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Ocean Features & Field Notes
By Marijke Puts
The stuff that didn’t fit into client commissions—because shockingly, not everyone has room for a thousand words on shrimp ecology.
Feature stories and underwater adventures that bring the ocean to life.
Commission a pieceOcean Features
The Sun Coral and the Oil Platform: How Tubastraea Conquered the World
On a coral that doesn’t need light to thrive, and how it conquered the seas half a world away from its place of origin—but not without a little help from Big Industry.
Marijke Puts
Ocean Features
The Sun Coral and the Oil Platform: How Tubastraea Conquered the World
On a coral that doesn’t need light to thrive, and how it conquered the seas half a world away from its place of origin—but not without a little help from Big Industry.
Marijke Puts
Ocean Features
The Little Blob That Could: The Sea Walnut & The Black Sea
In the 1980s, the Black Sea was overrun by non-native comb jellyfish in a storming that put even the most successful invasive species until that point to shame.
Marijke Puts