We have #seedBanks to archive and protect our #naturalHeritage on land. But more and more #seaLife is endangered globally. Inside Australia's biobanks with their ocean species: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/04/marine-biobanks-protect-ocean-species

"“Less than 1% of historical #reefs remain,” Overton says. “They’re definitely one of the most imperilled marine ecosystems that we have here in Australia.” From #reef restoration to #kelp or #seagrass #conservation.

#ecosystem #MeerMittwoch #sea #oceanConservation #marineEcology #Australia

‘Living library’: inside the marine biobanks racing to protect ocean species from extinction

Australia’s biobanks store everything from seeds of native plants to the cells and tissue of threatened animal species

The Guardian

An EU-funded project is recovering abandoned fishing nets from the ocean floor to protect marine ecosystems and reduce ghost fishing threats.

https://worldbriefly.news/ghost-fishing-gear-eu-funded-project-targets-abandoned-nets-threatening-marine-e

#OceanConservation #MarineLife #Sustainability

'It's so chaotic': Humpback whales are forming super-groups

On a misty morning in December, two photographers captured the images of 304 individual humpbacks – the highest number of large whales ever identified in a single day.

BBC
Great white sharks are overheating The sharks might also be the most physiologically vulnerable to warming waters. https://s.faithcollapsing.com/nhara#climate-change #great-white-shark #ocean-conservation #ocean-temperatures #science #syndication

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Katherine Rundell · Consider the Greenland Shark

I am glad not to be a Greenland shark; I don’t have enough thoughts to fill five hundred years. But I find the very...

London Review of Books
Norway just raised its 2026 whaling quota to 1,641 minke whales. The global moratorium has been in place since 1986, yet the killing continues. Speak out and demand that Norway end commercial whaling now. #StopWhaling #ProtectWhales #OceanConservation bit.ly/3OW9KO7

Norway’s Bloody Whaling Quota ...
Norway’s Bloody Whaling Quota Climbs to 1,641 Minke Whales

 

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