Source: Yale Environment 360
Scientists have discovered a massive deep-sea coral reef stretching at least 85 miles long off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. The previously unknown reef sits in complete darkness about a half-mile below the ocean surface and is teeming with Lophelia pertusa, a stony coral species, and a variety of other hard and soft corals, several news outlets reported.
Continue reading Scientists Find a Massive Deep Sea Reef Off the U.S. East Coast
Source: PhysOrg
Author: Cheryl Dybas, National Science Foundation
All life on Earth—from blue whales to microbes—uses carbon in one form or another. But all carbon is not created equal.
Source: The Irish Times
Author: Michael Viney
About 235km west of my workroom window, give or take a few Atlantic swells and bobbing plastic bottles, the continental shelf off Mayo slopes into the cavernous Rockall Trough.
Continue reading Hubs of deep-water life in need of greater protection
The deep ocean and the creatures that live there are facing a desperate future due to food shortages and changing temperatures, according to research exploring the impact of climate change and human activity on the world’s seas.
Continue reading Deep sea life faces dark future due to warming and food shortage
Source: The Guardian
Author: Nicola Davis
The deep ocean and the creatures that live there are facing a desperate future due to food shortages and changing temperatures, according to research exploring the impact of climate change and human activity on the world’s seas.
Continue reading Deep sea life faces dark future due to warming and food shortage
Source: Albuquerque Journal
Author: Kevin Freking
WASHINGTON — Creating the Atlantic Ocean’s first marine national monument is a needed response to dangerous climate change, oceanic dead zones and unsustainable fishing practices, President Barack Obama said Thursday.
Continue reading Obama: Oceans key to protecting planet from climate change
Source: BBC
Scientists have been taking samples of deep-sea marine life to find new ways of conserving ocean species.
Continue reading Plymouth and Oxford scientists in sea life conservation bid
Source: BBC News
British scientists are leading a mission to reveal the secrets of the deep Atlantic Ocean.
Continue reading Deep Atlantic: Scientists launch ocean mission
Source: The Japan Times
The deep oceans span more than half the globe and their frigid depths have long been known to contain vast, untapped deposits of prized minerals. These treasures of the abyss, however, have always been out of reach to miners.
Continue reading U.N. body issues exploration contracts as era of deep seabed mining nears
