Raspberry Pi just launched their $70 AI Kit with the Hailo-8L NPU. I tested it and used it to build a custom 51 TOPS CoPilot+ PC—without Windows! Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgIMJbN0DS0
It's been a steep learning curve but it's cool that most of the stuff just works (TP-Link #Kasa and #Tapo, #Ikea Zigbee, #Philips#Hue (using the Hue Bridge, not directly connected to my Zigbee coordinator). Some stuff this uses the cloud (but can be used locally), other stuff takes out the cloud entirely. (1/2)
Flamingo Tongues (the name of this snail) are fun to photograph and look at, but they are a menace to soft corals, secreting chemicals to dissolve the coral so they can digest it. They often leave a trail of destruction behind them as in this image. The snail is moving upward to devour more polyps.
With #ClimateChange ravaging Florida’s beloved reef, people who’ve devoted their careers to restoring #coral in the sea are racing to get it out of the water to tanks on land. They’re pushing through feelings of grief & fear over the future to save what genetic material & young corals they can. But in the background, an existential question looms: How can they restore reefs if the #ocean is getting too hot for coral to live there?
“Coral bleaching is evident across 73 percent of the famed marine park, as abnormally high ocean temperatures propel the world’s fourth mass bleaching event.”
"A picturesque gully with abundant life including algae (red and green), soft corals (pink with white stalks) and tropical fish abound. Mariana Arc region, Western Pacific Ocean. April, 2004."
Can probiotics protect corals from problems like bleaching?
Knowable Magazine reports: "Lab experiments suggest that a dose of carefully selected microbes may boost the health of these reef-building creatures and their symbiotic algae."
Today I explore one of my coral stones. The fossilized skeletal ruins of a community, a city of tiny clones building ribbons of walls that now gleam like bones bleached in the sun.
So, gentle suggestions to modify consumer-side transportation behavior isn't working...
"Help preserve these natural barriers by biking, carpooling, or taking public transit to reduce carbon emissions, which raise water temperature to a harmful level."
Scientists will unleash an army of crabs to help save Florida’s dying reef.
Vox reports: "The key is in the crabs’ diets: These critters consume enormous quantities of seaweed, also known as macro algae. Algae has been choking reefs throughout the world and especially in Florida."
The world is currently experiencing its second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef systems from Australia to Florida teetering on the brink of disaster following months of record-breaking ocean heat, a US agency announced Monday.
Reef in crisis: scientists despair as corals perish
"The death is so widespread in the shallow lagoons of Heron, One Tree and Lizard islands that it's palpable.
At One Tree Island Research Station, at the southern end of the reef, University of Sydney marine ecologist Dr John Turnbull can smell the decay.
Bleaching of coral reefs shows severe ocean circulation changes
Thomas Goreau. "The sudden rise in global temperature during 2023 further imperils coral reefs, and indicates large-scale changes in ocean circulation are underway, causing positive feedback that amplify global warming, which are not included in IPCC models." https://phys.org/news/2024-05-coral-reefs-severe-ocean-circulation.html#Coral#CoralBleaching
Clownfish of the day: OK, one more clownfish to share. This time we have tomato clownfish in the beautiful reefs of Apo Island. Wide angle photography is not my specialty, but I really like this reef scene with the clownfish moving through the huge anemone arcing across the surface, giant clam in the foreground, and soft corals in the background.
Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Triggers 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event (www.sciencealert.com)
The world is currently experiencing its second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef systems from Australia to Florida teetering on the brink of disaster following months of record-breaking ocean heat, a US agency announced Monday.
Great Barrier Reef’s worst bleaching leaves giant coral graveyard: ‘It looks as if it has been carpet bombed’ (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
Scientists stunned by scale of destruction after summer of storm surges, cyclones and floods