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Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo Gives USA Grad Students 500 Samples in 72 Hours
University of South Alabama graduate students harvested roughly 500 biological samples from red snapper and grouper at the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, building a dataset on Gulf of Mexico deep-reef fish that conventional research vessels cannot cost-effectively replicate.
Sharks Make Clicking Sounds During Social Contact, Study Finds
A 2023 University of Auckland study captured sharks producing short bursts of clicks during close social contact, offering the first peer-reviewed acoustic evidence that challenges the long-held assumption that sharks are completely silent.
Deep-Sea Pressure Kills at 1,000 Feet — One Man Fished Above It on His Last Day
Deep-sea pressure doubles every 33 feet and turns lethal long before the ocean floor. Brian Smith, a stage 4 cancer patient from Tuscaloosa, spent his final wish on a Gulf fishing trip — a story that illuminates both the science of ocean depth and what a single day on open water can mean.
Deep-Sea Mining Threatens 62% of Hydrothermal Vent Mollusks, IUCN Warns
A new IUCN Red List update finds that 62% of the 201 mollusk species living exclusively around hydrothermal vents are now threatened with extinction, with commercial-scale deep-sea mining identified as the primary driver.
How Deep-Sea Giants Survive 5+ Years Without a Single Meal
A new study in Cell documents a supergiant deep-sea isopod surviving over five years without food, revealing an oversized stomach for mass storage and an ultra-slow metabolism — possibly regulated by a single gene — as the twin engines of extreme fasting survival. Greenland sharks, living past 400 years on minimal calories, run a strikingly similar biological playbook.
Fossil Fuel Transition Science: Why Ocean Carbon Makes Delay Irreversible
The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, held in Santa Marta, Colombia, gains new weight when understood through ocean carbonate chemistry and climate tipping point science — both of which show that delay is not a postponement but a physical commitment to a worse baseline.Load More
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