'
"Maine has some of the most extensive blue carbon reservoirs in the northeast — second only to Massachusetts, according to a study published by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2023.
"But as sea levels rise and development presses in, these reservoirs, and the habitats they create, are at risk of disappearing.
"An analysis by the University of Maine suggests that a significant portion of the Maine’s salt marshes — between 28 and 57 percent, depending on the sea level rise scenario — could be gone by the end of the century. They are also threatened by polluted runoff from #pesticides, #septic systems and #AgriculturalWaste.
"'The decisions Mainers make over the next 10 years are going to determine whether these important ecosystems persist,' said Bates professor Beverly Johnson, who has been studying blue carbon for years, speaking to The #MaineClimateCouncil in December.
"Over the past 25 years, nearly 300 acres of Maine’s wetlands — both fresh and saltwater — have been impacted by or lost to development, according to a Press Herald/Maine Monitor analysis of data from the state’s In Lieu Fee Compensation Program. The program allows developers to fill or convert certain #wetlands if they pay a fee, money that is used for conservation projects elsewhere."
Read more:
https://themainemonitor.org/sinking-in-saltwater/#BlueCarbon #SeaLevelRise #SaveTheMarshes #SaveTheWetlands #SaveSearsIsland #ScarboroughMarsh #SaveSmilingHillFarm #GorhamConnector #RedBrook #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #PesticideRunoff #SewageRunOff #Pollution #WebOfLife
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Sinking in Saltwater: #Maine’s #coastal #marshes at risk as sea levels rise
Between 28 and 57 percent of the state’s coastal marshes could disappear by the end of the century, victims of a rising sea, coastal #development and #PollutedRunoff.
By
Kate Cough
July 28, 2024PORTLAND — "It takes hundreds of years for a #SaltMarsh to form, for fine sediment brought in on the tides to settle in sections of shoreline sheltered from the worst of the wind and waves. As salt-tolerant plants — smooth #cordgrass, #SaltmarshHay, #saltgrass, #BlackRush — begin to grow, their dense stems and roots trap more sediment, and the marsh builds more rapidly, up and out.
"#Crabs, #shrimp and #worms arrive, drawn to the rich food of dying marsh grasses, followed by a variety of #fish — #alewives, #StripedBass, #smelt and Sea-run #BrookTrout among them — many of which eventually migrate between the marsh and the sea.
logo for the sinking in saltwater series"Acre by acre, a healthy salt marsh anchors a #FoodWeb 'more productive than most midwestern #farmland,' according to a 2003 paper published by the University of Maine.
"The same dense grasses that are so good at trapping silt also excel at ensnaring pollutants, pulling out nitrogen and nutrients that cause #AlgalBlooms, and burying #toxic #contaminants in the peat.
"Once established, plants in salt marshes grow quickly, fed by the rich soil, and pull #carbon from the atmosphere. Salt marshes are ten times more effective at storing carbon than tropical forests, and, left undisturbed, can trap the gas in the ground for centuries, a phenomenon scientists refer to as 'blue carbon.'
"Maine has some of the most extensive blue carbon reservoirs in the northeast — second only to Massachusetts, according to a study published by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2023.
"But as sea levels rise and development presses in, these reservoirs, and the habitats they create, are at risk of disappearing.
"An analysis by the University of Maine suggests that a significant portion of the Maine’s salt marshes — between 28 and 57 percent, depending on the sea level rise scenario — could be gone by the end of the century. They are also threatened by polluted runoff from #pesticides, #septic systems and #AgriculturalWaste.
"'The decisions Mainers make over the next 10 years are going to determine whether these important ecosystems persist,' said Bates professor Beverly Johnson, who has been studying blue carbon for years, speaking to The #MaineClimateCouncil in December.
"Over the past 25 years, nearly 300 acres of Maine’s wetlands — both fresh and saltwater — have been impacted by or lost to development, according to a Press Herald/Maine Monitor analysis of data from the state’s In Lieu Fee Compensation Program. The program allows developers to fill or convert certain #wetlands if they pay a fee, money that is used for conservation projects elsewhere."
Read more:
https://themainemonitor.org/sinking-in-saltwater/#BlueCarbon #SeaLevelRise #SaveTheMarshes #SaveTheWetlands #SaveSearsIsland #ScarboroughMarsh #SaveSmilingHillFarm #GorhamConnector #RedBrook #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #PesticideRunoff #SewageRunOff #Pollution #WebOfLife
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Sinking in Saltwater: #Maine’s #coastal #marshes at risk as sea levels rise
Between 28 and 57 percent of the state’s coastal marshes could disappear by the end of the century, victims of a rising sea, coastal #development and #PollutedRunoff.
By
Kate Cough
July 28, 2024PORTLAND — "It takes hundreds of years for a #SaltMarsh to form, for fine sediment brought in on the tides to settle in sections of shoreline sheltered from the worst of the wind and waves. As salt-tolerant plants — smooth #cordgrass, #SaltmarshHay, #saltgrass, #BlackRush — begin to grow, their dense stems and roots trap more sediment, and the marsh builds more rapidly, up and out.
"#Crabs, #shrimp and #worms arrive, drawn to the rich food of dying marsh grasses, followed by a variety of #fish — #alewives, #StripedBass, #smelt and Sea-run #BrookTrout among them — many of which eventually migrate between the marsh and the sea.
logo for the sinking in saltwater series"Acre by acre, a healthy salt marsh anchors a #FoodWeb 'more productive than most midwestern #farmland,' according to a 2003 paper published by the University of Maine.
"The same dense grasses that are so good at trapping silt also excel at ensnaring pollutants, pulling out nitrogen and nutrients that cause #AlgalBlooms, and burying #toxic #contaminants in the peat.
"Once established, plants in salt marshes grow quickly, fed by the rich soil, and pull #carbon from the atmosphere. Salt marshes are ten times more effective at storing carbon than tropical forests, and, left undisturbed, can trap the gas in the ground for centuries, a phenomenon scientists refer to as 'blue carbon.'
"Maine has some of the most extensive blue carbon reservoirs in the northeast — second only to Massachusetts, according to a study published by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2023.
"But as sea levels rise and development presses in, these reservoirs, and the habitats they create, are at risk of disappearing.
"An analysis by the University of Maine suggests that a significant portion of the Maine’s salt marshes — between 28 and 57 percent, depending on the sea level rise scenario — could be gone by the end of the century. They are also threatened by polluted runoff from #pesticides, #septic systems and #AgriculturalWaste.
"'The decisions Mainers make over the next 10 years are going to determine whether these important ecosystems persist,' said Bates professor Beverly Johnson, who has been studying blue carbon for years, speaking to The #MaineClimateCouncil in December.
"Over the past 25 years, nearly 300 acres of Maine’s wetlands — both fresh and saltwater — have been impacted by or lost to development, according to a Press Herald/Maine Monitor analysis of data from the state’s In Lieu Fee Compensation Program. The program allows developers to fill or convert certain #wetlands if they pay a fee, money that is used for conservation projects elsewhere."
Read more:
https://themainemonitor.org/sinking-in-saltwater/#BlueCarbon #SeaLevelRise #SaveTheMarshes #SaveTheWetlands #SaveSearsIsland #ScarboroughMarsh #SaveSmilingHillFarm #GorhamConnector #RedBrook #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #PesticideRunoff #SewageRunOff #Pollution #WebOfLife
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Sinking in Saltwater: #Maine’s #coastal #marshes at risk as sea levels rise
Between 28 and 57 percent of the state’s coastal marshes could disappear by the end of the century, victims of a rising sea, coastal #development and #PollutedRunoff.
By
Kate Cough
July 28, 2024PORTLAND — "It takes hundreds of years for a #SaltMarsh to form, for fine sediment brought in on the tides to settle in sections of shoreline sheltered from the worst of the wind and waves. As salt-tolerant plants — smooth #cordgrass, #SaltmarshHay, #saltgrass, #BlackRush — begin to grow, their dense stems and roots trap more sediment, and the marsh builds more rapidly, up and out.
"#Crabs, #shrimp and #worms arrive, drawn to the rich food of dying marsh grasses, followed by a variety of #fish — #alewives, #StripedBass, #smelt and Sea-run #BrookTrout among them — many of which eventually migrate between the marsh and the sea.
logo for the sinking in saltwater series"Acre by acre, a healthy salt marsh anchors a #FoodWeb 'more productive than most midwestern #farmland,' according to a 2003 paper published by the University of Maine.
"The same dense grasses that are so good at trapping silt also excel at ensnaring pollutants, pulling out nitrogen and nutrients that cause #AlgalBlooms, and burying #toxic #contaminants in the peat.
"Once established, plants in salt marshes grow quickly, fed by the rich soil, and pull #carbon from the atmosphere. Salt marshes are ten times more effective at storing carbon than tropical forests, and, left undisturbed, can trap the gas in the ground for centuries, a phenomenon scientists refer to as 'blue carbon.'
"Maine has some of the most extensive blue carbon reservoirs in the northeast — second only to Massachusetts, according to a study published by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2023.
"But as sea levels rise and development presses in, these reservoirs, and the habitats they create, are at risk of disappearing.
"An analysis by the University of Maine suggests that a significant portion of the Maine’s salt marshes — between 28 and 57 percent, depending on the sea level rise scenario — could be gone by the end of the century. They are also threatened by polluted runoff from #pesticides, #septic systems and #AgriculturalWaste.
"'The decisions Mainers make over the next 10 years are going to determine whether these important ecosystems persist,' said Bates professor Beverly Johnson, who has been studying blue carbon for years, speaking to The #MaineClimateCouncil in December.
"Over the past 25 years, nearly 300 acres of Maine’s wetlands — both fresh and saltwater — have been impacted by or lost to development, according to a Press Herald/Maine Monitor analysis of data from the state’s In Lieu Fee Compensation Program. The program allows developers to fill or convert certain #wetlands if they pay a fee, money that is used for conservation projects elsewhere."
Read more:
https://themainemonitor.org/sinking-in-saltwater/#BlueCarbon #SeaLevelRise #SaveTheMarshes #SaveTheWetlands #SaveSearsIsland #ScarboroughMarsh #SaveSmilingHillFarm #GorhamConnector #RedBrook #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #PesticideRunoff #SewageRunOff #Pollution #WebOfLife
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Sinking in Saltwater: #Maine’s #coastal #marshes at risk as sea levels rise
Between 28 and 57 percent of the state’s coastal marshes could disappear by the end of the century, victims of a rising sea, coastal #development and #PollutedRunoff.
By
Kate Cough
July 28, 2024PORTLAND — "It takes hundreds of years for a #SaltMarsh to form, for fine sediment brought in on the tides to settle in sections of shoreline sheltered from the worst of the wind and waves. As salt-tolerant plants — smooth #cordgrass, #SaltmarshHay, #saltgrass, #BlackRush — begin to grow, their dense stems and roots trap more sediment, and the marsh builds more rapidly, up and out.
"#Crabs, #shrimp and #worms arrive, drawn to the rich food of dying marsh grasses, followed by a variety of #fish — #alewives, #StripedBass, #smelt and Sea-run #BrookTrout among them — many of which eventually migrate between the marsh and the sea.
logo for the sinking in saltwater series"Acre by acre, a healthy salt marsh anchors a #FoodWeb 'more productive than most midwestern #farmland,' according to a 2003 paper published by the University of Maine.
"The same dense grasses that are so good at trapping silt also excel at ensnaring pollutants, pulling out nitrogen and nutrients that cause #AlgalBlooms, and burying #toxic #contaminants in the peat.
"Once established, plants in salt marshes grow quickly, fed by the rich soil, and pull #carbon from the atmosphere. Salt marshes are ten times more effective at storing carbon than tropical forests, and, left undisturbed, can trap the gas in the ground for centuries, a phenomenon scientists refer to as 'blue carbon.'
"Maine has some of the most extensive blue carbon reservoirs in the northeast — second only to Massachusetts, according to a study published by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2023.
"But as sea levels rise and development presses in, these reservoirs, and the habitats they create, are at risk of disappearing.
"An analysis by the University of Maine suggests that a significant portion of the Maine’s salt marshes — between 28 and 57 percent, depending on the sea level rise scenario — could be gone by the end of the century. They are also threatened by polluted runoff from #pesticides, #septic systems and #AgriculturalWaste.
"'The decisions Mainers make over the next 10 years are going to determine whether these important ecosystems persist,' said Bates professor Beverly Johnson, who has been studying blue carbon for years, speaking to The #MaineClimateCouncil in December.
"Over the past 25 years, nearly 300 acres of Maine’s wetlands — both fresh and saltwater — have been impacted by or lost to development, according to a Press Herald/Maine Monitor analysis of data from the state’s In Lieu Fee Compensation Program. The program allows developers to fill or convert certain #wetlands if they pay a fee, money that is used for conservation projects elsewhere."
Read more:
https://themainemonitor.org/sinking-in-saltwater/#BlueCarbon #SeaLevelRise #SaveTheMarshes #SaveTheWetlands #SaveSearsIsland #ScarboroughMarsh #SaveSmilingHillFarm #GorhamConnector #RedBrook #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #PesticideRunoff #SewageRunOff #Pollution #WebOfLife
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From yesterday's adventures on the ocean. In waters between Cowichan Bay & Saltspring Island.
Cooking some crabs on the boat. Watching harbour seals aka ocean puppies swim around. Checking out tons of moon jellies by Maple Bay.
#VanIsle #CoastalLife #crabs #seals #jellyfish #wildlife #MarineMammals #SeaLife #MoonJellies #DayOnTheOcean #marine #nautical #BoatingFun #VancouverIsland #WeekendFun #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Westcoast #BCCoast