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New Research: Over 5,000 New Species Found in Future Mining Hotspot in the Pacific

DPG Editorial Staff | May 26, 2023 10:30 AM

A new survey concludes that a total of 5,578 different species have been found in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific—around 90% are thought to be new to science
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Invitation: UN World Oceans Day 2023 Virtual Event

Ian Bongso-Seldrup | May 3, 2023 9:00 PM

You can join the UN World Oceans Day virtual event, as the UN celebrates the 2023 theme, Planet Ocean, to reshape how we view the Earth and generate a new wave of excitement towards protecting the ocean and the entirety of our blue planet
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Global Sea Surface Temperature Hits New Record High

Ian Bongso-Seldrup | Apr 25, 2023 9:30 PM

A strong El Niño weather event setting in over the coming months could create disastrous regional spikes in sea surface temperature
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New Hydrothermal Vent Fields Discovered on Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Ian Bongso-Seldrup | Apr 23, 2023 10:00 AM

The hydrothermal vents were around 6,500 feet deep and were teeming with life, including a rare bigfin squid and huge swarms of shrimp
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Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt Threatens Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean

Ian Bongso-Seldrup | Mar 16, 2023 8:00 PM

The so-called Atlantic sargassum belt is massive this year—more than 5,000-miles long and weighing an estimated 10 million tons
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Bob Brown Foundation, Sea Shepherd Call for an End to Krill Fishing

Ian Bongso-Seldrup | Mar 14, 2023 7:30 PM

The environmental groups have filmed supertrawlers from China, Chile and South Korea trawling right through a megapod of over 100 fin whales
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Dead Fish Wash Up in Florida as Red Tide Returns Early

Ian Bongso-Seldrup | Mar 8, 2023 7:00 AM

Potentially harmful concentrations of toxic algae have been detected in the waters along about 150 miles of Florida’s Gulf Coast
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High Seas Treaty: Landmark Agreement Reached after Two Decades of Talks

Ian Bongso-Seldrup | Mar 5, 2023 6:00 PM

The UN “High Seas Treaty” aims to place 30% of the oceans into protected areas, channel money into marine conservation, and impose new rules for mining at sea
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Japan Just Discovered 7,000 New Islands

Ian Bongso-Seldrup | Mar 3, 2023 7:00 AM

The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan revealed that the nation now has more than 14,000 islands, more than double the previous official figure
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Scientists Record Orcas Killing 17 Sharks in South Africa

Ian Bongso-Seldrup | Feb 28, 2023 6:00 AM

A pair of bloodthirsty killer whales is after shark livers and hearts!
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