Bradley Knight
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Grown on the British Isles, exploring beyond.
Scientist by day, creative by night.
I like to write all things nautical, marine, sea and salt.
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Puffins, Paperwork, and Power
In early 2024, the UK and Scottish Governments made headlines by banning industrial sandeel fishing in their North Sea waters. Why sandeels? They're small, oily fish, unseen on dinner plates but vital for marine ecosystems. Puffins, kittiwakes, porpoises, cod, and haddock all depend heavily on this tiny species. Decades of overfishing, primarily by Danish industrial trawlers, have put sandeels and consequently entire marine food webs under severe strain.
By Bradley Knight 8 months ago in Earth
Tea of Warmth
It was a grey day in Plymouth, a day when the rain didn't just fall; it seemed to hover as if it were something solid that you could touch. It seeped into everything and everyone. My little tea shop on the cobbled seafront promenade had become a haven for people fleeing the rain and seeking warmth all afternoon.
By Bradley Knight about a year ago in Psyche
The unexpected thrill of waiting
There’s an amazing excitement when the first coral finds its place in a freshly cycled aquarium. A moment that feels like the birth of a tiny, vibrant world that replicates that from under the sea. Every budding aquarist dreams of this day, and when it finally arrives, it’s the culmination of weeks of preparation, monitoring, and waiting. My vibrant world began last Friday with the introduction of my first two corals, a Kenya Tree Coral and a colony of Green Star Polyps.
By Bradley Knight about a year ago in Earth
The Last Great Reef
The coral sea stretched endlessly to the horizon, beneath a heavy sky with a swirling palette of blues and greens, endlessly shifting under the weight of the impending storm. Dark, swelling clouds loomed overhead, casting ominous shadows on the waters below. The MBA Sepia, a modest research vessel, rocked gently in the swells, her hull marked with the scars of a hundred voyages. Beneath the waves lay a once vibrant underwater city off the coast of Eastern Australia, now in a state of perilous decline. Bleached and brittle, it clings to life in the shadow of human neglect and climate change.
By Bradley Knight about a year ago in Fiction
Unknown
The shapeless dark hues of blue and violet in the distance sent Sarah’s imagination into overdrive visualising what could be lurking in the deep, watching. Rock formations in the distance, faintly illuminated by her dive torch played tricks on her mind. She would often run wild with her imagination on these deep dives she does for her research on sperm whales. Running with thoughts like if the coelacanths which were thought long extinct, aren’t, is there any other thought to be extinct species hiding down in the Gulf of Mexico?
By Bradley Knight 4 years ago in Earth
Being watched in the Ocean
I've been diving a lot. South Africa, the Canary Islands, around the UK. I must have about 80 hours logged. So I'm no stranger to it. Yet one dive I had whilst on holiday in the Maldives last October was very different and eerie. Thinking back to it still gives me this chilling gut feeling, even a year later.
By Bradley Knight 5 years ago in Horror
Face to face with the Sea
The sound of an alarm woke Tom up from his sleep. He sighed and rolled over to reach out for his phone to hit snooze. As he opened his eyes, confusion hit. That wasn't the sound of his phone alarm, he thought. That alarm was something different.
By Bradley Knight 5 years ago in Horror
The best Slasher Movie isn't a Slasher movie.
Can you honestly say that the Alien franchise doesn't scare the liquids out of you? That when faced with a facehugger which jumps onto a persons face and penetrates their mouth. Forcible orally rapes said mouth and pumps alien eggs down the poor sods throat to be gestated in a human host stomach. Only for the Alien offspring to hatch later on by carving its way out/exploding out of its host's chest. Can you say that you're perfectly calm and collected with that idea?
By Bradley Knight 5 years ago in Horror
