A newly described fossil from South Australia is making waves in our understanding of where and when whales evolved titanic body sizes.
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When ships sink, they add artificial structures to the seafloor that can quickly become diverse, ecologically important underwater communities.
Humans rely on the ocean for food, jobs and other resources, but these systems are being stressed to the brink.
From fluffy crabs that wear sea sponge hats to worms that glow in the dark, scientists are constantly finding amazing new life forms in the ocean.
In the deep, dark ocean, sunlight-deprived bacteria turn to different sources of energy: dissolved hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
Mining nodules from the deep ocean seabed could provide the metals crucial for today’s EV batteries and renewable energy technology, but little is known about the harm it could cause.
In Europe, a large-scale war could cause the Baltic Sea to freeze over and severely compromise food security – potentially for decades and even centuries to come.
From planting mangroves to dumping minerals in the ocean, there are lots of ideas for ocean carbon dioxide removal – and even more questions.
A terrifying sight in ancient waters, the megalodon shark was once the most feared creature in the sea.
The work of the authors reveals a world that is outward-looking, full of movement, border-crossing and south-south interconnection.
With nine brains, blue blood and a talent for camouflage, the octopus is one of the most fascinating creatures in the sea.
Mountains can’t be created without lubricant, and 2 billion years ago that lubricant was graphite produced by the carbon broken down from layers of dead plankton on the ocean floor.
A recent survey of top executives at companies that operate at sea found environmental reporting practices were not a top priority and put the health of the marine environment at risk.
Warm-blooded fish can swim 1.6 times faster than their cold-blooded relatives.
Bubble-net feeding is when whales blow bubbles from their nose to encircle their food, trapping their prey into a tight ball. A citizen scientist was the first to capture this behaviour in Australia.
Looking a bit like enlarged woodlice, ancient trilobites crawled along the seabed and had an exoskeleton made of calcite — nature’s version of a suit of armour.
We recorded the largest number of bigfin squids ever seen in one area. Before this, this rather elongated creature had only been spotted a dozen times across the globe.
This newly discovered ancient monk seal is challenging previous theories about how and where monachine seals evolved. It’s the biggest breakthrough in seal evolution research in about 70 years.
Principales colaboradores
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Research Affiliate, Monash University
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Professor of Law, Indiana University
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Senior Curator, Vertebrate Palaeontology, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Associate Professor of International Studies, Indiana University
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Professor of Environmental and Energy Policy, Indiana University
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Assistant Professor, Hill and Levene Schools of Business, University of Regina
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Researcher in Ecosystem Dynamics, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Curator Vertebrates, Te Papa Tongarewa
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Postdoctoral researcher, Uppsala University
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Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University
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Post-doctoral researcher in Palaeobiology, University of New England
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Postdoctoral fellow at the department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen
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Research Associate, Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Professor of Earth Sciences, University of New England
