#sponges — Public Fediverse posts
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1-Jul-2026
#Sponges use #photosynthesis, boosting productivity of tropical #coralReefs -
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#Sponges use #photosynthesis, boosting productivity of tropical #coralReefs -
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"9 clever ways to give your old sponges a second life"
https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/06/9-clever-ways-to-give-your-old-sponges-a-second-life/
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"9 clever ways to give your old sponges a second life"
https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/06/9-clever-ways-to-give-your-old-sponges-a-second-life/
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"9 clever ways to give your old sponges a second life"
https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/06/9-clever-ways-to-give-your-old-sponges-a-second-life/
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"9 clever ways to give your old sponges a second life"
https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/06/9-clever-ways-to-give-your-old-sponges-a-second-life/
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"9 clever ways to give your old sponges a second life"
https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/06/9-clever-ways-to-give-your-old-sponges-a-second-life/
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Greenpeace is live streaming from the deep sea in the Arctic - incredible scenes of diverse deep sea life at 1200 meters below the surface.
https://www.youtube.com/live/aat4yLRZ_CM?si=CS83z2VUMqV6JOlv
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Greenpeace is live streaming from the deep sea in the Arctic - incredible scenes of diverse deep sea life at 1200 meters below the surface.
https://www.youtube.com/live/aat4yLRZ_CM?si=CS83z2VUMqV6JOlv
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Greenpeace is live streaming from the deep sea in the Arctic - incredible scenes of diverse deep sea life at 1200 meters below the surface.
https://www.youtube.com/live/aat4yLRZ_CM?si=CS83z2VUMqV6JOlv
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Greenpeace is live streaming from the deep sea in the Arctic - incredible scenes of diverse deep sea life at 1200 meters below the surface.
https://www.youtube.com/live/aat4yLRZ_CM?si=CS83z2VUMqV6JOlv
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Greenpeace is live streaming from the deep sea in the Arctic - incredible scenes of diverse deep sea life at 1200 meters below the surface.
https://www.youtube.com/live/aat4yLRZ_CM?si=CS83z2VUMqV6JOlv
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Sponges & Scrubbers Market in Germany | Report – IndexBox
This report is an independent strategic category study of the market for Sponges & Scrubbers in Ge…
#Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #Abrasivematerialbonding #Antimicrobialtreatments #Bathroomsurfacecleaning #consumergoodsmarketreport #Ergonomichandledesign #forecast #Kitchencounterandsinkcleaning #Manualdishwashing #marketanalysis #Panandpotscrubbing #Quick-dryfoamformulations #Sponges&Scrubbers
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#sponges hard skeletal needles keep their shape when buried n sediement so they fossilize well fossil indicate that sponges were alive at least 550 million years ago amazingly the oldest known forms look
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#MarineFungi Could Eat #PlasticPollution, Helping to Clean Our #Oceans and #Beaches
Learn more about the marine #fungi that could be conditioned to help clean up #Hawaii’s beaches.
By Monica Cull
Feb 14, 2025 4:00 PMFeb 14, 2025 4:01 PM"Hawaii is home to some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes. Striking blue waters, lush jungles, and pristine beaches make it a paradise. It’s also home to other unique inhabitants, such as sea turtles, dolphins, and… plastics?
"According to a new study from the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa, plastics are becoming the most prevalent form of pollution in the ocean, which can be detrimental to marine species and their habitat. However, researchers from UH discovered a fungus from Hawai‘i’s nearshore environment that may have the ability to break down plastics, and to top it off, they may be conditioned to do it faster. The findings were recently published in Mycologia.
" 'Plastic in the environment today is extremely long-lived and is nearly impossible to degrade using existing technologies,' said Ronja Steinbach, lead author of the study and a marine biology undergraduate student at the UH Mānoa College of Natural Sciences, in a press release.
"Marine fungi may be a term you’ve never heard before. This is likely due to the fact that less than 1 percent of marine fungi are known to science.
" 'Our research highlights marine fungi as a promising and largely untapped group to investigate for new ways to recycle and remove plastic from #nature. Very few people study fungi in the ocean, and we estimated that fewer than one percent of marine fungi are currently described,' said Steinbach in the press release.
"For this study, the research team looked at marine fungi found in #corals, #seaweed, #sand, and #sponges from Hawai’i’s nearshore. And they hope that the fungi could help degrade plastics in the marine environment.
" 'Fungi possess a superpower for eating things that other organisms can’t digest (like #wood or #chitin), so we tested the fungi in our collection for their ability to digest plastic,' said Anthony Amend, Pacific Biosciences Research Center professor and co-lead author of the study, in a press release.
The Hungry Fungi
"The team exposed the fastest-growing fungi to small dishes filled with #polyurethane, a common plastic, and noted if and how fast the fungi would consume it. The team also 'experimentally evolved' the fungi to see if they would grow and consume more polyurethane the more they were exposed to the plastic.
" 'We were shocked to find that more than 60 percent of the fungi we collected from the ocean had some ability to eat plastic and transform it into fungi,' Steinbach said in a press release. 'We were also impressed to see how quickly fungi were able to adapt. It was very exciting to see that in just three months, a relatively short amount of time, some of the fungi were able to increase their feeding rates by as much as 15 percent.'
"The research team is currently working to see if these marine fungi can break down other forms of plastics, such as #polyethylene and #PolyethyleneTerephthalate. They’re also trying to understand how, at a molecular level, these fungi can degrade these plastics.
" 'We hope to collaborate with #engineers, #chemists, and #oceanographers who can leverage these findings into actual solutions to clean up our beaches and oceans,' said Steinbach in a press release.
#SolarPunkSunday #PlasticPollution #Pollution #PollutionSolutions
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#MarineFungi Could Eat #PlasticPollution, Helping to Clean Our #Oceans and #Beaches
Learn more about the marine #fungi that could be conditioned to help clean up #Hawaii’s beaches.
By Monica Cull
Feb 14, 2025 4:00 PMFeb 14, 2025 4:01 PM"Hawaii is home to some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes. Striking blue waters, lush jungles, and pristine beaches make it a paradise. It’s also home to other unique inhabitants, such as sea turtles, dolphins, and… plastics?
"According to a new study from the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa, plastics are becoming the most prevalent form of pollution in the ocean, which can be detrimental to marine species and their habitat. However, researchers from UH discovered a fungus from Hawai‘i’s nearshore environment that may have the ability to break down plastics, and to top it off, they may be conditioned to do it faster. The findings were recently published in Mycologia.
" 'Plastic in the environment today is extremely long-lived and is nearly impossible to degrade using existing technologies,' said Ronja Steinbach, lead author of the study and a marine biology undergraduate student at the UH Mānoa College of Natural Sciences, in a press release.
"Marine fungi may be a term you’ve never heard before. This is likely due to the fact that less than 1 percent of marine fungi are known to science.
" 'Our research highlights marine fungi as a promising and largely untapped group to investigate for new ways to recycle and remove plastic from #nature. Very few people study fungi in the ocean, and we estimated that fewer than one percent of marine fungi are currently described,' said Steinbach in the press release.
"For this study, the research team looked at marine fungi found in #corals, #seaweed, #sand, and #sponges from Hawai’i’s nearshore. And they hope that the fungi could help degrade plastics in the marine environment.
" 'Fungi possess a superpower for eating things that other organisms can’t digest (like #wood or #chitin), so we tested the fungi in our collection for their ability to digest plastic,' said Anthony Amend, Pacific Biosciences Research Center professor and co-lead author of the study, in a press release.
The Hungry Fungi
"The team exposed the fastest-growing fungi to small dishes filled with #polyurethane, a common plastic, and noted if and how fast the fungi would consume it. The team also 'experimentally evolved' the fungi to see if they would grow and consume more polyurethane the more they were exposed to the plastic.
" 'We were shocked to find that more than 60 percent of the fungi we collected from the ocean had some ability to eat plastic and transform it into fungi,' Steinbach said in a press release. 'We were also impressed to see how quickly fungi were able to adapt. It was very exciting to see that in just three months, a relatively short amount of time, some of the fungi were able to increase their feeding rates by as much as 15 percent.'
"The research team is currently working to see if these marine fungi can break down other forms of plastics, such as #polyethylene and #PolyethyleneTerephthalate. They’re also trying to understand how, at a molecular level, these fungi can degrade these plastics.
" 'We hope to collaborate with #engineers, #chemists, and #oceanographers who can leverage these findings into actual solutions to clean up our beaches and oceans,' said Steinbach in a press release.
#SolarPunkSunday #PlasticPollution #Pollution #PollutionSolutions
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Gardeners urged to add sponges to hanging baskets and plants now https://www.allforgardening.com/1334658/gardeners-urged-to-add-sponges-to-hanging-baskets-and-plants-now/ #DoSpongesHelpPlants #flowers #garden #gardener #gardening #HangingBasketCare #HangingBaskets #HowToMakePlantsGrow #plants #soil #SoilNutrients #SpongeInGarden #SpongeInPlants #sponges #SpongesInGarden
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Gardeners urged to add sponges to hanging baskets and plants now https://www.allforgardening.com/1334658/gardeners-urged-to-add-sponges-to-hanging-baskets-and-plants-now/ #DoSpongesHelpPlants #flowers #garden #gardener #gardening #HangingBasketCare #HangingBaskets #HowToMakePlantsGrow #plants #soil #SoilNutrients #SpongeInGarden #SpongeInPlants #sponges #SpongesInGarden
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#Sponges are back at the root of the animal tree! I knew the cnidarians-as-root hypothesis was just too hard justify given the sum total of evidence.
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#Sponges are back at the root of the animal tree! I knew the cnidarians-as-root hypothesis was just too hard justify given the sum total of evidence.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw9456 -
#Sponges are back at the root of the animal tree! I knew the cnidarians-as-root hypothesis was just too hard justify given the sum total of evidence.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw9456 -
#Sponges are back at the root of the animal tree! I knew the cnidarians-as-root hypothesis was just too hard justify given the sum total of evidence.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw9456 -
#Sponges are back at the root of the animal tree! I knew the cnidarians-as-root hypothesis was just too hard justify given the sum total of evidence.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw9456 -
Less than a week before #Christmas , so out #fossil hunting during the only warm day of the week.
Location: #MineralWellsFossilPark #MineralWells ( #PaloPinto county) Texas.
#Pennsylvanian ( #Carboniferous ) reef deposit.Lots of #crinoids and #brachiopods as usual. Quite a few #sponges and large stick #bryozoa (alas no veil bryozoa this time), and 3 distinct species of #gastropod.
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#DeepSea sensor reveals that corals produce reactive oxygen species
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-deep-sea-sensor-reveals-corals.html#Corals and #sponges are hotspots of #ReactiveOxygenSpecies in the deep sea: Lina Taenzer et al. https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/2/11/pgad398/7420998
"authors took direct measurements of #superoxide in water closely surrounding corals, by bringing a one-of-a-kind deep-sea chemiluminescent sensor called SOLARIS, into the ocean over 2,000 meters deep, on board the #Alvin #submersible."
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It’s the first day of science: How did everything go? – Galápagos Deep 2023 Expedition
https://galapagosdeep2023.com/2023/04/07/its-the-first-day-of-science-how-did-everything-go/"Nick, Michelle and Darin are back in #Alvin and to the sea bottom. The scenery is beautiful, the rich biodiversity colors the background of dark rocks. These are volcanic rocks from ancient lava flows which solidify when they contact the cold seawater. The marine life observed includes #corals, sea #sponges, #anemones, squat #lobster, #fishes… the list goes on."
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🦴🎸 Scientists at Memorial University of #Newfoundland renamed ancient seafloor #fossils "Lydonia jiggamintia" after punk rocker Johnny Rotten, identifying them as 560-million-year-old filter-feeding #animals rather than decomposed organic matter. The spiky, tube-covered creatures may be ancestors of modern sponges and represent some of #Earth's earliest animals from the #Precambrian period.
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🦴🎸 Scientists at Memorial University of #Newfoundland renamed ancient seafloor #fossils "Lydonia jiggamintia" after punk rocker Johnny Rotten, identifying them as 560-million-year-old filter-feeding #animals rather than decomposed organic matter. The spiky, tube-covered creatures may be ancestors of modern sponges and represent some of #Earth's earliest animals from the #Precambrian period.
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/471951/ US FDA flags shortage of neurosurgical pads and sponges, expects disruption through 2026 #Éire #FoodAndDrugAdministration #Health #HealthCare #Healthcare #IE #Ireland #MedicalDevice #MedlineIndustries #RecalledProducts #Sponges
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Sometimes you find an interesting #Stone and sometimes you find something interesting on the stone. Some photographs from past #ShoreWalk 📸📸 🦑 🌿 #Photography #虫 #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #SciArt #BlueSkyArtShow #Macro #Intertidal #Snails #Corals #Sponges #Oysters
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Sometimes you find an interesting #Stone and sometimes you find something interesting on the stone. Some photographs from past #ShoreWalk 📸📸 🦑 🌿 #Photography #虫 #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #SciArt #BlueSkyArtShow #Macro #Intertidal #Snails #Corals #Sponges #Oysters
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Sometimes you find an interesting #Stone and sometimes you find something interesting on the stone. Some photographs from past #ShoreWalk 📸📸 🦑 🌿 #Photography #虫 #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #SciArt #BlueSkyArtShow #Macro #Intertidal #Snails #Corals #Sponges #Oysters
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Sometimes you find an interesting #Stone and sometimes you find something interesting on the stone. Some photographs from past #ShoreWalk 📸📸 🦑 🌿 #Photography #虫 #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #SciArt #BlueSkyArtShow #Macro #Intertidal #Snails #Corals #Sponges #Oysters
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Sometimes you find an interesting #Stone and sometimes you find something interesting on the stone. Some photographs from past #ShoreWalk 📸📸 🦑 🌿 #Photography #虫 #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #SciArt #BlueSkyArtShow #Macro #Intertidal #Snails #Corals #Sponges #Oysters
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The Evolutionary Mystery of Early Animals Without Skeletons
📰 Original title: The first animals on Earth had no skeletons and that changes everything
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/the-evolutionary-mystery-of-early-animals-without-skeletons/?redirpost=cd5c869b-735b-4fe7-892c-06ac21430ee1
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A new Cambrian soft-bodied biota after the first Phanerozoic mass extinction: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Many non-bilaterian animals including beautiful sponge (panel b, c) and ctenophore (panel d) fossils🤩 🧽🪼. #sponges #ctenophores #Cambrian
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A new Cambrian soft-bodied biota after the first Phanerozoic mass extinction: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Many non-bilaterian animals including beautiful sponge (panel b, c) and ctenophore (panel d) fossils🤩 🧽🪼. #sponges #ctenophores #Cambrian
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A new Cambrian soft-bodied biota after the first Phanerozoic mass extinction: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Many non-bilaterian animals including beautiful sponge (panel b, c) and ctenophore (panel d) fossils🤩 🧽🪼. #sponges #ctenophores #Cambrian
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A new Cambrian soft-bodied biota after the first Phanerozoic mass extinction: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Many non-bilaterian animals including beautiful sponge (panel b, c) and ctenophore (panel d) fossils🤩 🧽🪼. #sponges #ctenophores #Cambrian
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Early #sponges were soft https://phys.org/news/2026-01-earth-early-sponges-soft-scientists.html
Independent origins of spicules reconcile paleontological and molecular evidence of sponge evolutionary history https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adx1754 by Maria Eleonora Rossi et al.
"the first sponges were soft-bodied and lacked mineralized skeletons. That's why we don't see sponge spicules in rocks from around 600 million years ago—there simply weren't any to preserve... spicules evolved independently in different sponge groups"
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Early #sponges were soft https://phys.org/news/2026-01-earth-early-sponges-soft-scientists.html
Independent origins of spicules reconcile paleontological and molecular evidence of sponge evolutionary history https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adx1754 by Maria Eleonora Rossi et al.
"the first sponges were soft-bodied and lacked mineralized skeletons. That's why we don't see sponge spicules in rocks from around 600 million years ago—there simply weren't any to preserve... spicules evolved independently in different sponge groups"
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Early #sponges were soft https://phys.org/news/2026-01-earth-early-sponges-soft-scientists.html
Independent origins of spicules reconcile paleontological and molecular evidence of sponge evolutionary history https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adx1754 by Maria Eleonora Rossi et al.
"the first sponges were soft-bodied and lacked mineralized skeletons. That's why we don't see sponge spicules in rocks from around 600 million years ago—there simply weren't any to preserve... spicules evolved independently in different sponge groups"
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Early #sponges were soft https://phys.org/news/2026-01-earth-early-sponges-soft-scientists.html
Independent origins of spicules reconcile paleontological and molecular evidence of sponge evolutionary history https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adx1754 by Maria Eleonora Rossi et al.
"the first sponges were soft-bodied and lacked mineralized skeletons. That's why we don't see sponge spicules in rocks from around 600 million years ago—there simply weren't any to preserve... spicules evolved independently in different sponge groups"
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#Sponges are among earth’s most #ancient animals, but exactly when they #evolved have long puzzled scientists. #Genetic information from living sponges, as well as chemical signals from ancient rocks, suggests that sponges evolved at least 650 million years ago.
#EvolutionaryBiology #MarineBiology #sflorg
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#Sponges are among earth’s most #ancient animals, but exactly when they #evolved have long puzzled scientists. #Genetic information from living sponges, as well as chemical signals from ancient rocks, suggests that sponges evolved at least 650 million years ago.
#EvolutionaryBiology #MarineBiology #sflorg
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#Sponges are among earth’s most #ancient animals, but exactly when they #evolved have long puzzled scientists. #Genetic information from living sponges, as well as chemical signals from ancient rocks, suggests that sponges evolved at least 650 million years ago.
#EvolutionaryBiology #MarineBiology #sflorg
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#Sponges are among earth’s most #ancient animals, but exactly when they #evolved have long puzzled scientists. #Genetic information from living sponges, as well as chemical signals from ancient rocks, suggests that sponges evolved at least 650 million years ago.
#EvolutionaryBiology #MarineBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/ebio0108260.html