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Thousands of starfish wash up on Noord-Holland beaches, including Zandvoort
2 weeks ago

Thousands of starfish wash up on Noord-Holland beaches, including Zandvoort

NL Times  

Beaches in Noord-Holland were again blanketed with hundreds of starfish, marking the latest in a recurring natural phenomenon that has fascinated locals and visitors alike. This year’s spectacle mirrors a similar event around the same time last year, when beachgoers encountered a vast number of starfish scattered along the shoreline. "The wind can churn up the seabed, sweeping starfish along …

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Mysterious plague is wiping out sea urchins across the globe, scientists say
7 months, 1 week ago

Mysterious plague is wiping out sea urchins across the globe, scientists say

The Independent  

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Sea urchins made to order: Scripps scientists make transgenic breakthrough
7 months, 1 week ago

Sea urchins made to order: Scripps scientists make transgenic breakthrough

LA Times  

Consider the sea urchin. He set his sights instead on a project of a different sort: a new transgenic lab animal, “a fruit fly from the sea.” In March, Hamdoun’s lab published a paper on the bioRxiv preprint server demonstrating the successful insertion of a piece of foreign DNA — specifically, a fluorescent protein from a jellyfish — into the …

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Opinion: Is the restoration of California’s cutest keystone species worth it?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Is the restoration of California’s cutest keystone species worth it?

LA Times  

Hundreds of thousands of sea otters filled the coastal waters of the north Pacific Rim, from Baja to Japan, before they were hunted almost to extinction. Fish and Wildlife Service last year to get public input on, as the invitation put it, the “potential reintroduction of sea otters to their historic range,” including Oregon and Northern California, a decision that …

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Hungry sea otters are helping save California's marshlands from erosion
11 months, 1 week ago

Hungry sea otters are helping save California's marshlands from erosion

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The return of sea otters …

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From urchin crushing to lab-grown kelp, efforts to save California’s kelp forests show promise
1 year, 1 month ago

From urchin crushing to lab-grown kelp, efforts to save California’s kelp forests show promise

Associated Press  

CASPAR BEACH, Calif. — A welding hammer strapped to her wrist, Joy Hollenback slipped on blue fins and swam into the churning, chilly Pacific surf one fall morning to do her part to save Northern California’s vanishing kelp forests. “It’s ecologically sanctioned mayhem.” Scientific diver Morgan Murphy-Cannella swims past bull kelp as she surveys a reforestation project, Friday, Sept. 29, …

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Editorial: Humanity almost killed off California’s sea otters. It’s time to help them again
1 year, 3 months ago

Editorial: Humanity almost killed off California’s sea otters. It’s time to help them again

LA Times  

California’s sea otters were once hunted to the brink of extinction. The agency’s finding against delisting was based on the animals’ exposure to harmful pathogens, habitat loss and other threats that are being exacerbated by climate change and will “most likely reduce the ability of the species to sustain itself in the future.” It’s right for wildlife officials to be …

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Red Sea's coral face new threat: Sea urchin deaths linked to mystery disease
1 year, 3 months ago

Red Sea's coral face new threat: Sea urchin deaths linked to mystery disease

Hindustan Times  

The Red Sea's spectacular coral reefs face a new threat, marine biologists warn -- the mass death of sea urchins that may be caused by a mystery disease. Because the long-spined creatures feed on algae that can suffocate corals, their die-off could "destroy our entire coral reef ecosystem", warned scientist Lisa-Maria Schmidt. - 'Absolutely devastating' - A similar mass mortality …

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Mystery solved: Scientists ID Caribbean sea urchin killer
1 year, 8 months ago

Mystery solved: Scientists ID Caribbean sea urchin killer

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Last year, sea urchins in the Caribbean started getting sick — shedding their spines, dying off and throwing reef ecosystems into chaos. They didn’t see signs of viruses or bacteria, said study author Ian Hewson, who researches marine diseases at Cornell University. Back before the first sea urchin die-off, Levitan recalled seeing reefs in the U.S. Virgin …

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Taaza Khabar review: Bhuvan Bam’s series take the predictable road and is lesser for it
2 years ago

Taaza Khabar review: Bhuvan Bam’s series take the predictable road and is lesser for it

Firstpost  

In a scene from Disney+Hotstar’s Taaza Khabar, a flashback takes us to the pivotal moment when two street urchins are rescued from a life of crime, by a benevolent guardian. Led by internet star Bhuvan Bam, making his full acting debut here, Taaza Khabar is the usual rise-and-fall of the underdog from one of Mumbai’s ignominious slums, told with a …

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Bizarre creatures found living in depths of Indian Ocean: Scientists
2 years, 1 month ago

Bizarre creatures found living in depths of Indian Ocean: Scientists

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Pancake sea urchins, eels with no eyes, and bat-like fish are among some “stunning” creatures found living in the depths of the Indian Ocean, scientists say. The expedition led by a team at Museums Victoria Research Institute mapped the seafloor in Australia's Cocos Islands Marine Park in detail for the first time, a statement by the institute said. …

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Sea urchin infestations in New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria investigated in inquiry
2 years, 2 months ago

Sea urchin infestations in New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria investigated in inquiry

ABC  

Investing in Australia's commercial sea urchin industry could be the solution needed to tackle one of the Great Southern Reef's biggest environmental problems, a senate inquiry has been told. Key points: An inquiry into the impact of invasive sea urchins on the Southern Reef has begun Stakeholders say the commercial urchin industry needs to grow Indigenous people said they need …

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Mysterious ‘blue goo’ creature spotted in the Caribbean
2 years, 3 months ago

Mysterious ‘blue goo’ creature spotted in the Caribbean

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ocean scientists have spotted a mysterious “blue goo” creature on the …

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Sea otters were hunted to near-extinction. Can they be reintroduced to former habitat?
2 years, 5 months ago

Sea otters were hunted to near-extinction. Can they be reintroduced to former habitat?

LA Times  

Federal wildlife officials recently completed a feasibility study for reintroducing sea otters to their former habitats in Northern California and Oregon. Fish and Wildlife Service recently completed a feasibility study for reintroducing the otters to their former habitats, which would serve two purposes: restoration of the species and “restoration of ecosystem function.” The plan would involve introducing a mix of …

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Concerned scientists probe sea urchin deaths in Caribbean
2 years, 8 months ago

Concerned scientists probe sea urchin deaths in Caribbean

Associated Press  

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Sea urchins are dying across the Caribbean at a pace scientists say could rival a mass die-off that last occurred in 1983, alarming many who warn the trend could further decimate already frail coral reefs in the region. Dive shops first began reporting the deaths in February, perplexing scientists and worrying government officials who are …

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The Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change? Send in the Otters
3 years, 2 months ago

The Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change? Send in the Otters

Wired  

Off the coast of California lies an underwater forest of giant kelp, a kind of seaweed that grows to 100 feet tall at the rate of a foot a day. “As a general rule, kelp forests are much more productive than most terrestrial forests, in that they're churning through carbon much more quickly.” But since the 18th century, California's kelp …

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How sea otters can fight climate change
3 years, 3 months ago

How sea otters can fight climate change

BBC  

How sea otters can fight climate change Getty Images The sea otter has an outsized effect on its ecosystem, helping it to absorb more carbon from the atmosphere Sea otters were hunted to the brink in the 19th Century fur trade, but their numbers have been slowly recovering since. Sea otters help ecosystems capture carbon from the atmosphere and store …

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Jurassic fossils found in the UK 英国发现侏罗纪时期海洋生物化石
3 years, 5 months ago

Jurassic fossils found in the UK 英国发现侏罗纪时期海洋生物化石

China Daily  

Jurassic fossils found in the UK 英国发现侏罗纪时期海洋生物化石 本集内容 Jurassic fossils found in the UK 英国发现侏罗纪时期海洋生物化石 学习要点 有关 “fossils（化石）” 的词汇 边看边答 What covered the area of the dig in the past? 科茨沃尔德采石场蕴藏着大量珍贵的侏罗纪时期海洋生物化石。这里的遗迹是如此非比寻常，就连它的位置都一直被保密。 Tim Ewin, palaeontologist, London’s Natural History Museum We’ve got another really nice exceptional specimen here. When we got it home and cleaned it up, he was like ‘Oh my …

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Victorians urged to feast on sea urchins to help control population in Port Phillip Bay
3 years, 7 months ago

Victorians urged to feast on sea urchins to help control population in Port Phillip Bay

ABC  

Sea urchins don't look very appetising. Key points: The purple sea urchin is responsible for a 90 per cent reduction of kelp in Port Phillip Bay's marine sanctuaries Scientists and the government want people to start catching and eating sea urchin themselves to help with population control Kelp forests can take up to three years to start growing back after …

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In Hotter Climate, 'Zombie' Urchins Are Winning And Kelp Forests Are Losing
3 years, 9 months ago

In Hotter Climate, 'Zombie' Urchins Are Winning And Kelp Forests Are Losing

NPR  

In Hotter Climate, 'Zombie' Urchins Are Winning And Kelp Forests Are Losing Enlarge this image toggle caption Steve Lonhart/NOAA MBNMS Steve Lonhart/NOAA MBNMS They're purple, spiky and voracious, and just off the West Coast, there are more of them than you can count. "They're kind of like zombies," says Morgan Murphy-Cannella, kelp restoration coordinator with Reef Check California, a group …

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13 of India’s best islands
3 years, 9 months ago

13 of India’s best islands

CNN  

Bangalore CNN — India is gigantic – there are 28 states, with cultural and linguistic divergences between them. Barren Island, Andaman Exploring Barren Island – home to India’s only live volcano, which last erupted in 2017 – is a ballgame that’s a little different, given the fact it’s prohibited to set foot onshore. Shutterstock Divar Island, Goa A short ferry …

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Farming the sea for the future of food 发展海洋养殖业 未来食物有水可依
3 years, 11 months ago

Farming the sea for the future of food 发展海洋养殖业 未来食物有水可依

China Daily  

Farming the sea for the future of food 发展海洋养殖业 未来食物有水可依 本集内容 Farming the sea for the future of food 发展海洋养殖业 未来食物有水可依 学习要点 有关 “farming（养殖）” 的词汇 边看边答 Are spiny sea urchins just seen as a pest? Founder, PhycoHealth If we used ten per cent of seaweed instead of wheat in breads and pastas, we’ve eliminated a million hectares of land, we’ve …

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Russian Sea Toxic Waste Which Caused 'Mass Death' Has Now Formed a 'Moving Slick'
4 years, 3 months ago

Russian Sea Toxic Waste Which Caused 'Mass Death' Has Now Formed a 'Moving Slick'

News 18  

Suspected toxic waste pollution off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula that caused the mass deaths of marine animals has formed a moving slick stretching 40 kilometres along the Pacific coastline, researchers said Thursday. The statement said researchers collected pollution samples from a helicopter despite difficult weather conditions and an analysis will be carried out in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok. Vinnikov …

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Russian sea pollution forms massive moving slick
4 years, 3 months ago

Russian sea pollution forms massive moving slick

The Hindu  

Suspected toxic waste pollution off Russia's Kamchatka peninsula that caused the mass deaths of marine animals has formed a moving slick stretching 40 kilometres along the Pacific coastline, researchers said Thursday. The statement said researchers collected pollution samples from a helicopter despite difficult weather conditions and an analysis will be carried out in the Far East city of Vladivostok. Kamchatka …

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