#aquatic
On assignment with French Development Agency. (AFD)
AFD mobilized various financial instruments to support the environment and bio diversity through setting up regulatory frameworks and sustainable management of continental aquatic ecosystems.
The assignment was done along the shores of Lake Victoria, the second largest source of fresh water in the world.
Through analyzing water over a period of 4 years, WaSAf research project (launched in 2015) revealed that the lake is being colonized by algae and micro organisms.
The research revealed a proliferation of cyanobacteria in Lake Victoria, contributing to the deoxygenation of the aquatic environment, which in turn leads to the degradation of water quality.
The data collected on the lake’s eutrophication process shows the disruption caused to ecosystem functioning and the impact on the local population’s water supply. Findings from the studies warn of the toxic risks to the health of people living on its banks, posed by excessive concentrations of algae and micro-organisms in the water.
#uganda #lakevictoria #conservation #aquatic #afd #africa #pollution (at Lake Victoria)
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Y'all ever just suddenly have the overwhelming urge to swim??? Like not actively but you just wanna,,, be in the water and have some Peace
Yes it’s called the mammalian diving response and it’s also why doing face masks and taking a shower is soothing. Our amphibian ancestors used this mechanism to slow down the heartbeat and lower body temperature so as not to waste calories while swimming (which is very calorie intensive). It makes you feel safe because predators are less likely to get you in water than on land. The fish brain is alive and well in all of us.
It’s literally activated by putting water on the face.
My amphibian ancestors gave me the instinct to dissociate in the shower for hours on end
- water
- wet
- rain
- ocean
- sea
- blue
- shower
- deep
- fish
- beach
My very first original battlemap created using a new program I grabbed up last week (see below).
Made it for combat with a plant monster roughly 30 feet from shore, in a pond/lake about chest deep. I wanted cover, concealment, water to cross and around the enemy, some difficult terrain and a real risk of drowning with a good trip, and/or grapple and pin. More water is shown than land as I envisioned encounter developments that drew the player characters further and further from shore. No grid as I made it to be used more easily with programs like Roll20.
In my mind, the tree stumps shown were full trees but with the tops (leafy bits) hidden so the map was “cleaner”, but feel free to re-conceptualize as you see fit. Made in about 20 minutes usingDungeonDraft.
To be clear, only the battle map concept is mine, all the assets used belong to the program and its respective artists and/or community market.
Feel free to use it with that in mind.
If you enjoy it, let me know with a Like or (even better) a Reblog. It’ll motivate me to share others I create.
And check out Tabletop Gaming Resources for more art, tips, and tools for your game!
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Aquatrice on the brain; look at this tropical boy.
The delicate antenna on an Acroneuria sp, a species of stonefly (Order: Plecoptera, Family: Perlidae).
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so just feeling the sound of feelings, while resting with the tranquility dedicated to your body relaxed, his dreams expired around a soft body numb, a beautiful vaporeon full of dreams than the limits to finish =)
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Aquarium at the Frost Science Museum
#frostscience #museum #museums #aquarium #aquariums #aquatic #cool #awesome #marine #ocean #oceans #sea #seas #animal #animals #fish #fishes #exhibition #exhibit #water #miami #florida #photography #photographer #photo #photos #pics #nofilter #nofilters #nofilterneeded
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Russia is using military-trained dolphins in the Black Sea
Russia has deployed military-trained dolphins to protect its Black Sea naval base in Crimea from underwater attack, new satellite images reveal.
The images, taken by the U.S. satellite company Maxar and analyzed by the nonprofit professional military association U.S. Naval Institute, show that two dolphin pens were placed at the entrance to Sevastopol harbor around the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February.
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The Russian Navy has deployed Beluga Whales at Olenya Guba
This isn’t the first time that Russia’s militarized marine mammals have been spotted. In 2019, Norwegian fishermen reported that a surprisingly tame beluga whale had been harassing their boats while wearing a harness that read: “Equipment of St. Petersburg,” Live Science previously reported.
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Seems shark ladies are trending(?) on twitter so made one to stay hip meet toyhou.se/16080295.asani
Costaria costata
Normally I don’t like to post pictures with names or copyrights on them because I feel it ruins the a e s t h e t i c of this blog. However, this one links back to a really nice marine biology website with a tagline that reads:
“A STUDY IN OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE MARINE BIOLOGIST POST-GRADUATION EXISTENTIAL CRISIS RESOLUTION”
I’m not obsessive-compulsive but I very much identify with that statement.
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Chinook Salmon, Oregon
Photograph by Jim Richardson, National Geographic
A chinook salmon digs its nest in the John Day River, a tributary of the Columbia River. Dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers have threatened the species on its migration from annual spawning grounds—a 900-mile journey to the sea.
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Whale Shark
Photograph by Brian Skerry
The sweeping color of sea and sky, blue is a common thread in nature, seen in the cerulean of a whale shark (pictured here), the indigo of a stormy night, and the cobalt of a peacock’s feathers. Over the centuries, the hue has come to represent calm, cold, mysticism, and sadness.
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One page comic commission for bronydog! This was super fun but also challenging to make
Drew a friend’s mermaid OC, tried out a lot of stuff I’ve never tried before, was lots of fun✨ hoping to try more water related works in the future
