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Researchers make stunning discovery after studying major river for more than 2 decades: 'Recovered significantly' The Kosterhavet National Park on the west coast of Sweden saw significant positive changes to marine life after implementing trawling restrictions.

"Animals that capture nutrients through filtration, such as #mussels, #anemones, and soft #corals, do not thrive when bottom trawls stir up sediment from the #seabed. Several of these species have recovered significantly." www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/kos...

This week in the Deep-Sea Round-Up:
🔸️A brand new issue of Deep-Sea Life with a brand new look!
🔸️Register for DOSI’s events at #COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion!

Read the latest Deep-Sea Round-Up here: www.dosi-project.org/dosi-deep-se...

📷 vampire squid by Schmidt Ocean Institute.

Cristina (left), Susana (middle) and Joe (right) stand in front of a banner with a sea turtle on it and the text 'SPAW Protocol - specially protected areas and wildlife. Protecting and preserving biodiversity for future generations.'

A large group of people sit at desks set out in a square. At the front of the room, flags from different countries have been hung

🌿 JNCC at @unep.org #CartagenaConvention COP 18 and #SPAWProtocol COP13 🌿

Last week, we presented our project: “Blue Growth through Green Restoration: Capacity Building on Seagrass Ecosystems under the Cartagena Convention”

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YouTube video by Fundación MarViva Documentary - Installation of smart buoys in the waters of the Thermal Dome

More than 200 miles off the coast of Central America, eight bright buoys are floating that are changing the way we understand the ocean. Cooperation to explore the Thermal Dome, an oasis of marine life and productivity in the tropical Pacific! @blueactionfund.org @sargadom.bsky.social

University of Miami Rosenstiel School (@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social) The Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science is one of the world’s premier education and research institutions.

A decade of BGC-Argo and plankton records shows North Pacific heatwaves reshape food webs and trap small particles in midwater, slowing deep-ocean carbon export. Impacts vary by event, underscoring the need for sustained ocean monitoring. @mbarinews.bsky.social @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social

Happening now #IUCNcongress Congress Opening Ceremony themed "Revitalising global governance for nature and people." speakers will highlight the value of multilateralism in a polarised world!

Marine heatwaves have hidden impacts on ocean food webs and carbon cycling • MBARI New study analyzing data from robotic floats and plankton records reveals how marine heatwaves reshape ocean food webs and slow transport of carbon to the deep sea.

A new study led by @globaloceanbgc.bsky.social researchers at MBARI has found that marine heatwaves can reshape ocean food webs, slowing the transport of carbon to the deep sea and hampering the ocean’s ability to buffer against climate change.

Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/marine-...

SWOT Sharpens Seafloor Focus A satellite-mounted instrument has in just one year produced higher-resolution imagery of the global seafloor than that from comparable systems over the past 30 years.

🌊 A study led by Scripps postdoctoral researcher Yao Yu shows how NASA’s SWOT satellite is transforming our view of the deep ocean. In just one year, NASA’s SWOT satellite has mapped the seafloor in greater detail than similar systems achieved in 3 decades.
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/swot-sh...

Native language differences in the structural connectome of the human brain Is the neuroanatomy of the language structural connectome modulated by the life-long experience of speaking a specific language? The current study com…

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See what happens under extremely high pressure? What the video.

A new study by Research Project Grantee, Professor Chris Perry @exeter.ac.uk, and others projects that most coral reefs will soon stop growing and may begin to erode as the climate warms. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e... @exetermarine.bsky.social @nature.com

24 years on, part one of WTO treaty curbing fisheries subsidies takes effect Part one of the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s treaty to ban harmful fisheries subsidies finally came into force Sept. 15. WTO member states adopted the treaty in June 2022 following a grueling…

The first part of the WTO’s treaty banning harmful fisheries subsidies, known as Fish One, entered into force Sept. 15 after more than two decades of negotiation.

The treaty will lapse in four years if no follow-up “Fish Two” deal can be reached, but negotiations remain stalled.

HISTORIC MILESTONE FOR GLOBAL OCEAN PROTECTION: 60th ratification triggers entry into force of High Seas Treaty - High Seas Alliance 19 September 2025. Following the deposit of ratification instruments by four new countries this week at the United Nations–Sri Lanka, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone and Morocco- the High...

🎉 Celebrating a huge win for the Ocean! 60 countries have officially ratified the High Seas Treaty, triggering its entry into force 🎉

The High Seas Treaty is an essential building block for us to regenerate ocean health by 2030. 🌊

📚 Read more: highseasalliance.org/2025/09/19/h...

How can the #HighSeasTreaty help enable the protection of nearly half of our planet?

Discover how we can protect it for future generations: buff.ly/mQVvEgX #RaceForRatification

Jährlich bis zu 810.000 Tonnen mehr recycelte Rohstoffe möglich: Deutsche Umwelthilfe fordert volle Herstellerverantwortung bei Sammlung und Entsorgung von Elektroaltgeräten • DUH-Studie zeigt auf: Durch Umstieg von geteilter auf vollständige Herstellerverantwortung könnte Elektroschrott-Sammelziel endlich erreicht werden• Großes Potenzial: Jährlich bis zu 810.000 Tonnen ...

Was bringt jährlich bis zu 810.000 Tonnen mehr recycelte Rohstoffe, 1,9 Millionen Tonnen CO2-Einsparung und 39.000 zusätzliche Arbeitsplätze? Die volle Herstellerverantwortung bei Sammlung und Entsorgung von Elektroaltgeräten. Das zeigt unsere neue Studie. www.duh.de/presse/press...

Albatrosses are majestic birds known for soaring thousands of miles over the ocean, but they’re in trouble.

A new paper led by BAS scientists has found that the number of breeding pairs of albatrosses in South Georgia has decreased - one species by 66% in 40 years!

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"„Permafrostgebiete speichern doppelt so viel Quecksilber wie alle anderen Böden, die Ozeane und die Atmosphäre zusammen.“ Wenn Permafrostboden im Zuge der #Erderwärmung auftaut, droht also eine erhebliche Belastung der #Arktis durch das giftige Metall."
www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/kultur/gesel...

The sailing freighter SV Juren Ae has become a symbol of low-emission shipping & maritime resilience in the Pacific. Funded by the #IKI, it demonstrates how innovation, local ownership & political will can drive a just maritime transition ➡️ buff.ly/ZHmZ1Ea
@giz.de
#IKItopics #SustainableTransport

Ultra-processed foods cause negative health effects within weeks, study finds In a clinical trial similar to those used for testing medicines, scientists studied the health impacts of a diet filled with ultra-processed foods. Results show that numerous biological processes are ...

"ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are detrimental, regardless of calorie intake ... accounting for over 50% of total energy intake in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and the USA" 🤦

To defend against Russian tanks, Finland and Poland consider restoring wetlands Finland and Poland are both considering rewetting dried-out peatbogs to form defence barriers against a potential Russian ground invasion. Restoring these natural carbon sinks could also bring signifi...

They should do it anyway for the environmental benefits.

Two weeks of #BBNJPrepCom negotiations in New York brought governments one step closer to ensuring the BBNJ Agreement is ready to deliver when it enters into force. But much work still remains.

Read our reflections on #BBNJPrepCom 2: highseasalliance.org/treatytracke...

The #BBNJ Preparatory Commission deliberated on governance issues, operation of the Clearing-House Mechanism, and financial rules, resources, and the financial mechanism to prepare for the imminent entry into force of the High Seas Treaty

Summary ➡️ enb.iisd.org/marine-biodi...

Extreme Heat Makes Your Body Age Faster A study reveals that extreme heat accelerates biological aging even more than smoking or drinking.

A study reveals that extreme heat accelerates biological aging even more than smoking or drinking.
www.wired.com/story/your-b...

See you at #BlueFinance2025 in London?!

84% of the world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.

"The best way to protect coral reefs is to address the root cause of climate change. And that means reducing the human emissions that are mostly from burning of fossil fuels." apnews.com/article/cora... @apnews.com

A small cunner (Tautogolabrus adspersus) peers through strands of sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) in a lush kelp forest ecosystem on Cashes Ledge in the Gulf of Maine.

Kelp forests on the coast of Maine are in decline owing to rapid ocean warming and are being replaced by turf algae, which alter the ecosystem’s chemistry, hindering the recovery of kelp forests.

Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/4dwzl8j

Commission publishes 2025 report on EU blue economy Today, the European Commission published its 2025 EU Blue Economy Report. The report presents the economic performance of the EU blue economy sectors and provides estimations of their economic perform...

EU 🇪🇺 #BlueEconomy Report 2025: nature-based solutions offer opportunities to strengthen coastal protection and reduce the risks of flooding and coastal erosion. Their benefits are estimated to outweigh the costs by a factor of > 3.5.
#EMD2025 2/2 👇
oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/news/commiss...

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Die Frühjahrsdürre scheint sich auszudehnen.
Das Europäische Wettermodell ECMWF prognostiziert für Juni bis August hohe Temperaturen und Trockenheit. Bei allen Unsicherheiten der Prognose: Wir müssen das Wasser in der Landschaft halten, Auen vergrößern,Moore vernässen und Wald klimastabiler machen.

🦪Wow: New study shows that noise pollution also disturbs mussels: shipping noise caused stress-related inflammation with increased energy demand, higher protein turnover & disrupted nervous system activity,promoting delayed larval metamorphosis in suboptimal habitats.
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...