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'Ghost Gear,' or Abandoned Fishing Equipment, Is Haunting the Oceans. Here's How Conservationists Are Fighting Back Discarded nets, lines and traps are a hazard to marine life and ecosystems around the world, but pioneering programs are tackling the problem creatively through education, prevention, ocean cleanups…

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‘Ghost Gear,’ or Abandoned Fishing Equipment, Is Haunting the Oceans. Here’s How Conservationists Are Fighting Back

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How Hurricane Melissa got so dangerous so fast As the storm threatens Jamaica, "the role climate change has played in making Hurricane Melissa incredibly dangerous is undeniable."

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How Hurricane Melissa got so dangerous so fast

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Salmon Are Recolonizing Klamath River After Dam Removals One year after four dams were removed on the Klamath River spanning the Oregon-California border, fall Chinook salmon have made it into previously inaccessible spawning grounds. Earlier this month,…

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Progress!

Salmon are recolonizing Klamath River After Dam Removals in Oregon-California

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Good Samaritans Stripped Down to Briefs to Rescue 3 Stranded Whales on Canadian Beach (WATCH) Two men in Nova Scotia stripped down to their briefs and rescued three pilot whales that were stranded on the beach.

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Good Samaritans Stripped Down to Briefs to Rescue 3 Stranded Whales on Canadian Beach (WATCH)

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Inside the illegal eel trade: is there a way to stop Europe’s biggest wildlife crime before it’s too late? Interviews with experts and key players across four countries reveal why efforts to stop the multibillion-euro trafficking industry have failed – and how to save the endangered fish

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Inside the illegal eel trade: is there a way to stop Europe’s biggest wildlife crime before it’s too late?

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Oregon sea stars bounce back from near extinction after years of decline A similar recovery has not been observed among sunflower sea stars which are linked to the vanishing of Oregon's underwater kelp forests.

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Progress! Oregon sea stars bounce back from near extinction after years of decline ✨

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Arctic seals edge closer to extinction as sea ice vanishes Three Arctic seal species have moved closer to extinction, as rapid sea ice loss continues to erode their breeding and feeding grounds, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of…

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Arctic seals edge closer to extinction as sea ice vanishes

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Antarctic krill: how did a paperclip-sized crustacean cause a diplomatic row – and why are they so important? Russia’s arrest of a Ukrainian scientist this week over his support for curbs on krill fishing have thrown the vital role of the tiny marine species into the spotlight

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Explainer: Antarctic krill: how did a paperclip-sized crustacean cause a diplomatic row – and why are they so important?

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Researchers in Japan discover new jellyfish species deserving of a samurai warrior name A student-led research group from Tohoku University has discovered a new species of the venomous Physalia (commonly known as Portuguese man-of-war) that has never been seen before in northeast Japan.…

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Researchers in Japan discover new jellyfish species deserving of a samurai warrior name

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Marine heatwave over Pacific Ocean could lead to flooding in north-west Severe ‘blob’ or marine heatwave can lead to increased inundation and wintery weather in eastern North America

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Marine heatwave over Pacific Ocean could lead to flooding in Northwest US, increased wintery weather in Eastern US

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Humpback Whale Population Now Well Above Pre-Whaling Levels in Australia 50,000 is substantially more than other Australian whale populations, some of which seem to have even plateaued under pre-whaling levels.

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Progress! 🎉

Humpback Whale Population Now Well Above Pre-Whaling Levels in Australia

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Sea Turtles Rebounding Worldwide as Nests and Habitat are More Protected, Says 2025 NOAA Study With new protections and conservation efforts, sea turtle populations are rebounding worldwide, even as oceans change, says 2025 NOAA study.

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Sea Turtles Rebounding Worldwide as Nests and Habitat are More Protected, Says 2025 NOAA Study

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Millions of crabs migrate to reach ocean on Christmas Island Tens of millions of red crabs are crawling their way to the ocean as part of their annual migration on Christmas Island.

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Indian Ocean: Millions of crabs migrate to reach ocean on Christmas Island

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Beasts of the Sea: the tragic story of how the ‘gentle, lovable’ sea cow became the perfect victim Iida Turpeinen’s novel has been a sensation in her native Finland. On the eve of its UK publication, she talks about her compulsion to tell of the sociable giant’s plight

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Beasts of the Sea: the tragic story of how the ‘gentle, lovable’ sea cow became the perfect victim

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Spotlight: Ocean Meditation for a Tense Moment Our remarkable ocean planet has endured for countless millennia, and some of the oldest creatures – horseshoe crabs – have been living on this earth for hundreds of millions of years. O…

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Spotlight: Ocean Meditation for a Tense Moment ✨

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A 'Secret Weapon' for Fighting Climate Change Comes Surging Back Capturing carbon 35 times faster than the Amazon, seagrasses have faced centuries of decline. Now restoration projects across North America are seeing their meadows quadruple in size.

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A ‘Secret Weapon’ for Fighting Climate Change Comes Surging Back

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Northwest scientists hope underwater fiber-optic cables can help save endangered orcas Scientists from the University of Washington recently deployed a little over 1 mile of fiber-optic cable in the Salish Sea to test whether internet cables can monitor endangered orcas.

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Northwest scientists hope underwater fiber-optic cables can help save endangered orcas
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What on Earth is ‘coral bleaching’? Climate change is happening. And it’s placing the world’s reefs in peril. What can be done?

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What on Earth is ‘coral bleaching’?

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Vintage Monterey Bay Aquarium shirt worn by Taylor Swift inspires $1M fundraiser for sea otters Swifties did a deep dive and traced Taylor's vintage shirt to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which brought it back as a fundraiser for their sea otter program. Here's how to get your paws on one of them:

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Vintage @MontereyAq shirt worn by Taylor Swift inspires $1M fundraiser for sea otters 🏆

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‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast Determined to find a solution to the discarded plastic nets, Ian Falconer found a way to convert them into filament for 3D printing, for use in products from motorbikes to sunglasses

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‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast

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USS Arizona Provides Blueprint for Addressing Oil Leakage at Thousands of WWII Shipwrecks - environment coastal & offshore A new study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin shows that oil is still seeping from the wreck of the USS Arizona, more than 80 years after its sinking at Pearl Harbor.

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USS Arizona Provides Blueprint for Addressing Oil Leakage at Thousands of WWII Shipwrecks

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Everglades Farm Is Reviving Florida’s Oyster Industry, Making the Tables of Michelin-Starred Restaurants Why would anyone want to eat a filter feeder who filters a swampy freshwater lake? Easy answer, as it turns out: they're delicious.

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Progress! Everglades Farm Is Reviving Florida’s Oyster Industry, Making the Tables of Michelin-Starred Restaurants

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Tristan da Cunha: The lobsters keeping Earth's remotest town afloat The most remote inhabited island is racing to protect its seas – and only source of income.

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The lobsters keeping Earth's remotest town afloat

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Humpback calves need 38 times more energy after birth than in womb The energy required for newborn humpback calves to grow after birth is 38 times greater than what they needed inside the womb according to research from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi…

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Humpback calves need 38 times more energy after birth than in womb 😮

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Alzheimer’s-Type Neuropathology Could Be Linked to Dolphin Strandings - environment coastal & offshore In the case of marine mammals, it appears that Alzheimer’s-type neuropathology and disorientation may result from chronic exposure to toxic molecules produced by cyanobacteria.

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Researchers: Alzheimer’s-Type Neuropathology Could Be Linked to Dolphin Strandings

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Locally Extinct for a Century, Bay Scallops Thriving Again on Virginia Shore of Chesapeake Bay Bay scallops are making an incredible resurgence in coastal bays along Virginia's Eastern Shore, according to a new survey.

#MondayMotivation #OceanHeroes 🏆

Locally Extinct for a Century, Bay Scallops Thriving Again on Virginia Shore of Chesapeake Bay

"The exponential population growth is the result of decades of dedicated seagrass restoration efforts"

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Determined Scientists Created Only Puffin Colony in the US, and Continue to Protect it Decades Later - Good News Network For 50 years, the state of Maine has drawn worldwide attention for its efforts to restore a puffin colony, an effort that has brought controversy, hope, and a cottage industry you have to see to…

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Determined Scientists Created Only Puffin Colony in the US, and Continue to Protect it Decades Later

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Rare Glimpse at Understudied Ecosystem Prompts Caution on Deep-Sea Mining - environment coastal & offshore An enormous but poorly understood region of the global ocean—referred to as the abyssal benthic boundary layer—lies just a few meters above the seafloor and has only been sampled a handful of times.…

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Rare Glimpse at Understudied Ecosystem Prompts Caution on Deep-Sea Mining

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How to use 8 arms? Octopuses tend to explore with their front limbs Scientists have discovered that octopuses don't have a dominant arm, but they more often use their front arms for tasks.

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How to use 8 arms? Octopuses tend to explore with their front limbs ✨

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'We've raised thousands': The pickle-shaped 'janitors' cleaning Filipino reefs Sea cucumbers, or 'janitors of the sea', scour and clean the seafloor, allowing other animals to thrive. In the Philippines, a group of women stand guard to help them multiply.

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The pickle-shaped 'janitors' cleaning Filipino reefs

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