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Understanding the impact of deep-sea mining
Mining materials from the sea floor could help secure a low-carbon future, but researchers are racing to understand the environmental effects.
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Most dolphins are 'right-handed', say researchers
Bottlenose dolphins found to have an even stronger right-side bias than humans
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Where plastic outnumbers fish by seven to one
Plastic is building up in the areas of the ocean where fish feed and grow, according to research.
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Incredible footage captures a sleeping octopus changing colour while dreaming
An octopus has been filmed changing colour whilst sleeping, and scientists think it might be to due with it dreaming. So our eight-legged sea creature friends can dream, who knew? The footage, captured by PBS for an upcoming documentary Octopus: Making Contact, shows the mysterious creature asleep and changing from grey, to yellow, then almost invisible as it camouflages itself against the ocean.
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No-Kill Caviar Aims To Keep The Treat And Save The Sturgeon
A method of extracting eggs from sturgeon without killing or cutting aims to revamp the industry and lower prices for this long-luxe treat. Critics say the idea is great. The taste? That's debatable.
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Some corals ‘killed’ by climate change are now returning to life
Reef-building corals can make unexpected recoveries from climate change-induced destruction. It turns out that some corals only look dead when exposed to unusually warm water. Instead, the coral’s polyps shrink and retreat into their hard skeleton, making the reef appear dead, before recolonising the skeleton when conditions are better. It is a survival strategy never seen before in today’s corals – but it may not help the corals as the climate continues to change.
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Red Tide That Plagued Florida for 15 Months Is Back
The red tide that plagued Florida for 15 months — killing marine life and causing respiratory problems for humans — is back, The Associated Press reported Saturday.
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch cleanup is underway, finally
The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" cleanup is finally underway. The system uses natural currents of the sea to passively collect plastic debris.
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Thousands of ships fitted with ‘cheat devices’ to divert poisonous pollution into sea
Experts say this could have a devastating effect on wildlife
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Coral Reefs Are Dying, but Here’s Why There’s Still Hope
Coral reefs are the foundation of ocean life, and yet 50% of them have been lost. Here’s why coral reefs are dying and what one group is doing to stop it.
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How the Deepwater Horizon Disaster Created an Abyssal Wasteland
A nightmare at 6,000 feet.
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Antarctica scientists find bizarre creature 3,500m under ice: ‘Like nothing seen before'
ANTARCTICA scientists made a stunning discovery 3,500 metres below the ice, leading one to state they had "never seen anything like this before," a documentary revealed.
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We can tell where a whale has travelled from the themes in its song
Sometimes when you travel, you still betray where you came from when you open your mouth. The same thing seems to apply to humpback whales: features of their songs can reveal where they originally came from. What’s more, when whales travel their songs change as they pick up new tunes from whales they meet that have come from different regions.
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Great Barrier Reef outlook now 'very poor', Australian government review says
Five-yearly report says climate change is escalating the threat and window of opportunity for action is now
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This Crab’s Blood Is the Reason You’re Alive
Horseshoe Crab blood is an irreplaceable medical marvel, and biomedical companies are bleeding thousands of crabs and throwing them back in the ocean.
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Manta rays like hanging out with their mates
A five-year study in Indonesian waters has confirmed that wild-roaming reef manta rays (Manta alfredi) form selective bonds with other rays, providing evidence of structured social relationships. Dwarfing humans who are lucky enough to swim near them, mantas are the largest rays in the ocean, with two recognised species – the reef manta and the giant manta (Manta birostris).
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Scientists catch ‘ancient’ shark believed to be up to 512 years old
Scientists believe they may have discovered the world’s oldest living vertebrate.
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Largest-ever study of coral communities unlocks global solution to save reefs
The largest study ever conducted of its kind has identified where and how to save coral reef communities in the Indo-Pacific, according to an international group of scientists from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and other conservation NGOs, government agencies, and universities. The study outlines three viable strategies that can be quickly enacted to help save coral reefs that are threatened by climate change and human impacts.
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New AI project to map all the word’s reefs by end of next year
The effort is inspired by late philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen
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Scientist Just Identified a Tiny New Species of Shark That Glows in The Dark
We all know sharks have had a bit of an undeserved bad rap (thanks Jaws!). But if you're one of those people who find sharks scary, this newly identified species of pocket shark might just change your mind.
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