An animal with a skeleton made of glass? A deep-sea glass sponge has been estimated at roughly 11,000 years old. Its silica skeleton is one of nature’s strangest structures. Vida antigua bajo el mar. #poTcasters #OceanLife #GlassSponge

fishing lines, anchors and bottom trawling. Ocean warming and acidification are also damaging to these unique, vital ecosystems and natural wonders.

#linocut #sciart #printmaking #glassSponge

The Glass Sponge: The Ocean’s 10,000-Year-Old Fiber-Optic Marvel

#GlassSponge #MarineBiology #DeepSea #OceanLife #UnderwaterPhotography #photography #VenusFlowerBasket #DeepSeaCreatures #Wildlife #ocean #Nature #MadeWithAI

Here are our comments on Woodfibre LNG that recently "found" GlassSponge in its project development area, when its 2015 Environmental Assessment shows that it limited the assessment of Glass Sponge reefs.
It did the same on Herring Spawn. It ignored data.
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There has been under-assessing in environmental assessments of LNG projects.
Woodfibre LNG didn't pursue data or limited assessments. Provincial & Federal Govs led them. No consequences, but did get more Gov subsidies.
#HerringSpawn #GlassSponge #ClimateCrisis

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There has been underreporting in the environmental assessments of LNG projects.
Woodfibre LNG didn't pursue data or limited assessments. Provincial & Federal Govs led them. No consequences, but did get more Gov subsidies.
#HerringSpawn #GlassSponge #ClimateCrisis
www.iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluati...

🏰 WHAT IS A GLASS CASTLE?

• Hexactinellid sponge formations — silica skeletons
• Build reef-like structures in total darkness
• Support entire micro-ecosystems
• Can grow for thousands of years

Found 5,000m down. Thriving.

#MarineBiology #GlassSponge #DeepSea

This linocut and all the others are currently on sale at minouette.etsy.com

#linocut #sciart #printmaking #glassSponge #glassSpongeReef #rockfish #oceanLife #invertebrate #reductionPrint #BC

#bskyart #surrealism #iconoplasm #AIArt #AIArtist #AIArtwork #AIimages #GenArt #DigitalArt #AIArtGallery #AIGeneratedArt #creativeai #AIArtCommunity #synthart #kleptocracy #glasssponge #pyramid

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Deep-Sea-cember: The reason for the season is to be cozy at home 🦐🧽
#deepseadecember #deepseacember #deepsea #glasssponge #shrimp #venusflowerbasket #art #cozy

#Whale #longevity

Article on how harpoon fragment revealed 200 year age of #bowheadwhale. Also mentions the even longer lifespans of #greenlandshark, #oceanquahog, & #glasssponge.