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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 4h

Once part of Mission Bay’s estuary, the area was saved from development efforts in the 1970s after community action led to its preservation in 1990. Today, ‘The Friends of Famosa Slough’ works with the Kumeyaay people to help maintain the slough. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

‘The Friends of Famosa Slough’ working with volunteers and the native Kumeyaay people to help maintain the slough.

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 4h

Famosa Slough is a 37-acre natural wetland in San Diego’s Loma Portal neighborhood, quietly surviving in an urban setting. Famosa Slough State Marine Conservation Area is between Old Town and Ocean Beach. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #WetlandWednesday #TidalWetlands

City of San Diego Famosa Slough sign within the Famosa Slough State Marine Conservation Area, with the surrounding Loma Portal neighborhood in the background

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 4h

We often discuss wetlands, and today we’re focusing on a tidal wetland in our own backyard, a slough where water enters from the San Diego River, with tidal flows shifting twice daily. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #WetlandWednesday #TidalWetlands

A Wet Tribe researcher measuring water levels in a tidal wetland, recording heights and times

A drone photo of the San Diego River tidal basin

Famosa Slough with San Diego’s Loma Portal neighborhood in the background

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 1d

Sargassum seaweed (both in the ocean and on shore) also acts as a sink for microplastics, adding to the issue of ingestion by sea turtles. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #TurtleTuesday #Sargassum #Microplastics

The hand of a researcher collecting miscellaneous microplastics in a metal sieve on the coast

Brown Sargassum seaweed and white microplastic nurdles found together on the beach

Sargassum seaweed acts as a sink for microplastics, with plastic fragments floating within the Sargassum

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 1d

Research shows that hatchlings of three endangered species of sea turtles took significantly longer to pass through the sargassum seaweed on their way to the ocean compared to an open beach, leaving them exposed to land-based predators for longer. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #TurtleTuesday #Sargassum

A nesting female sea turtle climbing over a patch of Sargassum seaweed

Sandy sea turtle hatchlings making a run to the sea

A sea turtle hatchling entangled in a Sargassum seaweed mat

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 1d

While Sargassum provides habitat in the sea, on the coast, the seaweed impedes nesting females, traps sea turtle hatchlings, and prevents the tiny turtles from reaching the safety of the ocean. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #TurtleTuesday #Sargassum

Brownish Sargassum seaweed floating on the surface of the Sargasso Sea

A young sea turtle using floating Sargassum seaweed as habitat

Researchers in the distance walking among Sargassum seaweed collecting in mats on the Atlantic coastline

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 2d

Marine animals ingest microplastics and microfibers, which can block or lacerate their digestive systems and cause other health issues. This also leads to the accumulation of microplastics and toxins up the food chain. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #Microplastics #Research

Fragments of multicolored microplastics, numbered for labeling, within a petri dish

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 2d

The largest single source of microplastic pollution is the textile industry, followed by the abrasion of vehicle tires and fishing gear. Polyester, nylon, and acrylic are all forms of plastic; these materials shed tiny microplastics and fibers. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #Microplastics #Research

Lint clinging to the inside of a washing machine drum

Automobile tire and brake fragments and dust containing microplastics

Fragments of miscellaneous fishing ghost nets, a section of rope, and the sheers used to recover them, inside a metal surgical tray

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 2d

“71% of ocean microplastics are plastic microfibers, the type found in synthetic clothing, textiles, and fishing gear.” #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #MicroplasticMonday #Research #Microplastics #Microfibers #FastFashion #CommercialFishing #Automotive

A close-up of an ocean researcher's hands as he sorts colored flecks of microplastics from brown organic debris on a seawater sample using tweezers and a metal sieve.

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 3d

Another Outer Banks oceanfront house has fallen, bringing the total to nine in just four days; a total of 21 houses have collapsed into the ocean since 2020. Higher sea levels lead to coastal erosion, deadly and destructive storm surges, and more frequent flooding due to climate change.

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 3d

“I have seen time's fell hand deface the cost of outworn buried age; I have seen the hungry ocean gain advantage on the kingdom of the shore; I have seen such interchange confounded to decay - ruin hath taught me thus.” #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ShakespeareSunday #ClimateCrisis #SeaRise

Weathered wood stilt houses, one collapsed and two threatened in Rodanthe, North Carolina, from the severe and rapid erosion, at rates exceeding 15’ annually.

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 4d

This non-invasive technology enables the detailed analysis of reef complexity, facilitates monitoring of changes over time due to events such as coral bleaching, and provides robust data for informed conservation efforts. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #Coral #Research

The LiDAR image captured on a smartphone with the ocean horizon behind.

3D LiDAR image and grid of a coral reef structure

A heatmap of a coral cluster is pictured on a laptop on the deck of a research vessel

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 4d

#Drone-mounted #LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) systems can create highly detailed 3D models of #CoralReefs by emitting laser pulses and measuring their reflections to map the intricate structures of the seafloor and reef environment. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

The drone team is performing a release and capture of a drone from the bow of a center console boat on the sea.

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 4d

Aerial drone footage of a rocky coastline.

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 4d

We use drones to identify, map, and document areas for cleanup and/or restoration, especially in remote locations. This was time and labor-intensive work once done by boat or on foot. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #Drones #Research #Recovery #Restoration

A close-up of a Wet Tribe branded drone in the air over the coast in Northern California

A Wet Tribe team member in a green tee is facing the ocean as he pilots a drone out over the water.

Drone pilot holding a remote and wearing a Wet Tribe Drones-branded green tee with a rocky coastline in the background.

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 4d

Since we missed sharing our Friday Playlist… This seems appropriate: “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” So, Counting Crows youtu.be/tvtJPs8IDgU or the original by Joni Mitchell youtu.be/SY07dHiT2-s

Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi ft. Vanessa Carlton

YouTube video by CountingCrowsVEVO

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 4d

The state of Florida was given $608 million in funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for building and running mass detention centers, including the illegal facility in Big Cypress National Preserve, in the heart of the Everglades.

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 4d

Aerial photos have revealed new paving at the Everglades Detention Center, which violates a court order that temporarily halted construction. We must protect the Everglades. Climate justice is social justice. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

Aerial image of new blacktop paving at the Everglades Detention Center.

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 5d

Four everyday plastic items make up 44% of marine litter: bags (14%), bottles (12%), food containers and cutlery (9%), and wrappers (9%). #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #Research #OceanPlastic #FridayFieldUpdate

A volunteer's hand holding a styrofoam tray filled with a sample of miscellaneous debris recovered during a coastal cleanup.

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 5d

The oceans contain approximately 171 trillion pieces of plastic. Under current policies, the total amount of plastic in the oceans is expected to quadruple by 2060. Approximately 11 million metric tons of plastic waste enter the ocean annually. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

A large swath of floating ocean plastic in an offshore gyre.

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 5d

We are surfers, sailors, divers, scientists, and activists on a hero’s journey to recover ocean plastic, restore habitat, and mitigate ocean warming & acidification. “We are not strangers separated by countries; we are a tribe connected by ocean.” #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

A photo focusing on the wet and dirty shirts of a coastal cleanup crew

Wet Tribe branded shirts and rash guards of a California cleanup crew on a hazy beach

Close-up of a tired, wet, and dirty female volunteer with a canvas bag

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 6d

You don't believe teaching children (and people in general) to appreciate, understand, and love nature breeds respect and aids conservation? Where do you think people with a conservation-minded lifestyle come from? Awareness, Desire, and Knowledge are the first 3 steps of the ADKAR change model.

Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 6d

“In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.” ― Baba Dioum #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ThursdayThoughts #ThalassophileThursday #CoastalClassroom

A college intern discusses the ocean and marine life with a curious child in an educational tabletop discussion on the coast.

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 6d

Bermuda was hit with 100 mph winds as Hurricane Imelda passed over. For Bermuda, the storm was the most serious of two hurricanes that moved by or over the territory this week. The other was Hurricane Humberto, which had been a Category 4 storm, but which later weakened.

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Wet Tribe @wettribe.bsky.social · 6d

BELCO reports over 1,200 customers without power.

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