#sponges — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #sponges, aggregated by home.social.
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4-Sep-2026
#Archaea as "flexitarians": #ammonia-oxidizing #microbes also feed on amino acids
The tiny helpers of marine #sponges also use organic #aminoAcids -
4-Sep-2026
#Archaea as "flexitarians": #ammonia-oxidizing #microbes also feed on amino acids
The tiny helpers of marine #sponges also use organic #aminoAcids -
4-Sep-2026
#Archaea as "flexitarians": #ammonia-oxidizing #microbes also feed on amino acids
The tiny helpers of marine #sponges also use organic #aminoAcids -
4-Sep-2026
#Archaea as "flexitarians": #ammonia-oxidizing #microbes also feed on amino acids
The tiny helpers of marine #sponges also use organic #aminoAcids -
4-Sep-2026
#Archaea as "flexitarians": #ammonia-oxidizing #microbes also feed on amino acids
The tiny helpers of marine #sponges also use organic #aminoAcids -
💁🏻♀️ 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
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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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Chondrocladia Sponge
https://interactiveoceans.washington.edu/05/2024/chondrocladia-sponge/"A bizarre and rarely-seen carnivorous #DeepSea sponge, Chondrocladia lampadiglobus (colloquially known as the ping pong tree sponge) can be seen growing on stalks anchored in the sediment of the #abyssal #ocean... They have a modified version of the internal water flow system found in shallow-water #sponges, but they use it to inflate the round balloon-like structures that capture prey (usually small #crustaceans) using hooked spicules."
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#Canada moves to protect #CoralReef that scientists say ‘shouldn’t exist’
Discovery was made after #FirstNations tipped off #ecologists about groups of fish gathering in a fjord off #BritishColumbia
by Leyland Cecco in Toronto
Fri 15 Mar 2024"On the last of nearly 20 dives, the team made a startling discovery – one that has only recently been made public.
"'When we started to see the living corals, everyone was in doubt,' says Cherisse Du Preez, head of the deep-sea ecology program at Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 'Then, when we saw the expansive fields of coral in front of us, everybody just let loose. There were a lot of pure human emotions.'
"Despite existing in absolute darkness, the lights of the submersible captured the rich pinks, yellows and purples of the #corals and #sponges.
"The following year, the team mapped #LopheliaReef, or #q̓áuc̓íwísuxv, as it has been named by the #Kitasoo Xai’xais and #Heiltsuk First Nations. It is the country’s only known living coral reef.
"The discovery marks the latest in a string of instances in which Indigenous knowledge has directed researchers to areas of scientific or historic importance. More than a decade ago, #Inuk oral historian Louie Kamookak compared #Inuit stories with explorers’ logbooks and journals to help locate Sir John Franklin’s lost ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. In 2014, divers located the wreck of the Erebus in a spot Kamookak suggested they search, and using his directions found the Terror two years later."
#IndigenousWisdom #Environment #WaterIsLife #PacificOcean #DeepSeaEcosystems #NoDumping