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Mangrove propagules found floating along with debris during ocean plastic recovery, tie our cleanup, mangrove, and coral protection, efforts together – As mangroves have been shown to lower ocean acidification in adjacent waters. Through natural biogeochemical cycling, mangroves are known to increase the pH (alkalinity) of the seawater surrounding their ecosystems – therefore mitigating ocean acidification in adjacent tropical waters. We are surfers, sailors, divers, scientists, and activists on a hero’s journey to recover ocean plastic, restore mangroves, mitigate ocean acidification, and save coral. “We are not strangers separated by countries; we are a tribe connected by ocean.” #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #Cleanup #Coral #OceanAcidification #pH #Mangroves #BlueCarbon

It is the ‘International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem’. Mangroves provide many benefits to people and the environment, including coastal protection from storm surges, nurseries for aquatic species, and carbon sequestration in the fight against climate change - purifying water and promoting oxygen release. Destruction of mangrove habitat is caused by both human and natural causes, such as urban coastal development and extreme weather damage, which is both conservation and restoration are crucial. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #InternationalMangroveDay #Conservation #Restoration

Today is Earth Overshoot Day, the day each year when humanity has used everything the Earth can afford to give. It was August 2nd in 2023 and is July 25th in 2024 - this date has been trending ever earlier since the 1970s. As we stated earlier this month on World Population Day, the planet has passed 8 billion people, so climate and sustainability issues like carbon footprint and food are more important than ever. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #EarthOvershootDay #WorldPopulationDay #Sustainability #Climate

Mangroves and corals are typically observed as adjacent but are increasingly reported with corals living nested within mangrove habitats. These nested ecosystems are defined as, Coexisting Mangrove-Coral (CMC). #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #WetlandWednesday #Mangrove #Coral #CMC

Hawksbill sea turtles can spend virtually their entire lives in mangrove-lined estuaries, foraging above and below the coral-encrusted mangrove roots, even feeding directly on mangrove fruits and seeds. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #TurtleTuesday #Hawksbills #Coral #Mangroves

We are highlighting mangroves this week with ‘International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem’ on Friday. Mangroves are critical marine habitat, fight climate change, and protect coastlines. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #MangroveMonday

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. That one may smile and smile and be a villain.” -William Shakespeare (Hamlet) Captain Paul Watson has been arrested in Greenland by Danish police related to sailing in the Faroe Islands to stop the killing of Pilot Whales during the grindadráp or ‘grind.’ We support Captain Paul and stand with him. No other species on earth evokes so much human fascination and empathy as whales and dolphins, which have become tragic symbols of our deteriorating relationship with the ocean. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ShakespeareSunday #StoptheGrind #Whales #Whaling #SaveOurSeas #SaveTheWhales #SaveTheDolphins

The ‘Aether Wind’ serves as a low-carbon footprint mobile basecamp and floating laboratory for our field researchers. Wet Tribe’s research sailboat is indispensable to our coral research, conservation, and ghost net cleanup efforts. She is a natural ‘jumping-off point’ for divers, citizen scientists, and marine biologists immersed in research. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #Research #Coral #CoralReefAwarenessWeek #Saturday #Sailing #Sailboat

100% of coral died at Sombrero Reef and 99% of corals at Cheeca Rocks were bleached in the Florida Keys last year. Current preliminary data indicates that less than 22% of staghorn coral remains alive. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #CoralReefAwarenessWeek #FridayFieldUpdate