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Tiger sharks can grow even larger than great whites (Getty )
Tiger sharks expanding range and could increasingly encounter humans as oceans warm due to climate crisis
January 21, 2022

Warming oceans due to the climate crisis are having a significant impact on the migratory patterns of tiger sharks, allowing the apex predator to expand its range, but also exposing them to new risks, a new study has warned.

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Shark Fishing Is Now Banned in Hawaiian Waters
January 13, 2022

As of Jan. 1, it is no longer legal to fish for sharks in Hawaiian waters.

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Antarctic hydrothermal vents. Credit: MARUM, Bremen Germany
Deep-sea mining may wipe out species we have only just discovered
December 16, 2021

Deep sea hydrothermal vents harbor some of the most extraordinary species on our planet.

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Coastal podded hydroid Aglaophenia pluma, an open-ocean crab (Planes genus) and open-ocean gooseneck barnacles (Lepas genus) colonizing a piece of floating debris. Credit: Smithsonian Institution
Ocean plastic is creating new communities of life on the high seas
December 3, 2021

Coastal plants and animals have found a new way to survive in the open ocean—by colonizing plastic pollution. A new commentary published Dec.

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ocean and sky
Protecting the Pacific's endangered marine species using artificial intelligence
November 27, 2021

The pelagic ocean covers over 50 percent of the planet's surface and many of the species that call it home travel thousands of miles each year, seeking food and suitable nursery grounds.

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A deep-sea crinoid (Pentometrocrinus sp.) swimming in the water column. Image courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.
If marine noise pollution is bad, deep-sea mining could add to the cacophony
November 27, 2021

A new report suggests that the noise pollution produced by deep-sea mining activities could have far-reaching effects on the marine environment, from surface to seafloor.

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Study finds that remote ocean wilderness areas are sustaining fish populations much better than some of the world’s best marine reserves. Credit - Enric Sala
Study: Remote Ocean Wilderness Areas are “Living Time Machines,” Teeming with Large Fish
November 26, 2021

A new, widespread study of the global state of marine coral reef wilderness by WCS, NGS, and university collaborators found that remote ocean wilderness areas are sustaining fish populations much better than some of the world’s best marine reserves.

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A turtle in the rich waters off Ecuador, one of the world’s key migratory route for the reptiles, as well as whales, sharks and rays. Populations of these species have plummeted this century. Photograph: Luiz Puntel/Alamy
Latin American countries join reserves to create vast marine protected area
November 5, 2021

'Mega-MPA’ in Pacific will link waters of Ecuador, Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica to protect migratory turtles, whales and sharks from fishing fleets. Four Pacific-facing Latin American nations have committed to joining their marine reserves to form one interconnected area, creating one of

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Scientists around the world work with samples collected by commercial whalers. Photo by Arctic Images/Alamy Stock Photo
The Inconsistent Ethics of Whale Research
October 15, 2021

Nearly 40 years after a majority of the member states of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) voted in 1982 to suspend commercial whaling indefinitely, whaling continues, albeit to a lesser extent—as does scientific research using the products of that whaling.

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The Melbourne Skate is assessed as vulnerable in the Action Plan for Australian Sharks and Rays 2021. Credit: Ian Shaw
First complete national assessment of Australia's sharks and rays
September 24, 2021

The first complete assessment of extinction risk for all Australian sharks, rays and ghost sharks reveals Australia is home to more than a quarter of shark species on the planet, but 12 percent of those are at risk of extinction.

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