Great white sharks are thriving in Monterey Bay thanks to warming waters, study shows
If you're heading out to California's Monterey Bay this summer, you're going to need a bigger boat.
If you're heading out to California's Monterey Bay this summer, you're going to need a bigger boat.
Plants & Animals
Aug 4, 2022
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The production of wild and farm-raised fish, shellfish and algae reached record levels in 2020, and future increases could be vital to fighting world hunger, the Food and Agriculture Organization said Wednesday.
Agriculture
Jun 29, 2022
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For years, researchers studying marine life in the wild would occasionally come across animals—such as dolphins, swordfish, leatherback sea turtles, whales, white sharks and even humans—with oddly shaped plugs of tissue ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2021
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New research, led by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, illustrates the disparity between the narrow origins and far-reaching impacts of greenhouse emissions responsible for disrupting the global climate system. Published in Science ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2021
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Sea otters are a hardy lot.
Plants & Animals
Jul 8, 2021
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New research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium reveals that even the revered white shark cannot escape the impacts of a changing ocean. The study, published in Scientific Reports, finds that unprecedented sightings of juvenile ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 9, 2021
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In the pitch-black environment of the deep sea, light is a precious thing. In fact, making light is essential for the survival of many deep-sea animals. At least nine major groups of deep-sea animals, including jellies, corals, ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 11, 2020
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New research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium is helping to unlock the natural history of one of the most studied places on the planet. By tapping into a collection of dried, pressed seaweed—that dates back more than 140 years—researchers ...
Ecology
Jun 16, 2020
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New research led by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and partner organizations yielded the first comprehensive global biodiversity map documenting the distribution of life both on land and in the ocean.
Ecology
Feb 5, 2020
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The population of threatened southern sea otters in Elkhorn Slough, an estuary in Central California, has made a significant comeback as a result of Monterey Bay Aquarium's Sea Otter Program. A newly-published study in Oryx—The ...
Ecology
Sep 23, 2019
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