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Barbara Block

@thunnus

I love tunas, billfish and sharks

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This year’s IGFA Great Marlin Race has revealed groundbreaking data, with a striped marlin tagged by the Bay of Islands Swordfish Club making an extraordinary 4,739 nautical mile journey across the Pacific—setting a record for the longest migration tracked for its species. These

This year’s IGFA Great Marlin Race has revealed groundbreaking data, with a striped marlin tagged by the Bay of Islands Swordfish Club making an extraordinary 4,739 nautical mile journey across the Pacific—setting a record for the longest migration tracked for its species.

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44 scientists have issued a stark warning about the threat of a major ocean circulation change, causing a detrimental disruption of climate patterns lasting for centuries to come. Check out this short video explaining what this is all about.

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For climate advocates across the country, the outcome of this election means that all of us must find ways to redouble our efforts and find bipartisan solutions to the climate crisis that create jobs, promote prosperity and safeguard the future of humanity. In a moment such as

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Climate models have underestimated this: Vital Atlantic Ocean current is already weakening due to melting ice. Via New Scientist newscientist.com/article/245661… /1

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The recent spike in global temperatures is so extreme that it has confounded scientists. A new animation from NASA shows the severity of warming. Read more Yale Environment 360: bit.ly/3Z0pT6f

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In March 2024, three white marlin were all tagged in the same day by Matias and Michael Raponi. All three tags were sponsored by the Bass Pro Cabela’s Outdoor Fund and popped up on time after 180 days in September 2024. Each fish took a very different path away from the waters

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NIH funding supported : *** 412,041 jobs *** *** $92.89 billion in new economic activity*** *** $2.46 for every NIH $1 spent.*** We are a $100B industry. Let's act like it ! How about, at a bare minimum, we all just call our congressional reps??

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Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.

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Then there were 5! Block lab PhD students with our newest oceans student Peter! A tag data, fish and ships man! Computationally driven.

Then there were 5! Block lab PhD students with our newest oceans student Peter! A tag data, fish and ships man! Computationally driven.
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Amazing. Thank you French Polynesia 🇵🇫 for your leadership: World’s largest marine protected area announced on first day of United Nations Ocean Conference President Brotherson: “Why do we do it. We do it because we are part of the ocean and the ocean is a part of us.”

Amazing. Thank you French Polynesia 🇵🇫 for your leadership: World’s largest marine protected area announced on first day of <a href="/UN/">United Nations</a> Ocean Conference

President Brotherson: “Why do we do it. We do it because we are part of the ocean and the ocean is a part of us.”