![]() Whales may be huge, but they’re not huge enough to survive collisions with massive container ships. It can prevent animals from finding food, meeting a mate, and detecting predators-ultimately threatening their very survival. This is a form of pollution you can’t see-but for whales and dolphins, who hunt and communicate using sound, the noise caused by shipping, seismic exploration by the oil and gas industry, and military sonar is hugely disruptive. This could not come at a more critical time-these are some of the big threats facing our oceans right now that IFAW is working to address: This World Oceans Day 2020 will be historical-there will be no public gatherings to mark the day and no large events highlighting the beauty of, and threats facing, our blue planet, as has been the case since the United Nations officially recognized the day back in 2008.ĭespite this, the 2020 World Oceans Day is calling on leaders around the world to protect 30% of our blue planet by 2030. A network of highly protected areas that covers at least 30% of our ocean will help safeguard the largest habitat on the planet for generations to come. Today, our blue planet faces more threats than ever before, and so it is more important than ever to protect marine animals and the place they call home. We are responsible for keeping the ocean healthy. And to contemplate how critical the ocean is for all life on Earth. S4E12 "Octonauts & the Bomber Worms" - deep-sea worms that grow bioluminescent "bombs" that they can eject to confuse predators: Osborn et al.If I had known the last time I went to the beach, breathed in the sea air, and felt the water lapping at my feet, that it would be many months until I would have that experience again due to the COVID-19 crisis, I might have taken a few extra minutes to really appreciate the great expanse of ocean in front of me. (recently in the news again showing they're the same species as those extinct from Lord Howe Island - ) /8- Dr Jon Copley November 21, 2017 S4E8 "Octonauts & the Tree Lobsters" - discovery of "tree lobster" stick insects on Ball's Pyramid: Priddel et al. (I'm particularly fond of that one, as I was the first science journalist to cover the story in Dec 2004: ) /7- Dr Jon Copley November 21, 2017 S4E7 "Octonauts & the Loneliest Whale" - a whale with a song at a frequency unlike any others: Watkins et al. (a classic "trophic cascade" previously covered in my Masters marine ecology module!) /6- Dr Jon Copley November 21, 2017 S3E18 "Octonauts & the Urchin Invasion" - sea otters as a "keystone species", maintaining kelp forests by feeding on grazing urchins: Estes et al. S3E17 "Octonauts & the Immortal Jellyfish" - the astonishing jellyfish species that can transform from an adult back into earlier stages of its life cycle: Piraino et al. ![]() S1E19 "Octonauts & the Snapping Shrimp" - Dashi's slow-motion video reveals that the shrimp's snap comes from bubbles collapsing when it shuts its claw very fast - the same method used to investigate it by Verluis et al. ![]() S1E16 "Octonauts & the Enemy Anemones" - how groups of anemone clones go to "war" with each other: Ayre & Grosberg (2005) /3- Dr Jon Copley November 21, 2017 (& sightings of rare albino humpback whales such as Migaloo here - ) /2- Dr Jon Copley November 21, 2017 S1E14 "Octonauts & the Albino Humpback Whale" - natural sunscreen properties of mushroom coral mucus: Drollet et al. So here are a few of my favourites with the links to the actual research papers that they're based on: If you want to feed the fascination of your little ones with the ocean, the Octonauts adventures are great - they firmly feature real science.
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