Gretchen McCarthy
@gjmmcc98.bsky.social
Current Marine Science PhD Candidate at the University of Otago – interested in biogeochemical cycling, trophic ecology and aquaculture systems.
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Finally made the switch over from the other side. While it stings to loose the history of posts, it’s been amazing to experience a “blast from the past” BlueSky has provided - feels like a decade ago with the community and engagement I have seen so far!
December 4, 2024 at 6:33 AM
Finally made the switch over from the other side. While it stings to loose the history of posts, it’s been amazing to experience a “blast from the past” BlueSky has provided - feels like a decade ago with the community and engagement I have seen so far!
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How does #offshorewind impact our favorite #seafood? 🦞
#WHOI scientists are measuring the #stressresponse of #flounder, #scallops, and #lobsters to construction noise to understand potential changes in these high-value New England species.
📲Tune into the research with #WCAI: go.whoi.edu/bam-wcai
#WHOI scientists are measuring the #stressresponse of #flounder, #scallops, and #lobsters to construction noise to understand potential changes in these high-value New England species.
📲Tune into the research with #WCAI: go.whoi.edu/bam-wcai
November 26, 2024 at 7:47 PM
How does #offshorewind impact our favorite #seafood? 🦞
#WHOI scientists are measuring the #stressresponse of #flounder, #scallops, and #lobsters to construction noise to understand potential changes in these high-value New England species.
📲Tune into the research with #WCAI: go.whoi.edu/bam-wcai
#WHOI scientists are measuring the #stressresponse of #flounder, #scallops, and #lobsters to construction noise to understand potential changes in these high-value New England species.
📲Tune into the research with #WCAI: go.whoi.edu/bam-wcai
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Science has provided increasing evidence of the sources, distribution & effects of #microplastics
🌎 Global action, reducing and rethinking the way we produce and use plastic are critical
#PlasticsTreaty #INC5
Read more in our multidisciplinary summary in Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌎 Global action, reducing and rethinking the way we produce and use plastic are critical
#PlasticsTreaty #INC5
Read more in our multidisciplinary summary in Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Twenty years of microplastic pollution research—what have we learned?
Twenty years after the first publication that used the term microplastic, we review current understanding, refine definitions, and consider future prospects. Microplastics arise from multiple sources,...
www.science.org
November 20, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Science has provided increasing evidence of the sources, distribution & effects of #microplastics
🌎 Global action, reducing and rethinking the way we produce and use plastic are critical
#PlasticsTreaty #INC5
Read more in our multidisciplinary summary in Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌎 Global action, reducing and rethinking the way we produce and use plastic are critical
#PlasticsTreaty #INC5
Read more in our multidisciplinary summary in Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Arsenic, heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, tyre waste, microplastics, brake fluid, oil, lead from road runoff belting unfiltered into what should be a crystal clear brook. Few creatures can survive such a toxic environment. Happening to a waterway near you every time it rains.
This discharge from the M6 to a tributary of Syd Brook causes horrific, toxic pollution every time it rains. We could only find water fleas & blood worms living here. A complete failure of regulation. #ItsNotAllAboutTheSewage
November 23, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Arsenic, heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, tyre waste, microplastics, brake fluid, oil, lead from road runoff belting unfiltered into what should be a crystal clear brook. Few creatures can survive such a toxic environment. Happening to a waterway near you every time it rains.
Reposted by Gretchen McCarthy
Tiny stars, on a star, in the freezing darkness!
An #Antarctic #seastar or #starfish, found in seawater as cold as -2°C
An #Antarctic #seastar or #starfish, found in seawater as cold as -2°C
November 25, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Tiny stars, on a star, in the freezing darkness!
An #Antarctic #seastar or #starfish, found in seawater as cold as -2°C
An #Antarctic #seastar or #starfish, found in seawater as cold as -2°C