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Aaron Brick — אהרן בריק @aarbrk.mstdn.mx.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2025

A.F. Postels visited the capital of Russian America in 1827 and painted this unusual view of the diverse seaweeds, “Algarum Vegetatio”. Background on the artist: envisioning-alaska.org/authors/post… #alaska #sitka #russia #marine […] [Original post on mstdn.mx]

A view above and below the water in southeastern Alaska. Different species of seaweed are visible being pushed leftwards by a current. A naturalist at the rocky shore pulls some up while the soldier accompanying him waits aside with already collected samples in his arms.

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June Caldwell @junec.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Second time making these seaweed & cheddar scones from #ArdBia. Taste great (like they'd protect your organs in a nuclear war), but the #dillisk is hard as hell to cut up, wrestling with a leather satchel. Our guests loved them. 😋

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Believe it or not, all three of these fish are the same species… the bluehead wrasse. Wrasses are protogynous hermaphrodites, meaning they transition from female to male over the course of their lives. Each phase can look radically different from each other as evidenced here #coralcitycamera

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M. Lynn Cornish @sisterseaweed.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Wow! Important to acknowledge these individuals…

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Jeremy Sell @jeremysell.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Giant kelp (Laminariaceae: Macrocystis pyrifera) inhabits coastlines in some parts of the world. Although it looks like a plant, it's actually multicellular brown algae. It can grow up to 200 feet in length and has air sacs to keep it upright. Channel Islands National Park, California, 26 Oct 2013.

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ehehenberger.bsky.social @ehehenberger.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

POSTDOC position available in Ceske Budejovice & Cambridge, funded by ERC KLEPTOS, to study plastid endosymbiosis in kleptoplastidic taxa with spatial proteomics. Are you curious about this process and interested in proteomics and data analysis? Join us by applying here: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/250

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GBIF @gbif.org · 23/04/2025

🌽An a-maize-ing #webinar opportunity to discuss #agrobiodiversity across GBIF 📣 We are seeking perspectives from GBIF nodes and delegations, data publishers and users, and other industry professionals who work across the field. 👩‍🔬 ⏰30 April 2025 14:00 - 15:30 CEST 🔗www.gbif.org/event/t...

collage of biological drawings on a green background

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Trine Bekkby @trinebekkby.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

#PhycologyFriday, from one of my favourite spots, from the wave exposed shores of northern Norway - with a mosaic of Laminaria digitata and Alaria esculenta, with some Fucus serratus, Palmaria palmata and other macroalga in between.

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M. Lynn Cornish @sisterseaweed.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Love Laverbread! A very clever and nutrient dense food!!

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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Intertidal color palette 🎨 #PhycologyFriday #MarineLife

Brown feather-boa kelp, red algal turf, and green surfgrass showing off at low tide.

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Alaska NSF EPSCoR @alaskaepscor.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Red seaweed fieldwork is underway for the Interface of Change project! 🌿✨ 🧪 Samples of red ribbon (Devaleraea mollis), red stiff ribbon (Palmaria hecatensis), and seawater are collected bimonthly March through June at two red seaweed harvest sites near Haines, AK. #phycologyfriday #fieldworkfriday

Two women collecting seaweed samples on rocky show. It is overcast, and they are dressed warm.

Wet red seaweed growing on a rock on a rocky beach.

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M. Lynn Cornish @sisterseaweed.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Wondering if anyone here would be willing & able to translate the either Russian or Ukrainian words on the back of these photos. These folks are my relatives, one was my father’s sister, and maybe his grandparents. Anyone in my family who might know for sure is long gone. I was born here in Canada.

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NoMaga News @nomaganews.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Scientists revived 7,000-year-old algae and it’s still thriving #science #biology #research #ancientorganisms #algae NoMagaNews.com

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Nora Agnesod Art @noraagnesodart.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

"Seaweed" by Nora Agnesod - Ink with seawater. Piece of an art installation on the beach. #seaweed #sea #mediterraneansea #ink #indianink #encredechine #beach #savetheplanet

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Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷 @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

For #FlyDay - the aptly named Peacock Fly (Callopistromyia annulipes) struttin their stuff! #becurious #inverts

photo of a gray fly with brown patches and speckles. they have red eyes and are holding their speckled wings up vertically over their body (like a peacock tail). They are standing on a white deck railing facing the camera angled slightly to the left.

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Clay Steell @claysteell.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

For #PhycologyFriday, here’s a big pebbly mudflat of rockweed (Fucus distichus) mixed with what I believe is yet-to-bud Glasswort (Salicornia) that I saw this week visiting Ma’amtagila territory in northern Vancouver Island. Both are common species, but this seemed like an unusual habitat/growth!

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Sourdough2021 @sourdough2021.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

More sourdough discard crackers! Using a round pastry cutter for the shapes. Added ingredients this time: Wakame seaweed, 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast, fresh chives, parmesan and chilli. I used mostly strong white flour plus some spelt and rye. #sourdough #crackers #baking #wakame #seaweed

Golden brown discard crackers showing chives and seaweed, speckled with salt and pepper.

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Fernando P. Lima @fplima.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Returning home after an amazing field trip to Goa with Rui Seabra, Fraddry D’Souza and Lalat Hindu. We deployed temperature sensors from @electricbluecrl.bsky.social and conducted biodiversity surveys. @coastalwarming.bsky.social

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Trine Bekkby @trinebekkby.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

#PhycologyFriday, look at my beautiful dried Ascophyllum nodosum with the epiphytic Vertebrata lanosa. Not my work, but now hanging in my office. I can mention that Vertebrata lanosa is sold for thousands of kroner per kg.

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Jon Brudvig @jonbrudvig.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

When Nature does a photo roundup, it’s always worth a scroll. March’s edition is packed with mind-blowing REAL shots that capture the beauty, weirdness, and wonder of science 🧪—no AI needed. Case in point: this gorgeous shot of two courting crab spiders. Just one of many stunners. 💘

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Incredible close-up of colourful crab spiders — March’s best science images

The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Seaweed and other stuff from the beach - if anyone knows which species of Laver (Porphyra) it is, I’d like to know as I can’t tell the difference! Will be either Winter or Purple, I think. It was on rocks just below high tide line. Added some photos if that helps. Hartlepool, NEEngland. #nature 🐡

Ink and watercolour sketches of various seaweed - Laver sp., Sugar Kelp, Serrated Wrack and gutweed

Ink and watercolour sketches of seashells, coral fossils and kelp (Laminaria)

Photo of Laver (Porphyra) seaweed on a rock just below the high tide line

Photo of Laver (Porphyra) floating in seawater

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Bridgette Clarkston @bridgette.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Student seaweed presses looking 🤩🤩🤩. Many of these destined for @beatymuseum.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

A pressed red seaweed blade with holes like Swiss cheese.

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Marine Biological Laboratory @mblscience.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

#MBL course updates! ⚠️ If you're interested in microscopy or symbiosis, read on... 🔬 Two weeks remain to apply for AI@MBL: bit.ly/43vIT0u 🐙 Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis is extending its deadline to April 14: bit.ly/4ig81fJ #sciencestartshere

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Oarfish Occasionally @oarfishingdaily.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Today's Oarfish comes from Ocean Planet! This was a 1995 Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition! It attracted nearly two million visitors! Sadly it's no longer on display. #underwater #sealife #marine #fish #Oarfishdaily #marinelife

Oarfish is a long, snake like fish with long, flowing pink frills.

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M. Lynn Cornish @sisterseaweed.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Oh-oh….who were the reviewers for this publication!? That’s a pretty big….and fundamental mistake! Yikes!!

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The 1st national UK conference on kelp ecology is happening at @sussex.ac.uk today. Follow @sussexkelp.bsky.social and #KelpSummit2025 for updates through the day, and check out the new report from @bluemarinef.bsky.social sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/uks-fir...

Report cover: UK Kelp Recovery: Barriers and Optimum Conditions

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Clare Rainsford @littlebonelady.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Absolutely blooming stoked to announce that the zooarchaeology resource pack that I wrote with Dr Michelle Feider for YAC has been published! Aimed at kids 8-16yo, four activities for learning about bones in the past with no skeles needed. Except your own. www.yac-uk.org/news/new-zoo...

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New Zooarchaeology Resource Pack - Archaeology for you

Zooarchaeologist, Clare Rainsford, and Michelle Feider from the University of York, have created a bumper resource pack of activity ideas based on zooarchaeology on behalf of the Young Archaeologistsr...

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EMBRC (European Marine Biological Resource Centre) @embrc.eu · 14/02/2025

EMBRC's working towards several SDGs, including #SDG12: Responsible Consumption & Production. 👉 EMBRC is a strategic partner of European #aquaculture, helping industries to conduct aquaculture R&D and boost innovation. 🌊 🧪

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Helen Park | Seaghetti @seaghetti.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Craving something light yet flavorful? Toss Seaghetti with fresh salad greens, a drizzle of olive oil, and crispy fried dry red peppers for a perfect balance of crunch, spice, and umami! 🔥🥗 Who knew healthy could taste this good? #Keto #GlutenFree www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

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Helen Park | Seaghetti @seaghetti.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Ancient Rome wasn’t just about wine and olive oil—Pliny the Elder wrote about seaweed’s healing powers! Roman doctors used it to treat wounds, while farmers spread it on vineyards for richer grapes. Now, Seaghetti awaits on your plates! #Keto #GlutenFree #Vegan www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

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H.O.P Photo & Film Photography, London UK. @hopphotofilm.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The Isle of Skye boasts a rich heritage of seaweed and seagrass, integral to both its ecosystem and local economy. #photography #monochromepictures

The Isle of Skye boasts a rich heritage of seaweed and seagrass, integral to both its ecosystem and local economy.

Seaweed on the Isle of Skye:

Seaweed has been a cornerstone of Skye's coastal communities for generations, serving purposes from agriculture to traditional medicine. Today, its significance has grown, with applications spanning from culinary delights to sustainable products. Local enterprises like the Isle of Skye Seaweed Company sustainably harvest wild seaweed to create natural skincare products, blending seaweed with coconut oil and essential oils.

In recent years, seaweed farming has emerged as a sustainable industry on Skye. Companies such as Kaly Group have established seaweed farms, aiming to bolster the local economy and provide eco-friendly alternatives across various sectors. Kaly Group's initiatives have attracted significant investment, reflecting the growing potential of seaweed in Scotland's sustainable future.

Seagrass on the Isle of Skye:

Seagrass meadows, though less conspicuous than seaweed, play a vital role in Skye's marine environment. These underwater habitats support biodiversity, stabilize sediments, and sequester carbon. Researchers have been actively monitoring seagrass meadows around Skye, employing methods like snorkeling to assess their health and the diverse marine life they support.

Conservation efforts are underway to protect and restore these essential ecosystems. Initiatives focus on mitigating pollution, promoting sustainable fishing practices, and raising public awareness about the ecological importance of seagrass. Despite challenges such as adverse weather and low survival rates for translocated plants, community-led projects continue to strive for the restoration of seagrass beds and oyster populations along Scotland's coast.

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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

For #StPatricksDay, please enjoy these pictures from an amazing field trip I took ~12 yrs ago w/ @nessocon.bsky.social, @louisefirth.bsky.social, @benthicecol.bsky.social, & Ian Donohue to Roundstone & Dog's Bay in County Galway. #MarineLife #MarineEcology #Invertebrate #Seaweed 🦑🌊

Snakelocks anemone, *Anemonia viridis*. This sea anemone has a hidden oral disc - it looks like a clump of tentacles without a base. The tentacles are green with purplish tips.

Louise's hands holding a 7-armed, spiny seastar. I'm pretty sure this is *Marthasterias glacialis*, though that species typically has 5 arms. It looks nothing like *Luidia ciliari*, the "seven-armed starfish."

Tony, Ian, Nessa, and Louise talking about cool research ideas on a rocky shore.

Tiny baby seaweeds! Though you can't tell from these cute-as-a-button sporelings, they will grow to become one of the longest algae on the local shorelines: sea spaghetti or thongweed, *Himanthalia elongata*. These really do look like little brown buttons, but if they survive, the stubby branches growing out of them will become massive over the next year.

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

An album of over 200 pressed seaweeds collected by an anonymous Victorian collector. A transcribed poem is pasted as title page, it begins: "Oh call us not weeds, we are flowers of the sea." I saw this at UW-Madison Special Collections 🌊📚 CA 19285 #seaweed #herbarium #naturalhistory

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Helen Park | Seaghetti @seaghetti.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Step into a Middle Ages Persian Gulf market by the sea, where seaweed bundles, pottery, and sculptures blend with vibrant Masic art. Nature and craftsmanship unite, bringing life to the coastal community #Keto #GlutenFree #Vegan www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Dead man’s fingers & live man’s fingers. This seaweed is rad because it is “coenocytic;” the entire individual is one, single, multinucleate cell. #Codium #Seaweed #MarineLife 🦑🌊

A tangle of the thick, branching, green coenocytic green seaweed *Codium fragile* - commonly referred to as “dead man’s fingers” - is resting in my hand.

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Aandy @spacedentist.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

"The researchers found that the presence of microplastics ... can reduce photosynthesis by as much as 7 to 12 percent, on average. That could range from 6 to 18 percent in terrestrial crops, 2 to 12 percent in marine plants such as seaweed and 4 to 14 percent in freshwater algae."

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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of a Kelp Cart on the Isle of Lewis. During the Highland Clearances many crofters went to industries such as fishing and kelping tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2013/01/old-...

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Old Photograph Kelp Cart Isle Of Lewis Scotland

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janice-84.bsky.social @janice-84.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Bull kelp washed up after a winter storm. #Nature #photography #beach

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Helen Park | Seaghetti @seaghetti.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

In Japanese Gyotaku art, fish and seaweed come together in delicate underwater prints 🌊🎨. Seaweed's flowing forms add beauty and depth — a timeless fusion of art, nature, and sustainability. From ocean to plate, seaweed nourishes both body and imagination. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

Seaweed's inclusion in Gyotaku prints adds a poetic dimension to the art form. It represents the ephemeral beauty of marine ecosystems and the interconnectedness of life—how fish, algae, and the ocean form a delicate balance. The fine filigree of seaweed offers an organic contrast to the fish's bold, anatomical lines, making each print feel like a fleeting snapshot of marine life.

Modern artists are reviving Gyotaku with environmental themes, often using sustainable materials and natural inks. Seaweed prints have become especially popular among artists exploring the fragility of ocean ecosystems. Some artists press entire underwater compositions—combining fish, seaweed, shells, and even coral fragments—onto handmade papers, creating works that are both scientifically accurate and visually captivating.

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