Scientists want to restore the oceans with artificial whale poo
22 February 2022
Experiments will soon explore ways to emulate the fertilising effect of whale waste, which fuels blooms of algae that feed fish and lock away carbon
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Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish
8 June 2018
Fishing boats in the Gulf of Alaska are being stalked by enormous sperm whales, which charge in and rip huge volumes of fish from the lines
The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes
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We know almost nothing about the enormous beaked whales because they spend so much time deep underwater, but a new DNA technique could unmask them
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2 May 2018
Huge sea spiders move excruciatingly slowly, but they can still catch prey animals that move much faster than them – because their prey sometimes crash into the seafloor
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic
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There's at least four times as much plastic floating in the Pacific as we thought, and a lot of it may have floated over from Japan after the 2011 Tohoku tsunami
Jellyfish blooms linked to offshore gas platforms and wind farms
31 July 2017
Vast blooms of jellyfish are becoming increasingly common – perhaps because human-made offshore platforms act as ideal nursery grounds for young jellies
