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Protect kingdom of the kingklip, scientist urges

7 April, 2022

Source: Herald

Scientists are exploring deep sea refuges, southwest of Gqeberha in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province, and their importance to the said the site and its importance to the kingklip, a species of cusk eel that occurs along the South African Coast.

Marine biologist Prof Kerry Sink said that the kinglips unusual “drumming” method of communication underlined the need for progressive new thinking about underwater noise pollution from activities like offshore gas and petroleum seismic surveys.

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New study shows too many scientific unknowns for seabed mining

1 March, 2022

Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts

For the first time, we have a comprehensive overview of the gaps in our knowledge about ocean areas targeted for deep-sea mining and how they could be impacted. New research published today in the journal Marine Policy shows that the science is insufficient to support evidence-based decision-making should mining move forward.

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Deep sea coral time machines reveal ancient CO2 burps

16 October, 2020

Source: ScienceDaily
Author: University of Bristol

The fossilised remains of ancient deep-sea corals may act as time machines providing new insights into the effect the ocean has on rising CO₂ levels, according to new research carried out by the Universities of Bristol, St Andrews and Nanjing and published today [16 October] in Science Advances.

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British Columbia’s Seamounts Are Becoming Uninhabitable

1 October, 2020

Source: Hakai Magazine
Author: Judith Lavoie

In the northeast Pacific, the upper 3,000 meters of water has lost 15 percent of its oxygen over the past 60 years, and the top 500 meters is simultaneously becoming more acidic at an unprecedented rate, a study by Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientists has found.

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Deep-Sea Biologists Reveal Their 10 Favorite Creatures

1 October, 2020

Source: Nerdist
Author: Matthew Hart

A group of deep-sea biologists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has come out with a “Top 10” list of oceanic creatures. In the video below, the biologists describe the creatures, which, of course, all look like aliens. Although many of them are also breathtakingly beautiful.

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How Scientists Learn What Lives in the Deep Ocean

29 September, 2020

Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Author: Abigail Eisenstadt

In the fifteen years since it was first caught on camera, the giant squid has revealed many of its secrets. Researchers now know how it swims, some of its migration patterns and even how it might hunt. But they don’t know a lot about the ocean depths where it lives.

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The Great Barrier Reef Is Bleaching—but These Striking Deep-Sea Coral Gardens Near It Are Hanging on

2 July, 2020

Source: Gizmodo Earther

The Great Barrier Reef has been having a rough year. Warm waters have led to record coral bleaching this year and could hasten the reef’s die-off. But while surface corals are suffering, nearly a mile beneath the surface, deep-sea corals near the Great Barrier Reef are thriving.

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Earth’s final frontier: the global race to map the entire ocean floor

30 June, 2020

Source: The Guardian
Author: Laura Trethewey

On a wall facing Vicki Ferrini’s desk hangs a giant map of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. At 6ft by 8ft, it’s the largest size available on the printer at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, where she works as a geoinformatics researcher. “I of course want it even bigger,” she says.

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How volcanoes explode in the deep sea

29 June, 2020

Source: ScienceDaily

Explosive volcanic eruptions are possible deep down in the sea — although the water masses exert enormous pressure there. An international team reports in the journal Nature Geoscience how this can happen.

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Scientists Found a Vast, Deep Sea Coral Garden off Greenland’s Coast

29 June, 2020

Author: Dharna Noor
Source: Gizmodo Earther

In the depths of the water just west of Greenland, scientists have discovered a previously unknown coral garden. They described the ecosystem in a new study published in Frontiers in Marine Science on Monday.

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