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𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝’𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩-𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐟 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭 Scientists have found the world’s largest deep-sea coral reef off the eastern coast of the United States. The massive 6.4 acre area stretches from Miami, Florida up to Charleston, South Carolina. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) this is an area larger than the state of Vermont. The findings were described in a study published January 12 in the journal Geomatics. Continue Reading Here: https://shorturl.at/bgoHN 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦: 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘚𝘤𝘪 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵: 𝘕𝘖𝘈𝘈 𝘖𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘦𝘱 2019

A new study finds clues lurking in the Red Planet's soil The question of whether Mars ever supported life has captivated the imagination of scientists and the public for decades. Central to the discovery is gaining insight into the past climate of Earth's neighbor: was the planet warm and wet, with seas and rivers much like those found on our own planet? Or was it frigid and icy, and therefore potentially less prone to supporting life as we know it? A new study finds evidence to support the latter by identifying similarities between soils found on Mars and those of Canada's Newfoundland, a cold subarctic climate.

Vacuuming the ocean floor to restore reef-building corals in the Caribbean? 🤔 Margaret Miller, SECORE’s Research Director participated in the 'Closing the Coral Circle' workshop which brought together coral ecologists, restoration specialists, and technology experts. They were challenged to brainstorm how to overcome research gaps and what is needed to develop innovative technologies that could help to bridge the general lack of natural recruitment by reef-building coral populations in the Caribbean. Thought experiments were prompted by questions such as: „What if we had a robot that could vacuum sediments from the surface of the reef to provide better habitat quality for coral settlers and compress that sediment into artificial reef structures or seeding units?“ or „What if we had a magic wand that could detect and remove any and all toxins from coral reef waters?“ This ‘Closing the Coral Circle’ workshop was sponsored by Revive and Restore, NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration , and the Coral Restoration Foundation™, intending to turn the resulting ideas into new research directions and projects. What do you think? Keep the ideas coming 🧐 🤩 #SECORE #coralseeding #coralrestoration #SoutheastFloridaCoralReefRestorationHub

Taking the pulse of change in the Arctic Ocean for more than 30 years Since 1990, the Fram Strait Arctic Outflow Observatory has delivered oceanographic and sea-ice data from the East Greenland Current. With continuous refinement of its observational capacities, it also tracks marine mammals and ocean acidification. Such data are vital to monitor the changing Arctic. Norsk Polarinstitutt • Norwegian Polar Institute NORCE Norwegian Research Centre Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway DTU - Technical University of Denmark https://lnkd.in/dnfAMh-S

💡 New points for #SouthernOcean #policymakers ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gey5ZNEw Climate-smart Marine Spatial Planning in the Antarctic region could help build long-term resilience for ecosystems and species while balancing human activities. See the research from Catarina Frazão Santos, Lisa Wedding, Larry Crowder, et al. in #SciencePolicyForum: scim.ag/6Za University of Lisbon University of Oxford

What can I learn about coral bleaching? Got five minutes for the Reef? Following National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s @noaa mass coral beaching announcement this week, there have been many questions about coral bleaching. Watch this video, where we partner with Australian Institute of Marine Science, to discuss the science of coral bleaching, and how it can be managed. For further information about coral bleaching, head to: https://bit.ly/441tIKs

Scientists are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a method for automatically localizing and labeling specific species of coral. Learn how you can help below!🪸

Interesting read in this Bloomberg article, with G. Mark Miller weighing in on this conversation of using superyachts for ocean research. What do you think about this idea? Is it a good solution to the shortage of affordable research and mission vessels available when and where they are needed? See what our CEO has to say in the full article -

CORAL REEF NEWS: Future risk of coral bleaching set to intensify globally, researchers say An international team of researchers led by the University of Adelaide has projected future marine heat waves will cause coral reefs to be at severe risk of bleaching for longer periods than previously seen. Through climate modeling and supercomputing, the researchers discovered that extended bleaching events may significantly disrupt coral spawning. "We found that coral bleaching will start earlier in the year and last longer than previously thought," said lead author Dr. Camille Mellin, from the University of Adelaide's Environment Institute. Read full story here: https://lnkd.in/eFGaNuB4 #coralreefs #coralnews #coralbleaching #climatechange #globalwarming #coralscience #coralecology #marinescience #marineecology #marinebiology

How do we protect and restore our coral reefs in the face of a changing climate? Through the ‘Increasing Coral Reef Resilience with Assisted Evolution via Selective Restoration’ project,  a team of researchers at the Central Caribbean Marine Institute and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have spent the last two years studying how various corals respond to climate-change related stress. For your edification, the findings are compiled and presented in this handbook, ‘Insights from Ecophysiology Experiments and Suggestions for Improved Coral Restoration’. French, Spanish, and Dutch versions available here: https://lnkd.in/gW5ZnW3f #coralrestoration Expertise France European Commission