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“Illustrative of this long-term funding gap is the fact that in 2013 the best maps of our own seafloor had a resolution of three miles. The best maps of Mars had a resolution of 330 feet.”
― Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs
― Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs
“Vinegar appears to be an effective treatment too. If you are stung, your best bet is to pluck off any visible tentacles using tweezers if you have them. Then douse your sting in vinegar and then hot water.”
― Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone
― Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone
“The technical name for the stage of a jellyfish's life when it swims freely in the seas is Medusa, a moniker shared with the Ancient Greek mythological monster.”
― Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone
― Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone
“It's tempting to think that when we look at the world, we see what's in front of us, but in reality we can see only what our eyes allow us to see.
Progress occurs when opposite sides engage with each other rather than talk past each other. Debate and disagreement done right force us to find new ways to answer questions, to look for mistakes, to reevaluate how we understand the world we share.
We have reached a point in history when we impact the chemistry and biology of our planet. We are that powerful. But we are also endowed with gifts of even greater power. We have the capacity to communicate, to learn quickly, to change course, to create and re-create, to make decisions for the health of the oceans, to speak up. We can protect this stunning planet we all share if we grow a collective spine.
As humankind, we have emerged from the youth of civilization. We have struggled through our pubescence and reached the moment when our youthful good looks and passion are colliding with our need to grow up. Our collective emotions are still hot, however. Our dancing turns too simply to fighting, often for the wrong reasons. We fall in love easily, but often with things that don't matter or even harm us, things that numb us to the thousands of ever more discernible darts we are shooting at our own planet. This can lead to terrible mistakes, even self-destruction.”
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Progress occurs when opposite sides engage with each other rather than talk past each other. Debate and disagreement done right force us to find new ways to answer questions, to look for mistakes, to reevaluate how we understand the world we share.
We have reached a point in history when we impact the chemistry and biology of our planet. We are that powerful. But we are also endowed with gifts of even greater power. We have the capacity to communicate, to learn quickly, to change course, to create and re-create, to make decisions for the health of the oceans, to speak up. We can protect this stunning planet we all share if we grow a collective spine.
As humankind, we have emerged from the youth of civilization. We have struggled through our pubescence and reached the moment when our youthful good looks and passion are colliding with our need to grow up. Our collective emotions are still hot, however. Our dancing turns too simply to fighting, often for the wrong reasons. We fall in love easily, but often with things that don't matter or even harm us, things that numb us to the thousands of ever more discernible darts we are shooting at our own planet. This can lead to terrible mistakes, even self-destruction.”
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“She’d been so brutally stung by box jellyfish on her third attempt that she almost died. Her arms, legs, back, and neck were lashed by the fiery tentacles of box jellies, which caused her to feel as if her entire body was dipped in hot oil. Over the phone, Diana told me about the incident: “If you are going to go out in the open ocean, all kinds of things are going to be out there, known and unknown, and you are just going to have to accept that as part of the sport and the adventure that you’re a part of. But I must say, when I was stung by those box jellyfish. . . . I wouldn’t ever wish that on my worst enemy. It was the stuff of science fiction.”
― Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone
― Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone
“And in a study in the United States, collagen from the cannonball jellyfish, which was currently marinating in my refrigerator, suppressed rheumatoid arthritis in rats. These results are thought to be related to the ability of jellyfish collagen to act as an antioxidant.”
― Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone
― Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone
