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A New Marine Protected Area in the Marshall Islands Is Brimming With Life, Like a ‘Time Machine’ to Oceans Long Ago
The waters around two remote atolls in the central Pacific Ocean—spanning 18,500 square miles—are now protected from fishing ...
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Marshall Islands protects ‘pristine’ Pacific corals with first marine sanctuary
By Shanna Hanbury The Marshall Islands government has announced it will protect an area of the Pacific Ocean described as one ...
The ‘52-Hertz Whale’ Is The Loneliest Animal In The World—Here’s What We Know
Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source.
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Palisades Fire sends toxic debris into Pacific; forecasted rain could make it worse
Scientists from UC San Diego have found loads of ash in Santa Monica Bay since the Palisades Fire. Rain in the forecast could ...
‘Long’ purple sea creature — with 24 ‘feet’ — pulled from depths. It’s a new species
Scientists on a submersible in the Pacific Ocean found a 1-foot-long sea creature with 24 ... up surveys both for deep-sea ...
Not even sea life is safe from the L.A. fires
Scientists on a research boat dozens of miles from the California coast saw ash and smoke from the L.A. wildfires — and fear their hazards will persist in the ocean.
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Pristine atolls, seas in Marshall Islands get marine sanctuary protection
The Marshall Islands has designated coral-rich waters around two of its remotest Pacific Ocean atolls as a marine sanctuary, ...
How the Los Angeles wildfires could impact marine life
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles County not only caused devastation to human lives and property on land. They are also impacting the marine ecosystem. Researchers from the Scripps ...