Researchers have found that mesopredator sharks are thriving in New Zealand's marine reserves, likely because they, and the lobsters and fish they eat, are protected from fishing. #InGraphicDetail📊

#Shark #Sharks #Parks #InGraphicDetail #MarineReserve #TopeShark #SevengillShark #ProtectedArea #Fishing #NewZealand

https://hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/in-graphic-detail-sharks-in-parks/

Gray whale populations have plunged 38 percent since their peak in 2015 and 2016. Our latest #InGraphicDetail shows their population in flux.

Written by Marina Wang.

#whales #graywhales #NOAA #conservation #zoology #marinescience #oceans

https://hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/in-graphic-detail-gray-whales-in-flux/

In the Arctic, two shipping lanes are currently navigable in the summer. A third route is expected to open soon—the Transpolar Sea Route—and is of keen interest to China.

#InGraphicDetail #Arctic #Shipping #ShippingRoute #NortheastPassage #NorthwestPassage #TransArcticShippingRoute #PanamaCanal #SuezCanal #NorthPole #FuelConsumption #JournalismFellow #Coast #PolarSilkRoute #BeltAndRoadInitiative

https://hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/in-graphic-detail-the-polar-silk-route/

Per a new study by a Finnish research team, shallow-sea mining is not a low-risk panacea to meet society’s demand for minerals.

#InGraphicDetail📊 by Elham Shabahat.

https://hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/in-graphic-detail-mining-the-shallow-seas/