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Greenpeace International @greenpeace@mastodon.social
· 1w ago
Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social
🚨 OCEAN HEAT: Last year, our seas absorbed heat equal to almost 40 TIMES all energy humanity used. With 84% of global coral reefs struck by bleaching-level heat stress, fossil fuel corporations and industrial meat and dairy are cooking our living ocean for profit. Protect our oceans NOW. #oceans #marinelife #heat #extremeheat #climatechange #climatecrisis #climate #protecttheoceans
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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk
· 1w ago
Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social
#News: Humpback #whale freed after a nerve-wracking rescue on #NSW Central Coast! 🐋🛑 Rescuers say no. of whales getting caught is surging. 24 cases so far this year. Be #Vegan for the animals #Boycott4Wildlife #MarineLife @PalmOilDetecthttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-06/central-coast-whale-freed-fishing-gear-entanglement-rise/106883630?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
abc.net.au

Whale freed from fishing line in 'unprecedented' entanglement spike

Whale rescuers say there have been 24 entanglements already this migration season. Meanwhile, a small whale was euthanised after it stranded itself on a beach near Newcastle, despite rescue efforts from residents and experts.

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Greenpeace International @greenpeace@mastodon.social
· 2w ago
Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social
As if our oceans aren't already facing record heat, plastic waste, and industrial exploitation… now governments and arms dealers want to turn the seabed into the next battlefield. The ocean is a living ecosystem that sustains all life, not a playground for war and corporate profit. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/19/underwater-war-sea-drones-defense-tech.html #oceans #war #military #protecttheoceans #peace #marinelife
A new arms race is unfolding on the ocean floor
CNBC

A new arms race is unfolding on the ocean floor

Countries and companies are investing in technologies for underwater use amid concerns about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure on the ocean floor.

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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
· 1w ago
A robotic arm clamping onto a polymetallic nodule—with a delicate, living coral rooted directly to it—is a photograph of an active extinction event in slow motion. It shows the literal mechanism of destruction in the abyssal plain. Those nodules take millions of years to form, and for deep-sea corals, they are the only hard surface to anchor onto in a world of soft mud. Scraping up the nodules means erasing the habitat forever. #photography#MarineLife#DeepSeaMining#nodules#extinction
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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 1w ago
H5N1 bird flu jumps to marine mammals and wildlife in Australia https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/h5n1-bird-flu-jumps-to-marine-mammals-and-wildlife-in-australia/ #Australia #environment #wildlife #marinelife #H5N1 #birdflu
H5N1 bird flu jumps to marine mammals and wildlife in Australia
Conservation news

H5N1 bird flu jumps to marine mammals and wildlife in Australia

H5N1 avian influenza is spreading rapidly across southeastern Australia owing to infected wild bird species, including little penguins, magpies, crested terns and pelicans. Bird aggregations during breeding seasons will likely accelerate transmission to mammals, said Victoria’s chief biodiversity officer James Todd. In late August, H5N1 jumped to a mammal, a red fox (Vulpes vulpes), in […]

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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
· 1w ago
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7/ The Discovery of the "Barbie Pig" During one of the ROV dives to a depth of around 5,000 meters, the team's cameras captured a striking, neon-pink, sausage-like creature walking across the abyssal sediment on stumpy, fleshy legs. Because of its vibrant bubblegum-pink color and sea-pig-like posture, the researchers playfully dubbed it the "Barbie Pig. #MarineLife
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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
· 1w ago
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8/ It is a specialized sea cucumber (Amperima) that acts as a deep-sea vacuum cleaner, sifting through the top layer of sediment to feast on "marine snow"—decayed organic material drifting down from the sunlit surface miles above. The discovery highlights the race against time scientists face: discovering and understanding how this fragile ecosystem functions before human industry reshapes the ocean floor forever. #MarineLife#SeaCucumber
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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
· 1w ago
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10/ 2. The "Olive Oil" Cell Membranes

At 5 kilometers deep, the ocean is not only heavy but freezing cold. Under those conditions, the fats in normal animal cell membranes would pack tightly together and turn solid, like a stick of butter left in the fridge. To prevent their cells from turning into stiff, brittle walls that would easily rupture, deep-sea creatures build their cell membranes with massive amounts of unsaturated fatty acids.

#oceans #biology #MarineLife

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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
· 1w ago
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
Say hello to Barbie Pig, a new type of sea cucumber discovered on the deep-sea floor by a team from the Natural History Museum in London. The frilly-footed fuchsia beauty was filmed by a robot on the Pacific seabed, 5km deep, in an area called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. A documentary opening next month, How Deep Is Your Love, gives a scientist’s-eye view of the astonishingly biodiverse region. #photography#MarineLife
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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 2w ago
Marine heatwave likely caused sharp decline in Hawaiian humpback whales, study finds https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/marine-heatwave-likely-caused-sharp-decline-in-hawaiian-humpback-whales-study-finds/ #Hawaii #marine #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave #marinelife #whales
Marine heatwave likely caused sharp decline in Hawaiian humpback whales, study finds
Conservation news

Marine heatwave likely caused sharp decline in Hawaiian humpback whales, study finds

Roughly a decade ago, a marine heatwave in the northeastern Pacific Ocean caused a dramatic decline in populations of forage fish and krill, the base of the marine food chain. A recent study found that the Hawaiian humpback whale population, which feeds on krill and small fish, also declined sharply during the 2013-16 heatwave and […]

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