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Advice for talking to the media as a conservation scientist: Part 4, common issues and their solutions ~ Many environmental scientists understand that there is value in communicating about their work through the media, as publicity can help raise public awareness....

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Bottom trawling dubbed ‘marine deforestation’ as activists push for sweeping ban ~ Several ocean campaign groups are calling on governments to ban the damaging fishing practice ahead of a landmark UN ocean conference in June.

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"Shocking" levels of microplastics found in sea turtle organs ~ Microplastics have been discovered in the vital organs of both male and female loggerhead sea turtles. It's a discovery scientists say "could spell disaster" for the population.

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New Study Calls for Uplisting Emperor Penguins to Threatened on IUCN Red List ~ Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have developed a novel approach to addressing uncertainties in ecological and environmental projections.

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Expedition links Antarctic glacial melting to climate catastrophe in Brazil ~ A team led by Brazilian researchers carried out a 70-day expedition around Antarctica to understand the melting rate of glacial ice and to see how the region is reacting to global warming.

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Unexpected Ecosystem Found Deep Below Red Sea Coral Reef ~ Scientists from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and the National Center for Wildlife report in PNAS NEXUS an unusual ecosystem below the third largest coral reef system in the world and the biggest in the Red Sea.

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Rewilding Coral Reefs ~ Rewilding is a popular term in conservation circles, but what does it mean, and is it appropriate for coral reefs? Should divers be clamoring for reef rewilding? Does it represent a significant advancement in coral reef conservation?

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Science and sense: has deep-sea mining industry run out of road? ~ Over the next two weeks, nations will convene at the International Seabed Authority Council meeting in Jamaica to continue negotiations on controversial deep-sea mining under the new leadership of Secretary General, Leticia Carvalho.

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Tell Congress to Fund our National Marine Sanctuaries ~ Congress is deciding our government’s budget for FY26. The funding they allocate for our national marine sanctuaries determines our ability to continue our critical work of protecting precious natural resources and wildlife.

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We ( @drcatmac.bsky.social and I) are writing a marine conservation science and policy textbook! We'd love to include case studies of ocean conservation success stories, and we welcome submissions of ideas here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Please be clear and detailed! 🧪🦑🌎🐟

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It's a Small World After All Sharks and rays have experienced some of the most severe population declines of any animals on the planet today! As many as 300 species are now considered threatened with extinction! The major driver of these declines is overfishing.

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Defending the Ocean: Is 30 percent protection enough? ~ The ocean is a herculean ally in the face of the climate crisis, soaking up billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, producing over half Earth’s oxygen, and absorbing around 90% of excess heat...

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Trump moves to increase logging in national forests ~ Trump directed federal agencies to examine ways to bypass endangered species protections and other environmental regulations to ramp up timber production across 280 million acres of national forests and other public lands.

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“They want to send us to the Dark Ages” A US agency head who once called for the government to be “starved in order to dismantle it” is spearheading a second tsunami of layoffs at federal agencies.

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How much progress have we made on climate change? ~ Progress is happening all over the world. I couldn’t fit the entire world into my studio though, so built a model.

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Continued Atlantic overturning circulation even under climate extremes ~ Here we show that the AMOC is resilient to extreme greenhouse gas and North Atlantic freshwater forcings across 34 climate models.

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Where Have All The Turtles Gone (at Cocos Island National Park)? ~ A new scientific paper (with a long name) shows a strong correlation with the decline of sea turtles and the appearance of tiger sharks at Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica.

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Seagrass Gardening ~ From tiny seeds come big results: replanting seagrass meadows that help fish, protect coastlines, and absorb climate-heating carbon dioxide.

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Cash for Corals: Exploiting Ecosystems on Their Way to Extinction ~ Experts say the growing commercial trade in wild, threatened species like corals is unacceptable and irresponsible.

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This Is The Best Evidence That Atlantic Currents Are Slowing (AMOC Explained) ~ Ocean scientist, Lisa Beal, has discovered that the Gulf Stream is slowing down, indicating a potential tipping point for the AMOC.

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Whales sing when they’ve had a good meal – new research ~ Spanning more octaves than a piano, humpback whales sing powerfully into the vast ocean. These songs are beautifully complex, weaving phrases and themes into masterful compositions.

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The U.S. terminated its 30×30 conservation plan but this also presents an opportunity (commentary) ~ In his first week in office back in 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a historic commitment to conserve 30% of America’s lands and waters by 2030.

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Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere ~ US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.

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Ignorance is not bliss: what we don’t know about Atlantic guitarfish will hurt them ~ When I tell you that the Atlantic guitarfish (Pseudobatos lentiginosus) is understudied, what exactly do I mean?

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Whale shark sex detectives uncover vital clue to reproduction ~ Whale sharks might be the largest fish on the planet, but they are also the most elusive with little known about their reproductive strategies, including where they go to give birth.

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Bird Flu Is Here Cows in North America are getting bird flu. What happened? How did we get here? And is this the next pandemic? In this deep dive narrative history of avian influenza, SciShow takes on these questions.

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Trump's "utter contempt" for ocean protection faces first legal action ~ Before leaving office in January this year, the former President Joe Biden moved to protect large swathes of ocean around the North American coastline from future oil and gas leasing.

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How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to se ~ Information on the internet might seem like it’s there forever, but it’s only as permanent as people choose to make it.

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Can probiotics make coral reefs healthier? ~ As ocean warming becomes more extreme, coral bleaching events, which occur when corals expel microscopic algae (microalgae) residing within corals’ tissues, are happening more frequently.

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Trawl fishing is 'economic and climate time bomb' say UK scientists ~ More than 20 of the UK's leading names in marine science have signed an open letter to the UK government calling on the implementation of a promised blanket ban on bottom-trawl fishing.

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Ten new sponge species discovered off Hawaii ~ The amount of new marine species being discovered around the globe is testament to the fact how much there is left to explore in the oceans. The latest discoveries - ten new marine sponge species - were made off Hawaii.

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Melting glaciers behind nearly 2cm in sea level rises ~ Melting glaciers around the world have been losing ice at a rate of 273 billion tonnes a year for the last 25 years, making them the second-largest contributor to global sea level rises, a new international study has detailed.

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New Videos Show Massive Bleaching On One Of World's Most Pristine Coral Reefs ~ Reefs worldwide are in trouble, but Ningaloo should be one of those best-placed to weather the threats.

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Exclusive: These universities have the most retracted scientific articles ~ A first-of-its-kind analysis by Nature reveals which institutions are retraction hotspots.

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Microplastics found at higher concentrations in human brains ~ The tiny bits of plastic pollution that make their way from the environment into our bodies accumulate at much higher concentrations in the human brain than in other organs, a new study shows.

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The effects of vessel speed and size on the lethality of strikes of large whales in U.S. waters ~ Vessel strikes are a substantial source of mortality for large whales worldwide and may pose conservation threats for small populations.

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Green staghorn coral may be more likely to survive ocean warming if crabs are around ~ A team of environmental scientists has found that green staghorn coral around Heron Island are more likely to survive warming water temperatures if hoof-clawed crabs live in the near vicinity.

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How will we ever count them all? ~ That is the question on all our minds when, at 1 a.m., the peak of high tide, hundreds of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) arrive, dragging themselves along the beach, driven by the primal urge to dig a nest and lay their eggs.

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Cuttlefish ink may overwhelm sharks’ sense of smell ~ The defense mechanism exploits the predators’ keen scent detection

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Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. ~ The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”

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The Three-Way Race to Exploit Deep-Sea Life ~ The genetic bounty of the deep sea is being patented by a handful of multinationals.

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The Jewish Ocean Conservation Group Every Diver Should Know About ~ Repair the Sea uses Jewish theology to advocate for saving the ocean

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European sea surface temperature ~ According to climate projections, sea surface temperature in European seas are expected to increase another 2-6°C by 2100 under the high emissions scenario.

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Madagascar a hotspot for rare rays, but where are its reef species? ~ Scientists have recorded encouraging signs for spinetail devil, oceanic manta, and shorthorned pygmy devil rays off the coast of Madagascar but concern grows for the regions' reef rays....

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Collective Effort Begins to Map Seagrasses in the Western Indian Ocean ~ A proverb says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This is borne out in science, where a collective approach is often the best way to solve a difficult problem.

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The World Currently Lacks the Ability to Govern Deep-Sea Mining ~ Despite continued negotiations in 2024, the regulatory framework meant to govern commercial-scale deep-sea mining is still years from being finalized by members of the International Seabed Authority (ISA)...

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Scientist Seeks to Combat Illegal Fishing by Increasing Transparency in Senegal's Seafood Supply Chain ~ Pew marine fellow’s work engages artisanal fishers to better understand drivers of unlawful fishing

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‘We Are Known As the Salmon People’ ~ How Indigenous people and their partners are working to recover wild salmon in New Brunswick, Canada

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