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Tag · Marine Conservation
Stories tagged “marine conservation”
9 stories on The Good Press tagged with this topic.
Science
Tasmania Replants Giant Kelp Lost Since the 1970s
Divers are hand-planting hatchery-grown giant kelp off Tasmania's coast, using a technique that can regrow a lost underwater forest within a single year.
Science
Sunken Warship Reef Grew 46 Species in 448 Days
Divers surveying a deliberately sunk Canadian destroyer off Nanaimo found 46 marine species colonizing the wreck within its first 448 days underwater.
Science
366-Foot Warship Now Teems With Life in Canada
Scuttled off Nanaimo in 1997, the destroyer escort HMCS Saskatchewan has become one of British Columbia's richest artificial reefs.
Science
Tasmania Has Lost 95% of Its Kelp — Divers Fix It
Warming seas and invasive sea urchins wiped out most of Tasmania's giant kelp forests. Now divers are hand-planting nursery-grown kelp to bring them back.
Science
Scientists Discover 1,121 New Marine Species in One Year
A global alliance of scientists catalogued 1,121 previously unknown ocean species in a single year — a ghost shark, glass-dwelling worms, and more.
Technology
Offshore Wind Turbines Are Now Reefs for 11,500 Fish
Divers counted 97 fish species thriving around wind turbine foundations off Taiwan, while 54 new foundations off New York are building a matching reef.
Human Achievements
Bluefin Tuna Return to English Waters After 60 Years
Atlantic bluefin tuna have been spotted off northeast England for the first time since the 1960s — a joyful sign that North Sea ecosystems are recovering.
Science
Live White Abalone Spotted in Channel Islands for First Time in 5 Years
NOAA divers surveying California's Channel Islands found a single live white abalone — the first wild sighting in five years of one of the most endangered marine animals on Earth.