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/reel/DBuVtABvXcB/ Check out the full video Transcript B-roll/image credits References
This is so true and so important! I wish more people knew how especially vital our coastal wetlands are and how they’re under threat from land development and climate change.
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 …
Watch here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBW13SSP2VG/ (Shrek voice) Get outta my swamp! But is it really a swamp? Learn how to tell the difference between the 4 main types of wetlands: swamps, marshes, fens, and bogs! Transcript Hi, I’m Ben, and I’m in a swamp right now! Right?Or is this a marsh? Wait, what’s a bog?? Hi, I’m …
Video Resources Transcript Introduction Part 1: Definitions Part 2: Benefits Part 3: Carbon sequestration (aka how wetlands can help stop climate change) Part 4: Threats Part 5: Preservation and restoration Outro B-roll/image/sound credits B-roll/images Sounds/music Video credits References Ameray, A., Bergeron, Y., Valeria, O., Montoro Girona, M., & Cavard, X. (2021). Forest Carbon Management: a …
I just published a new video on Wetlands! It’s the first in a series called Ground Work, which is about how each biome contributes in its own way to the stability, biodiversity, and beauty of the planet. This is somewhere between a surface-level look and a deep dive on the differences between different wetlands and …
Watch here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DA4eKNLOSDH/ It’s terrible watching how these communities have been devastated by these storms, and I’m worried about how Hurricane Milton will affect my hometown in Pinellas County. With that said, I think it’s important to point out that these major storms aren’t coming out of nowhere. They’re a result of decades of anthropogenic …
See the short here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DAbFVIbgHX7/ So as I said in the video, I fell off my bike the other week. Whoops. But this ended up being a really interesting rabbit hole to go down, learning some cool facts about how honey is being used to treat wounds, burns, and chronic irritation. A few cool facts …