{"id":957,"date":"2015-07-23T00:54:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T00:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?p=957"},"modified":"2016-01-04T18:24:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T18:24:33","slug":"lets-not-trash-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?p=957","title":{"rendered":"Let’s not Trash the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Virtual Science Team,
\n\"TRASH<\/a>We’ve seen so many exotic and amazing creatures it makes me smile just thinking about them. As you know, the deep is a very important home to so many mysterious and marvelous animals.
\nSome moments, though, cause my smile to fade. At the deepest depths, we see trash. Human created garbage mars the beauty even at the great depths where we’re studying,\u00a06,562 feet (2,000 m).
\nAt this deepest habitat, where there\u2019s so little structure, some of the animals\u00a0try to colonize on the\u00a0trash.\u00a0But as you can see with the anemone wrapped in the plastic, its growth is being warped.\u00a0 We saw fishing line, soda cans, trash bags, and even a big oil barrel.
\nNow that you’ve helped us explore the deep, you have an important job. Help us keep it clean.<\/em><\/strong>
\nMany people do not realize that everything they do on land affects the deep — from not properly disposing of trash to not monitoring invisible pollutants such as chemicals\u00a0like the\u00a0detergents, fertilizers,\u00a0 cars, and other products we use all the time.
\nHow can you help? It’s easy to make a difference. Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Be aware of the products you use that might run from your home,\u00a0 lawn, or driveway into storm drains an into streams and rivers. It all makes it to the ocean.
\nWhat do you think you can do to help us protect the deep sea?\u00a0<\/em> <\/strong>
\nTammy<\/em><\/span>
\nDr. Tamara Frank
\nChief Scientist and Deep-Sea Explorer
\nCreep into the Deep Mission:<\/a>
\nBioluminescence and Vision on the Deep Seafloor 2015 Expedition, NOAA-OER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Virtual Science Team, We’ve seen so many exotic and amazing creatures it makes me smile just thinking about them. As you know, the deep is a very important home to so many mysterious and marvelous animals. Some moments, though, cause my smile to fade. At the deepest depths, we see trash. Human created garbage … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6,34,24,1],"tags":[19,12,23],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creep-into-the-deep","category-postcards-from-the-deep","category-seamails","category-virtual-research-missions","category-uncategorized","tag-creep-into-the-deep","tag-ocean","tag-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1017,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/1017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}