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Mobile lab gives Caribbean's iconic Queen conch new hope
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (233+ words) A mobile hatchery in the Bahamas has successfully hatched its first queen conch larvae, marking a significant step in a community-led effort to restore a species facing commercial extinction within 15 years. On the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas, a…...
New walking shark discovered as protected population booms
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (680+ words) Researchers discovered the new, and already endangered shark in Papua New Guinea, while a study shows strong habitat allows them to thrive in Raja Ampat. Walking sharks are the talk of the town as the discovery of a new species…...
Unregulated radioactivity - yet another risk deep-sea mining poses - Oceanographic
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (540+ words) New reports reveal deep-sea mining could mobilise unregulated radioactivity into marine food chains, while a separate legal analysis finds the EU has the authority to block deep-sea minerals from entering its market. As the International Seabed Authority meets to debate…...
Breath test trial could protect Arctic whales from ship strikes
2+ day, 56+ min ago (351+ words) As melting ice opens up busy Arctic shipping lanes, researchers are trialling a new visual system to protect blubber-insulated whales from devastating ship strikes. Melting sea ice in the Arctic is bringing with it an increase in boat traffic, with…...
Rust and ruin: the oil wells poisoning UK marine protected areas
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (382+ words) A new Oceana UK report reveals that 1, 685 unplugged oil and gas wells and thousands of kilometres of corroding pipelines are threatening UK marine protected areas, calling for urgent decommissioning at industry's expense. For decades, the true cost of North Sea…...
Hundreds of "seagrass cores" planted to revitalise iconic waterway
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (504+ words) The UK has lost nearly half its underwater meadows, but a major new conservation project aims to protect the Thames and safeguard its local species " from seahorses to sharks. Hundreds of cylindrical "seagrass cores" have been planted in the mudflats…...
Spawning hope: How is 'coral IVF' building heat-resilient reefs?
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (1026+ words) Coral Spawning International, Nature Seychelles and Canon are pioneering a new era of coral restoration in the Seychelles, using controlled spawning and selective breeding to build genetically resilient reefs capable of surviving a warming ocean. There is a moment, sometime…...
Scientists trace evolution of sperm whale dialects
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (443+ words) Subscribe from "2 / $2. 70a month! Find out more Tracking changes in their dialects allows scientists to better understand these endangered whales' culture, which they said is critical for their conservation. Scientists have documented sperm whale vocal culture changing over time in the…...
Tuna fishing gear drifts into more than half of the world's MPAs
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (474+ words) Subscribe from "2 / $2. 70a month! Find out more The GPS-tagged rafts cause entanglements and plastic pollution, which is often left to local communities to sort out. Gear used to fish tuna is drifting into more than half of the world's marine protected…...
Reef relief: Scientists map 165, 000km" of climate resilient coral - Oceanographic
2+ week, 1+ day ago (466+ words) Subscribe from "2 / $2. 70a month! Find out more Scientists have mapped over 165, 000km" of coral reefs with the strongest potential to survive climate change, tripling previous estimates and launching a global campaign to accelerate their protection. A landmark global study has identified more…...