Photo via News.com.au It’s time to get out of the water. Not all the fish in the sea are as cute and lovable as Nemo and Dory: Some of them are downright monstrous. From two-foot-long isopods and eyeless crustaceans to the skeletal anglerfish and human-sized jellyfish, the deep waters of the world contain countless species that we know very little about. Here are 10 of the scariest — and sometimes gentlest — sea monsters in the oceans today.
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photo: Tabitha Kaylee Hawk via flickr A new report from the University of Georgia and the Georgia Sea Grant contends that the amount of oil remaining in the water in the wake of the Gulf oil spill is far higher than reported. In fact 70-79% of oil not captured at the wellhead by BP still poses a threat to the ecosystem. That’s 2.9-3.2 million barrels of oil still in the water. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Nearly 80% of Oil From Gulf Spill Remains in Water, Threatens Ecosystem: Independent Analysis
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Photos via Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia is home to stunning coral reefs, but the only thing stunning about them right now is that they’re dying off at alarming rates after a sea surface temperature rise. The Wildlife Conservation Society just released a report detailing the wide-spread extent of the destruction that occurred in May at the northern tip of Sumatra, as their “Rapid Response Unit” of marine biologists investigated and discovered that over 60% of the corals were bleached…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Mass Coral Killing Caused By Climbing Ocean Temperatures
Photo Peter Shearer, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research via darkroastedblend.com When the sun goes down, the creatures of the night come out: And some have really strange and incredible built-in ways to keep the lights on . The scientific term is Bioluminescence — or the production and emission of light by a living organism . From a giant squid that… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Strange Animals that Glow in the Dark (Slideshow)
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photo: Jim G via flickr By now you’d have to have been living on a desert island by yourself with an imaginary coconut companion to not know that overfishing is a serious problem for all the world’s oceans. The good news is, though the future for fish looks pretty dire if we keep up how we’ve been fishing, we already have seen conservation successes to show the way forward and stop overfishing…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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How Bad Is Overfishing & What Can Be Done to Stop It?
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Image Courtesy of NY Daily News We’ve seen some pretty crazy stuff from stand-up paddlers recently, but challenge extreme athlete Tom Jones has been taking on for the last three months puts all other stunts to shame. Since May 13, Jones has been paddling 1,500 miles from
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What’s New Paddleboard? Extreme Athlete Tom Jones Travels 1,500 Miles to Clean Up the Oceans
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Chlorophyll concentrations worldwide; Image via SeaWiFS satellite of NASA Recent research shows that the color of the ocean can have a big influence on the occurence of hurricanes — the greener the ocean, the more hurricanes. And that’s a good thing. The ocean’s tint comes from the presence of chlorophyll, the green pigment in phytoplankton that helps the organisms convert sunlight into food, and thus forms the foundation of the oceanic food chain, as well as a prime environment for hurricanes. However, as we recently pointed out in another study, warming temperatures of the oceans are having a negative impact on
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Ocean’s Color Can Change Hurricane Patterns
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Thailand has decided to dump 27 army tanks, 273 old train carts, and 198 garbage trucks into the sea. It’s a whole lot of scrap metal hitting the ocean floor, but it’s all in an effort to create an artificial reef to solve the problem of overfishing. Government officials believe that by providing more habitat for species, the fishing industry can be sustained. While skeptical at first, locals are also latching on to the idea. Video report after the jump. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Thailand Attempts to Solve Overfishing By Dumping Tanks, Trains and Trucks into Sea (Video)
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This color-augmented 3-D radar image shows where the undersea channel enters the Black Sea from the Bosphorus. Photo by University of Leeds via the Daily Mail The broad and powerful Bosphorus defines Istanbul, splitting the city into two continents and solidifying its importance over centuries as a transit and trading route. Anyone who’s been out on its waters knows the strength of the strait and … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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World’s Sixth-Largest River Discovered Under the Black Sea
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Gizmodo points us to a crazy video from big wave surfer Chuck Patterson who apparently took Discovery’s Shark Week to heart. he was stand-up paddle surging in San Clemente, California with several friends when they saw two sharks circle them for about 15 minutes. So, what any logical surfer would do next, he went back the following day with a camera strapped to a pole. Sure enough…he found what he’d hoped. Video after t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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How NOT To Get Into Shark Week! Great White Circles Big Wave Surfer Chuck Patterson (Video)
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