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Deep-Sea Mining: A Reality Check

Deep-Sea Mining: A Reality Check

Donna Recor

Deep-sea mining: an untested industry at the ocean floor with significant environmental risks. Explore why this emerging technology raises concerns about marine ecosystems and biodiversity.

Deep-Sea Mining: A Reality Check

Donna Recor

Deep-sea mining: an untested industry at the ocean floor with significant environmental risks. Explore why this emerging technology raises concerns about marine ecosystems and biodiversity.

Santa’s Sleigh Team, But Make It Marine: The Animals That Carry Others

Santa’s Sleigh Team, But Make It Marine: The An...

Donna Recor

Meet the ocean's speed demons and survival specialists—from sailfish sprinting at 68 mph to remoras hitching rides. Discover which marine animals would make Santa's ultimate underwater sleigh team.

Santa’s Sleigh Team, But Make It Marine: The An...

Donna Recor

Meet the ocean's speed demons and survival specialists—from sailfish sprinting at 68 mph to remoras hitching rides. Discover which marine animals would make Santa's ultimate underwater sleigh team.

Reefmas Morning: The Ocean’s Real “Naughty or Nice” System

Reefmas Morning: The Ocean’s Real “Naughty or N...

Donna Recor

Coral reefs keep ecological score—rewarding cooperation and punishing freeloaders. Explore how ocean symbiosis creates nature's most productive ecosystems and what happens when the balance breaks.

Reefmas Morning: The Ocean’s Real “Naughty or N...

Donna Recor

Coral reefs keep ecological score—rewarding cooperation and punishing freeloaders. Explore how ocean symbiosis creates nature's most productive ecosystems and what happens when the balance breaks.

Sea snow (marine snow)

Sea snow (marine snow)

Donna Recor

Sea snow (also called marine snow) is a gentle blizzard of tiny particles that drifts from the ocean's bright surface down into the deep. Discover how this marine phenomenon feeds...

Sea snow (marine snow)

Donna Recor

Sea snow (also called marine snow) is a gentle blizzard of tiny particles that drifts from the ocean's bright surface down into the deep. Discover how this marine phenomenon feeds...

Oyster Reefs: The Most Tasty Environmental Superpower

Oyster Reefs: The Most Tasty Environmental Supe...

Donna Recor

Oyster reefs are environmental superpowers—filtering water, protecting coastlines, and supporting marine life. Discover how these tasty bivalves build underwater cities, why restoration efforts matter, and how oysters clean millions of...

Oyster Reefs: The Most Tasty Environmental Supe...

Donna Recor

Oyster reefs are environmental superpowers—filtering water, protecting coastlines, and supporting marine life. Discover how these tasty bivalves build underwater cities, why restoration efforts matter, and how oysters clean millions of...

The Barrel-Eyed Fish With a See-Through Head

The Barrel-Eyed Fish With a See-Through Head

Donna Recor

Meet the barreleye fish—a deep-sea creature with a transparent head and tubular eyes that look straight up. Discover how this bizarre adaptation helps it hunt in the dark ocean depths...

The Barrel-Eyed Fish With a See-Through Head

Donna Recor

Meet the barreleye fish—a deep-sea creature with a transparent head and tubular eyes that look straight up. Discover how this bizarre adaptation helps it hunt in the dark ocean depths...