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• Deep Sea Mining: Economic Bonanza or Environmental Boondoggle?

  
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  After decades of dreaming and scheming, companies say theyre finally ready to start mining the bottom of the worlds oceans for valuable minerals. Christopher Werth reports from London on one companys plans, how environmental scientists view the prospect of digging up the sea floor, and how Howard Hughes and the CIA ...
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• Call Me, Dolphin? Study Shows Dolphins Call Each Other by Name

  
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  Spectrograms of dolphin vocalizations. Top row are signature whistles; in the middle, signature...
  2 weeks ago

• Stranded Leatherback Sea Turtle Rescued

  
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  For this majestic species, the largest of all turtles, to be stranded ashore often means death. Leatherback sea turtles are among the world’s largest reptiles, and adults can weigh up to a 1000 pounds. Since this turtle is an open-sea creature, it does not grasp the concept of boundaries in its habitat. Therefore ...
  2 weeks ago

• Scientist at Work: Blaschka Glass Menagerie Inspires Marine Expedition

  
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  Two 19th-century glassmakers created a collection of anatomically perfect sculptures of marine creatures. Now, a hunt is on to find the animals that inspired them.        
  2 weeks ago

• Glass Mirrors Life in the Seas

  
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  A rescued collection of intricate glass models first crafted in the late 1800s provide a time capsule to test the health of today’s oceans.
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• Jellyfish Blooms Due To Overfishing, Research Finds

  
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  It’s a story we’ve written about for the last several years: Jellyfish swarms are becoming more common . For a while, the trend was noted only anecdotally, but last April, scientists from the University of British Columbia examined global data on jellyfish in a systematic fashion and confirmed that bloom of ...
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• Bygone Bycatch: The Overfishing of Billfish

  
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  Introduction to Overfishing The sea is a harsh mistress. For millennia, she has tantalized our kind with the promise of infinite bounty. However, we are just starting to realize the limits of infinity. Despite her immense size, her immeasurable depth, and her unfathomable biodiversity, Amphitrite is not limitless. The ...
  3 weeks ago

• James Cameron Donates Deepsea Challenger to Science

  
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  Nearly two years ago, I recorded an episode of TechStuff with Chris Pollette about deep sea explorations (you can click this link to listen to it). We talked about the barriers to deep sea exploration and the technology needed to overcome those barriers. We also talked a bit about James Cameron, award-winning ...
  3 weeks ago

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