Video Transcript Intro I’m gonna get the bad news out of the way first so the rest of this video can be fun. I’ll be quick, I swear, put 30 seconds on the clock! Coral are bleaching and dying at an alarming rate due to pollution, warming oceans, and ocean acidification. We’ve lost about 50% …
Video Transcript References Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. (2006). Reef Facts for Tour Guides. Australian Government. Hamylton, S. M., Hutchings, P., & Ove Hoegh-Guldberg. (2022). Coral Reefs of Australia. CSIRO PUBLISHING. Lee, J.-H., Chen, J., & Chough, S. K. (2015). The middle–late Cambrian reef transition and related geological events: A review and new view. …
Short Transcript I have some great news! IVF for coral works! Coral spawning season occurs in late summer, around August, and usually happens a few days after the full moon, but since 2016 coral have had some help from scientists during spawning season! IVF stands for “in vitro fertilization,” and for coral that means taking …
After reading A Poison Like No Other by Matt Simon, I knew I wanted to make a video on microplastics. The overwhelming feeling I got from reading that book was dread at the building realization that microplastics really are everywhere. They’re on the top of Mount Everest, the bottom of the Mariana Trench; they’re in …
Video Transcript Intro It’s been said that every piece of plastic that’s ever been produced still exists. In your home. In an office. On the side of a highway. Neighborhood streets. In rivers that lead to the ocean. And while it’s basically impossible to really verify that claim, scientists estimate that of the 8.3 billion …
Whoops, looks like ChatGPT got too thorsty and drank all the water in California Watch the short here: https://youtube.com/shorts/0dUTFR-eCAA Additional context This is a very complex topic, and I didn’t have the time to research nor write about all of it. If you’re here, it means you’re probably looking for extra context, so here are …
I recently learned about GHOST SHARKS! A paper published this year (Finucci et al., 2024) announced the discovery of Harriotta avia, a new species of ghost shark native to New Zealand and Australia. I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Dominique Didier, who helped discover them! She was super helpful, a ton of fun, …
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Watch the short here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBeOuMtMZZm/ There was 1 topic that got cut from the main wetlands video, and that was vernal pools! Vernal pools are a seasonal wetland that are usually about the size of a pond. They dry up in the summer, but over the fall, winter, and spring, amphibians like salamanders, newts, and …
