Wow, I had never even heard of this magical-sounding ocean surface ecosystem - the neuston, made up of bright lil floaty sea life that feeds larger animals - which could be threatened by efforts to clean up ocean plastic. Very interesting article from the Atlantic.

me: :( the ocean: * 🐙 * . 🦐 * . 🌊 * . * 🐋 🦑 . 🦀 * . =•♠️•= * . *🦈 .🐠 * 🐬 * 🌊 . * 🐟 *. *. .🦀 . * 🐳 . * 🦑 * 🦐 *. 🐚 me: :)

America's plastic makers: "Rejoice! Instead of preventing plastic from getting into the ocean, it may be possible to recover a tiny fraction of it and then pretend that this means we don't need to change how we operate."

Heidi Dr. Heidi Waite is at Crystal Cove collecting mussels for her parental effects experiment. Do adults experiencing warmer conditions across a thermal gradient produce larvae with different tolerances?

Hey Everyone! I got to share some of the things I learned while studying #coral bleaching in Mo'orea🏝️. Check it out: ssalter.blog/2020/04/27/und… Thanks Dr. Marie Strader for the awesome opportunity! #NSFfunded #mcrlter

Today one of my life dreams comes true! I got to name, illustrate, and help describe a new deep-sea species! I hereby present the #ctenophore Vampyroctena delmarvensis doi.org/10.1007/s12526…

#JusticeinJune and beyond. This doc provides a detailed game plan of how to educate ourselves [10 min/day, 25 min/day, or 45 min/day schedules]

I’ve been so inspired by #BlackBirdersWeek and the amazing #scicomm done by BlackAFinSTEM! So, interviews with invertebrates is coming back with new weekly comics starting Wed to exclusively amplify the work of black invertebrate scientists over the next several weeks! Get excited #TeamInvert!

While in Asheville, NC, I came across Anja Bartels' sea urchin pottery line. I reached out to Anja and asked her if she could make a custom sea urchin mug based on other elements of her work. Here is what we came up with:

Small #octopus being lit by a cheap flashlight and recorded by a GoPro at night. Love finding cephalopods while tidepooling.

Happy #NationalComingOutDay !! A year ago, she said yes 💍 and in less than a year we get to celebrate with family and friends. Whether you're out or not, we support you ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 and you're wonderful just the way you are. #Itgetsbetter - reach out if you need some extra love!

This baby Echinometra loves its algae down at SeaSim! Check out how it uses cilia to direct algae to its mouth before passing it to its stomach. Thanks to Matt Salmon and Vincent Tiong for their help capturing this footage 😊 #seaurchin #reefrestoration #phd #aquaculture

Memory 69 from Ensenada: Explaining to the repair guy that I accidentally dropped my phone in a bucket full of sea urchin semen.

I’m mostly tweeting for no one but did you know the props for black melons in the first episode of #TheBookOfBobaFett were sea urchin tests?