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Gothenburg Marine Biological Laboratory
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Gothenburg Marine Biological Laboratory is a private marine laboratory in Gothenburg, Sweden. GMBL participates in several research and information projects on biodiversity, invasive species and climate change.
Webpage: https://www.gmbl.se/
Today GMBL helped Gothenburg Natural History Museum to sample a 6.7 m dead male orca that stranded during the weekend at Killingsholmen south of Gothenburg. Samples will be sent to SVA and the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. #MarineLife
October 19, 2023 at 7:19 AM
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Even the ants 🐜 are getting all tangled up.

#plastics #plasticsPollution #microplastics #textiles #microfibers

Ants may be the first known insects ensnared in plastic pollution (sciencenews.org)
October 12, 2023 at 4:56 PM
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West Atlantic coastal marine biodiversity: the contribution of the platform iNaturalist link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 12, 2023 at 5:00 AM
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"Jakten på mineraler gör det bråttom att utforska livet i djuphaven" med @mucofloris.bsky.social och Helena Wiklund.
www.dn.se/varlden/jakt...
Jakten på mineraler gör det bråttom att utforska livet i djuphaven
Jakten på batterimineral hotar livet på djupa havsbottnar där nio av tio arter är okända. För ökad forskningstakt görs data om djurlivet öppet för forskare
www.dn.se
October 11, 2023 at 5:09 PM
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AND HERE IT IS!!

This year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been awarded to this *gorgeous* picture of a tri-spine horseshoe crab taken by Laurent Ballesta!

Absolutely obsessed with how much it looks like some sort of alien spaceship 🎉🌿🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
October 11, 2023 at 6:39 AM
Gothenburg Marine Biological Laboratory is one of six partners from Sweden, Denmark and Norway, in the research project Climate Invasives.
Follow Climate Invasives on BlueSky: @climateinvasives.bsky.social
Read more about the research project: climateinvasives.gmbl.se
October 10, 2023 at 8:33 PM