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Tiny ocean plankton produce more oxygen than all the trees in the Amazon rainforest combined #Oceans #Planet Did you know this? #Physics #Artemis

Tiny ocean plankton produce more oxygen than all the trees in the Amazon rainforest combined #Oceans #Planet Did you know this? #DeepSpace #FunFact #Artemis #STEM

Organise your own beach clean with the Marine Conservation Society
https://www.mcsuk.org/

Marine Conservation Society. Healthier ocean. Healthier planet.

Marine Conservation Society

https://theconversation.com/our-modern-vision-evolved-from-an-ancient-one-eyed-worm-creature-278120; https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00988-0 (full text). "Our #study suggests that our #eyes descend from a worm-like #ancestor that was roaming the #oceans 600 million years ago. The same also applies to all #bilateral #animals, meaning animals whose bodies can be divided into roughly mirror-image left & right halves."

The now extinct worm-like animal first lost paired eyes, then re-evolved them.

The Conversation

Researchers warn the high-pressure conditions could disrupt marine life and ecosystems if it continues

The Guardian

Why #Seawater Isn’t the Answer to #Wildfires : Medium

Jono Ridler has finally arrived in Wellington, broken a world record and raised the issue of bottom trawling! What an achievement! 🌊 🏊

Swimmer Jono Ridler completes record-breaking 1400km swim down the North Island, calling New Zealanders to unite against bottom trawling.

RNZ