Ocean sciences on Twitter

If you are not on Twitter you might want to get an account if only to get a virtual tour of scientific conferences (of course there is lots of other stuff going on in the twitterverse).  Cruising around Twitter last week I stumbled upon the hashtag for the 2012 Oceans Sciences Meeting in Salt Lake City, co-organized by three prominent societies of ocean scientists.

By following #oceans2012 you can get a sense of the types of talks going on at the meeting, at least from the perspective of the marine science twitterati, which can be quite expansive.  Some random tweets:

Non-dominant diatom spp matter to vertical carbon flux-form rapidly sinking resting spores. Must know nat hist of your system!#oceans2012

Getting #coffee at these meetings sometimes makes me wonder how many tons of plastic is used for coffee stirrers every year.#oceans2012

Fish can have sublethal neurological effects in high CO2. Decrease olfaction, learning problems. #oceans2012

Great day of #oceanacidification talks and posters at #oceans2012 !! Excited to hear more tomorrow!


Speaker begins a talk saying that macroalgae are not as sexy as corals. I know some people who would beg to differ. #oceans2012

Depends on depth, red sometimes masks blue -> dusky blue@miriamgoldste Why are some copepods red? "Less" visible to fish.#oceans2012