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License to kill: Lost divers in Malpelo

License to kill: Lost divers in Malpelo | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
This is the worst example of how to run a dive operation. Sailing to a remote location with not enough fuel to search for lost divers is beyond stupid.
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The last hours of Baltimore’s Key Bridge: Dark. Quiet. Then chaos and tragedy. - The

The last hours of Baltimore’s Key Bridge: Dark. Quiet. Then chaos and tragedy. - The | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
As the Dali drifted toward the bridge, a pilot ordered the anchor dropped. Police stopped traffic. But workers on the span couldn’t escape its collapse.
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Blue whales: first discovery near Seychelles in decades – what our study found

Blue whales: first discovery near Seychelles in decades – what our study found | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
The first dedicated scientific surveys have confirmed the presence of blue whales in Seychelles.
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Yangtze finless porpoise spotted playing with its baby in east China - CGTN

Yangtze finless porpoise spotted playing with its baby in east China - CGTN | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
A Yangtze finless porpoise plays with its baby in the Yichang, Xiling section of the Yangtze River. The porpoise is a small freshwater whale endemic to China and is distributed in the Yangtze River basin. There are only about 1,000 of the state-protected
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Fishermen catch 718-pound giant bluefin tuna off Manasquan

Fishermen catch 718-pound giant bluefin tuna off Manasquan | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
After four hours and a close call with a tug boat, two Manasquan based fishermen landed a 718-pound giant bluefin tuna
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PETA proposes use of rubber fish for Flora-Bama Lounge's annual Mullet Toss

PERDIDO KEY, Fla. -- PETA is suggesting The Flora-Bama Lounge find an alternative way to put on this year's Mullet Toss -- using reuable rubber fish.
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Great White Sharks Observed for the First Time Changing Their Behavior in Different Marine Environments [Study]

Great White Sharks Observed for the First Time Changing Their Behavior in Different Marine Environments [Study] | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
Great white sharks can adapt their behavior relative to different hunting situations, according to scientists. Click to read more.
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Juliet, one of the oldest known manatees, dies at ZooTampa

Juliet, one of the oldest known manatees, dies at ZooTampa | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
The manatee had been moved from a controversial Miami facility in December.
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A Newt's Midnight Feast Wins Close-Up Photographer Of The Year Water Challenge

A Newt's Midnight Feast Wins Close-Up Photographer Of The Year Water Challenge | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
Behold the stunning winners of the 2023 CUPOTY Challenge: Water.
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Missing Man Was Found Headless in Fish Tank in 2018 — But Who Killed Him?

Brian Egg's case is featured on 'Unsolved,' hosted by James Patterson and streaming on Fox Nation
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Tuna fishing season using a technique thousands of years old opens in Spain with some of those landed on first day weighing close to 400 kilos

Tuna fishing season using a technique thousands of years old opens in Spain with some of those landed on first day weighing close to 400 kilos | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
During the migration of the bluefin from the Atlantic Ocean to the warmer waters of the Mediterranean Sea to spawn, the 'almadraberos' (trappers) catch some of these fish
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Three Dolphins Have Been Rescued & Released Off The Coast Of Provincetown, Massachusetts

Three Dolphins Have Been Rescued & Released Off The Coast Of Provincetown, Massachusetts | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
Photos by: IFAW  The rescue of three stranded common dolphins ended with the successful release of all dolphins by IFAW from Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown, MA. “Our mobile dolphin rescue vehicle was custom-built to respond to complicated mass stranding events like this,” said Misty Niemeyer, Stranding Coordinator of Marine Mammal Rescue at IFAW. A […]
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South Carolina diver reveals how he fought off a huge alligator with a SCREWDRIVER after the beast pulled him to the bottom of the river and 'shook him like a rag doll' just as his tank ran out of ...

South Carolina diver reveals how he fought off a huge alligator with a SCREWDRIVER after the beast pulled him to the bottom of the river and 'shook him like a rag doll' just as his tank ran out of ... | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
South Carolina diver William Georgitis narrowly escaped with his life after the huge reptile attacked him in the Cooper River on April 15.
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P.E.I.'s snow crab season wrapping up as right whale protection begins  | CBC News

P.E.I.'s snow crab season wrapping up as right whale protection begins  | CBC News | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
P.E.I.'s snow crab fishery was off to an early start, and also an early finish, with many fishers already filling their quota for 2024. That means they will be done fishing before the endangered North American right whales arrive in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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Native village proposes new option for restoring Eklutna River

Native village proposes new option for restoring Eklutna River | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
Also, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, which regulates utilities, denied the Anchorage Assembly’s request to reinstate the municipality’s voting power as a majority owner of the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project.
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Mystery as massive 40ft sea creature washes up dead in San Francisco Bay Area during migration route north | Daily

Mystery as massive 40ft sea creature washes up dead in San Francisco Bay Area during migration route north | Daily | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
It is not yet known what killed the enormous marine mammal, which died along its northbound migration route to Alaska for summer feeding.
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The reason why you never see narwhals in aquariums

The reason why you never see narwhals in aquariums | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
Narwhals are among the most elusive creatures in the ocean, with their long, spiralling tusks giving them an almost mythological quality.And whilst many people would pay good money to see these unicorns of the sea in the flesh, they are notably absent from the world’s aquariums.The reason for thi
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No protection from bottom trawling for seamount chain in northern Pacific

No protection from bottom trawling for seamount chain in northern Pacific | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
The Emperor Seamount Chain is a massive and richly biodiverse set of underwater mountains stretching about 3,000 kilometers (1,900 miles) south from the Aleutian Islands in the northwest Pacific. From the 1960s until the 1980s, bottom trawlers plied the area aggressively, decimating deep-sea coral communities and fish stocks, and removing biomass to a degree not […]
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Undersea autonomy: Why uncrewed submarines could be the future of underwater warfare

Undersea autonomy: Why uncrewed submarines could be the future of underwater warfare | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
Blue Whale is an autonomous submarine designed for navies wanting to move away from manned platforms doing dangerous tasks.
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Sharks do react to blood in the water. But as a CBS News producer found out, it's not how he assumed. - CBS News

CBS News climate producer Chris Spinder got into the water as sharks circled below. In this producer's notebook, he shares what he learned after a minor, but bloody, injury.
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Scientists Are Trying to Coax the Ocean to Absorb More CO2

Scientists Are Trying to Coax the Ocean to Absorb More CO2 | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
For billions of years, the oceans have been absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere. Now, to boost that drawdown, startup companies and researchers are experimenting with ‘marine carbon dioxide removal’ by altering the chemistry of the ocean and sinking biomass to the seafloor.
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The Once-In-An-Eon Event That Gave Earth Plants Has Happened Again

The Once-In-An-Eon Event That Gave Earth Plants Has Happened Again | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
The first-ever nitrogen-fixing organelle in a eukaryotic cell has been confirmed.
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Filipino fishermen blame sand mining for declining catch

Filipino fishermen blame sand mining for declining catch | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
FILIPINO fisherfolk on Sunday decried declining fish catch due to black sand mining in Cagayan province in northern Philippines.
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Iceland suspends annual whale hunt due to ‘animal welfare concerns’ – and may never bring it back

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Incident with sperm whale stranded at Florida beach leaves experts puzzled: 'It's really unusual'

Incident with sperm whale stranded at Florida beach leaves experts puzzled: 'It's really unusual' | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
An endangered sperm whale that was recently stranded on a Florida beach died after officials were unable to rescue it.
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Diver who harpooned fish at night to be charged

Diver who harpooned fish at night to be charged | Soggy Science | Scoop.it
Diver who harpooned fish at night to be charged
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