#sponges — Public Fediverse posts

4-Sep-2026
#Archaea as "flexitarians": #ammonia-oxidizing #microbes also feed on amino acids
The tiny helpers of marine #sponges also use organic #aminoAcids

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1142406

#science #ecology

4-Sep-2026
#Archaea as "flexitarians": #ammonia-oxidizing #microbes also feed on amino acids
The tiny helpers of marine #sponges also use organic #aminoAcids

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1142406

#science #ecology

4-Sep-2026
#Archaea as "flexitarians": #ammonia-oxidizing #microbes also feed on amino acids
The tiny helpers of marine #sponges also use organic #aminoAcids

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1142406

#science #ecology

4-Sep-2026
#Archaea as "flexitarians": #ammonia-oxidizing #microbes also feed on amino acids
The tiny helpers of marine #sponges also use organic #aminoAcids

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1142406

#science #ecology

4-Sep-2026
#Archaea as "flexitarians": #ammonia-oxidizing #microbes also feed on amino acids
The tiny helpers of marine #sponges also use organic #aminoAcids

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1142406

#science #ecology

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🛸🌊 A #NOAA #ROV explores abyssal plains near the #CookIslands in the #SouthPacific, mapping the deep seafloor and #water column with sensors while live streaming nearly daily through August 13. Divers have already spotted carnivorous #sponges that capture small #crustaceans, a surprising find for habitats once thought sparse.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/deep-sea-exploration-livestream-pacific/

#deepsea #pacific #marinebiology #oceanography #science #exploration #conservation #maps #abyssal #biology

#Sponges' #symbiosis with #bacteria helps them store toxic #molybdenum to keep predators away
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-sponges-symbiosis-bacteria-toxic-molybdenum.html

Out of the blue: Hyperaccumulation of molybdenum in the Indo-Pacific sponge Theonella conica https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adn3923

"Entotheonella serves as a detoxifying organ for accumulating metals inside the body of its #sponge hosts. Hoarding more and more molybdenum, the bacteria convert it from its toxic soluble state into a mineral."

Simple sponge test can prevent cancer deaths that 'hides in plain sight'
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/simple-sponge-test-can-prevent-cancer-that-hides-in-plain-sight/ar-BB1hML6g?cvid=ec3f4e5e12064dd0ade685102fc673fd&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=8

#Cancer
#Sponges
#CapsuleSpongeTest
#Oesophagus
#OesophagealCancer
#Heartburn
#HeartburnCancerUK
#MimiMcCord
#Indigestion
#Endoscopy
#NHS
#CancerResearchUK
#NICE

Have we misinterpreted pre-industrial temperature baseline?

Earth may have warmed on average by at least 1.7°C since pre-industrial times. This suggests we have passed the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement. Says a new study based on gauging ocean temperatures over past centuries, called “sclerosponge thermometry”.

#climateCrisis #Sponges #temperatureProxy #OceanHeat

https://theconversation.com/a-deeply-troubling-discovery-earth-may-have-already-passed-the-crucial-1-5-c-warming-limit-222601

So I started with 3g of sediment and this is what I have left after an acid bath in HCl to get rid of carbonates, separating out the clays, baking the organics out at 500 degrees C and separating out the silica 😳 But it’s ok! Gonna have lots of microfossils to look at! #phytoliths #sponges #diatoms #microfossils #PalaeoenvironmentalReconstruction #Science