Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about − by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing ...
The most important part of the ocean you’ve never heard of
The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.
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Meet Some of the Strangest Deep-Sea Creatures, from ‘Sea Pigs’ to ‘Disco Worms’
A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...
Stop stirring up the seafloor
Yet when governments and corporate investors are pouring huge amounts of money and resources into moonshot carbon capture ...
The Saya de Malha Bank is an underwater haven of biodiversity, desperately in need of regulation
Nestled away in the Indian Ocean, the bank’s seagrass habitats are being decimated by a multinational fleet of fishing ships ...
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Deep-sea mining threatens sea life by dumping debris in midwater zone
Picture an ocean world so deep ... which includes small fish, squid and crustaceans that rely on zooplankton for food. Sediment plumes in the water column could harm these animals.
Fish in the Mariana Trench all have the same, unique mutations
Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...
Ocean eddies are the food trucks of the sea: Study reveals lipidome composition of mesoscale eddies
Mesoscale eddies, oceanic gyres about 100 kilometers in diameter, are ubiquitous features of the global ocean and play a ...
Blobfish’s surprising journey from ‘ugliest’ to ‘Fish of the Year’ in New Zealand
The blobfish, known for its unattractive appearance, has been declared New Zealand's Fish of the Year, altering public ...