Raising awareness for the marine ecosystem through public education, research & conservation. Join us! #WeSea #OpenYourEyes
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A 240-million-year-old #fossil of an #amphibian was found in a retaining wall in the 1990s. This significant find has now been formally named and described by #scientists at the @UNSW and the @austmus 🐸
#OpenYourEyes #ExtinctAnimals #Australia
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Before the horrific Maui fires, I had penned today’s essay for @nytimes on the summer’s frightening marine heat wave. nyti.ms/458wrS7
#Researchers trawling the #ocean near #Antarctica uncovered a new species of #SeaStar ⭐
#OpenYourEyes #MarineScience #NewSpecies #Underwater
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A 2.5 meters long #Whale that lived around 41 milion years ago has been #Discovered in #Egypt 🌍
#OpenYourEyes #Ocean #History #Palaeontology #Geology #Fossils #Africa
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The @UN has successfully transferred 1 million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker off the coast of Yemen, preventing an environmental & humanitarian catastrophe.
I urge donors to help bring this project to completion and remove any remaining threat to the Red Sea.
The lack of legal protections for large coastal #animals is leaving them, and their #ecosystems, at risk ⚠️
#OpenYourEyes #Nature #Life #Biodiversity #Ecology
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Minimizing human impacts could contribute to the #recovery of #reefs from #marine heatwaves. However, addressing issues such as #pollution and #overfishing alone won't be sufficient unless strong measures are taken to combat #GlobalWarming🌡️
#OpenYourEyes
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Found only in the Gulf of California, #vaquita porpoises are critically #endangered. The International Whaling Commission says their #extinction is inevitable unless bans on gillnetting are better enforced 🐬
#OpenYourEyes #Cetacean #California #Mexico
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#Reef experts say an #ElNiño climate pattern could take hold this #summer, raising the #risk of another mass #bleaching event further 🪸
#OpenYourEyes #GBR #Corals #Recovery #Ecology
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A company has said it intends to start mining #Minerals from the #Deep #SeaBed despite an #International meeting failing to grant #Permission
#OpenYourEyes #PacificOcean #Nodules
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A crab that serves as a linchpin for the production of vital medicines stands to benefit from new protective standards. But conservationists, who have been trying to save a declining bird, that depends on it, fear the protections still don’t go far enough
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The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has decided not to add the #GreatBarrierReef to its list of sites “in danger,” despite overwhelming scientific evidence that suggests it’s at risk of another mass #bleaching this coming #summer
#OpenYourEyes #Reef #Life
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Experts say ‘cocaine sharks’ may be feasting on drugs dumped off Florida | Florida | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2023…
Less than a century ago, the world's #oceans were swarming with giant #fish. Could we ever get them back?
@ZariaGorvett #OpenYourEyes #Fishing #Wildlife #Future
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There is a spot in the #IndianOcean where Earth’s gravitational pull is weaker, its mass is lower than normal, and the #SeaLevel dips by over 328 feet (100 meters)
#OpenYourEyes #Deep #Earth #Geology #Ocean #Science
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The #NorthPacific “Garbage Patch” is not only infamous for its #PlasticDebris accumulation but also serves as a #Habitat for a multitude of #MarineSpecies 🌀🪼
#OpenYourEyes #MarineLife #Pollution #Ecology
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#Satellite data shows that over the last 20 years, #colour shifts from blue to green have occurred over 56 per cent of our #ocean. The changes are particularly evident in #tropical regions near the #equator 🛰️
#OpenYourEyes #Blue #Green #Ecosystem
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The climate #benefits of healthy #seaweed forests have been "grossly underestimated" 🌱
#OpenYourEyes #Kelp #KelpForests #Carbon #ClimateCrisis
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A sudden marine #HeatWave off the coast of #Florida has surprised #scientists and sent water temperatures soaring to unprecedented highs, threatening one of the most severe #CoralBleaching events the state has ever seen
#OpenYourEyes #GlobalWarming #Reef
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A #survey of 84 #coral ecosystems at 25 locations across the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian #ocean basins found #plastic debris from human activities in almost all of them, both shallow and deep.
#openyoureyes #plasticpollution #reef
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