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Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras, Nadia Santodomingo et al., Hidden gems of the abyss: first species of azooxanthellate scleractinian coral (Scleractinia: Deltocyathidae) attached to polymetallic nodules in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 205, Issue 3, November 2025 https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf146

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Deep sea discoveries never fail to amaze me, and this one of a coral that lives on metal deposits is extra special.

Two years ago, I read an article in Nature News called “Catastrophic change looms as Earth nears climate ‘tipping points’‘ [1], referring to the Global Tipping Points Report 2023, the article warned about Arctic and Antarctic ice, coral… Read More

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Posted on October 27, 2025 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

climate change, education, empowerment, Environment, learning, nature

Amazon, AMOC, Antarctic, Antarctica, climate action, climate change, coral, coral bleaching, coral die-off, Environment, glaciers, greenhouse gas, Ice sheets, IPCC, ocean, ocean currents, pollution, rain forest, tipping point

World Ocean Week 2025

I’d like to mark World Ocean Week with a good story, but where to start? There are so many!

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Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

biodiversity, climate change, education, empowerment, Environment, learning, nature, ocean, planet, resilience, Science, Sustainability

biodiversity, Blue marine Foundation, bottom trawling, Citizen Science, climate change, coral, coral bleaching, David Attenborough, ecosystem services, Environment, Environment Agency, European Union, heat tolerance, Marine Protected Area, National Geographic, Natural England, nature, ocean, ocean conservation, Ocean Pact, Ocean Science, pollution, single use plastics, Solent Seascape Project, Sperm Whale, Sustainability, University of Portsmouth, Voice for the Blue, volunteering

Coral Community at Bocas Del Toro, Panama. (c) C Braungardt 2024

Blowing Bubbles

Three hours of blowing bubbles among the coral reefs around Bocas del Toro gave me plenty of time to take in beautiful impressions of a rich ecosystem and questions about its long-term survival.

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Posted on January 29, 2024 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

conservation, learning, nature, ocean, pollution, Science, Sustainability

biodiversity, climate change, coral, coral bleeching, diversity, ecosystem services, Environment, mangrove, Ocean Science, Smithsonian Institute, snorkelling, sponges

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Tipping Points

World Ocean Week 2025

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