Source: Radio France Inter
This week on France Inter radio, Presidential candidate Yannick Jadot calls for seabed protection.
Continue reading French presidential candidate calls for seabed protection
29 January, 2022
deep sea coral
16 October, 2020
Source: ScienceDaily
Author: University of Bristol
The fossilised remains of ancient deep-sea corals may act as time machines providing new insights into the effect the ocean has on rising CO2 levels, according to new research carried out by the Universities of Bristol, St Andrews and Nanjing and published today [16 October] in Science Advances.
Continue reading Deep sea coral time machines reveal ancient CO2 burps
1 October, 2020
Source: Hakai Magazine
Author: Judith Lavoie
In the northeast Pacific, the upper 3,000 meters of water has lost 15 percent of its oxygen over the past 60 years, and the top 500 meters is simultaneously becoming more acidic at an unprecedented rate, a study by Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientists has found.
Continue reading British Columbia’s Seamounts Are Becoming Uninhabitable
29 September, 2020
Source: Scoop.co.nz
Author: Forest & Bird
Forest & Bird has released photos obtained through the Official Information Act of 29 species of coral fished up from the ocean floor around New Zealand in the last 18 months.
Continue reading Observer Photos Show Destruction Of Deep Sea Coral
The Great Barrier Reef Is Bleaching—but These Striking Deep-Sea Coral Gardens Near It Are Hanging on
2 July, 2020
Source: Gizmodo Earther
The Great Barrier Reef has been having a rough year. Warm waters have led to record coral bleaching this year and could hasten the reef’s die-off. But while surface corals are suffering, nearly a mile beneath the surface, deep-sea corals near the Great Barrier Reef are thriving.
29 June, 2020
Author: Dharna Noor
Source: Gizmodo Earther
In the depths of the water just west of Greenland, scientists have discovered a previously unknown coral garden. They described the ecosystem in a new study published in Frontiers in Marine Science on Monday.
Continue reading Scientists Found a Vast, Deep Sea Coral Garden off Greenland’s Coast
19 November, 2019
Source: Stuff.co.nz
Author: Amber-Leigh Woolf
Commercial fishers are “bulldozing” ocean floors, says Greenpeace.
Its calculations show that in the 2017-2018 fishing season, New Zealand commercial fishing vessels destroyed up to 3000 tonnes of coral and other vulnerable species through bottom trawling.
Continue reading Fishing vessels ‘bulldozing’ oceans, destroying 3000 tonnes of coral in one year
13 November, 2019
Source: SciTechDaily
A collaboration between researchers at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), Hawai‘i Pacific University (HPU) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revealed for the first time growth rates of deep-sea coral communities and the pattern of colonization by various species.
Continue reading Growth Rates of Deep-Sea Coral Communities Revealed for the First Time
19 September, 2019
Source: Phys.org
Author: Krystle Anderson
The deep, cold waters off the rocky coast of Point Sur, California, are home to an unexpected community of organisms that most people associate with tropical settings—corals. Scientist Charlie Boch and his colleagues recently compared different methods to restore deep-sea coral by transplanting live coral fragments and measuring their survival rates. The experiment was conducted on Sur Ridge, 60 kilometers (37 miles) offshore and 800 to 1,300 meters (2,624 to 4,265 feet) below the ocean’s surface.
Continue reading Learning how to restore deep-sea coral communities
7 August, 2019
Source: Phys.org
For decades, overfishing and trawling devastated parts of an underwater mountain range in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii, wrecking deep-sea corals and destroying much of their ecological community.
Continue reading Depleted seamounts near Hawaii recovering after decades of federal protection