#atlantic

[grandboute]

Bretagne

[allthingseurope]

Saint-Malo, France (by Ronan Potier)

[mapsontheweb]

Chile is so long that it could serve as a bridge connecting Spain to Canada across the Atlantic Ocean

[triflingthing]

Wild, wild Donegal (Ireland)

[bonncy]

"Don't wake me up".

[ltwilliammowett]

Brig Roald Amundsen crosses the stormy Atlantic in 2023

Source

[todropscience]

NEW HAMMERHEAD SHARK JUST DROPPED

Not every day does a new shark get discovered! Meet the Shovelbill Shark (Sphyrna alleni), a newly described species of hammerhead shark named after Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen. This new species is found in the coastal waters of the Caribbean and southwest Atlantic.

Hammerhead sharks are easily recognized by their laterally expanded and dorsoventrally compressed heads. Genetic studies have revealed that what was once thought to be a single bonnethead species (Sphyrna tiburo) is actually a complex, with Sphyrna alleni now recognized as a separate species. A longtime advocate for wildlife conservation, Paul Allen and his Paul G. Allen Family Foundation supported Global FinPrint, an international survey of the world’s reef sharks and rays. It was during this project that scientists conducted much of the fieldwork necessary to describe this newly recognized species. The Shovelbill Shark is smaller than the bonnethead, with distinct genetic and morphological characteristics, including a different number of vertebrae, which suggest it is separate from other hammerhead species. This new species is distributed from Belize to Southern Brazil, inhabiting estuaries, coral reefs, sandy and muddy bottom beds, seagrasses, and mangroves.

The Shovelbill Shark is a common component of artisanal fisheries in many Latin American countries and currently lacks proper management or protection. Previous reports indicate that this new species is undergoing overexploitation, making it imperative to safeguard their populations and establish fisheries regulations.

Photographs: Above is a male shovelhead shark (Sphyrna alleni), described from the Caribbean and the Southwest Atlantic. Below is Cindy Gonzalez, the lead researcher of the study, tagging the new species Sphyrna alleni (photo courtesy of the Mays Family Foundation).

Reference: Gonzales et al., 2024. Sphyrna alleni sp. nov., a new hammerhead shark (Carcharhiniformes, Sphyrnidae) from the Caribbean and the Southwest Atlantic. Zootaxa.

[sumbluespruce]

A stroll along the Dingle Peninsula

9/15/24

[vulcanette]

ii ascending during atlantic

[freddieardley]

Coastal

Photographed by Freddie Ardley

[gbiechele]

Coastal Drama LaVerna Preserve, Bristol, Maine

Yashica Yashinon-DX 35mm f/2.8 Sony A7

[amustikas]

flood me like atlantic

[mysharona1987]

Wait, so the guy witnessed first-hand the sub getting lost for five hours and didn’t think that was worth mentioning in his report?!?

This is not good journalism, frankly.

[vangs0]

I have waited

Paralyzed by my own will

Viciously reminding me still

I'm born to believe

Based on a fic I'm currently reading, their last chapter got to me 😭 "The Love You Want" written by @//ticklemeemo

Was also just experimenting and ended up learning how l3earfat shades