Flippers And Fins

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has visited the East Pacific Rise at 9°50’N many times over the years, but every visit reveals something new. On the very first dive of its current mission, scientists discovered that some hydrothermal vent chimneys had grown 20 feet+ in the past year!

Stay tuned for more about this (OCE-MGG) expedition, led by Dan Fornari ( ), Thibaut Barreyre ( Universitetet i Bergen ), Jill McDermott ( Lehigh University ) and Ross Parnell-Turner ( Scripps Institution of Oceanography )

dive made possible by National Science Foundation (NSF) , and University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS)
Photos of Alvin taken with a MISO Digital Timelapse Camera System

? While underwater, the Marine Iguana's main predators are sharks, who can "hear" their heartbeat from up to 13 feet away. However, these iguanas drop their heart rates to half of that on land to avoid being detected.

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It’s a hole! It’s a cave! Well, it’s a , so it’s kind of both! These large sinkholes formed as caves on land during the last ice age, when sea levels were hundreds of feet lower than today. Eventually the caves collapsed and filled with water as sea levels rose again.

For coastal geologist Jeff Donnelly (seen here with his team in a small boat taking core samples from the bottom of Thatchpoint Bluehole in the Bahamas), blue holes provide a perfect trap for sediments and debris left behind by hurricanes and cyclones, providing clues about the ancient climate.

Learn more! www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/blue-holes-and-hurricanes/

📸 Richard Sullivan, Texas A&M University at Galveston

Spotlight: Heidi Sosik - Ocean Twilight Zone Why are microscopic plankton so important for life in the ocean's Twilight Zone? Find out in this interview with WHOI biologist Heidi Sosik.

Flippers and Fins is heading back to Roatan and Utila for our yearly October trip. Keep looking for details and Stay Wet my Friends.

Iniciamos la semana entre palmeras y piscina 🌴
¿Donde te gustaría iniciar este día?


We start the week between palm trees and the swimming pool 🌴
Where would you like to start this day?

Taking the day off.