deep ocean | Challenging Habitat

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

Over 4000 m Down

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

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Posted on December 1, 2025 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

biodiversity, climate change, conservation, Environment, nature, ocean, planet, pollution, Science, Sustainability

carbon dioxide, climate change, consumer choice, consumerism, coral, deep ocean, deep-sea, deep-sea ecosystem, deep-sea mining, gadgets, hard coral, manganese, National Oceanography Centre, NOC, nodules, ocean acidification, Ocean News, polymetallic, stuff

Vision for Earth Day

Earth Day is celebrated sometime in April each year since the 1970s and in 2022, it’s Friday 22nd.

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Posted on April 22, 2022 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

learning, Science, Sustainability

beauty, deep ocean, Earth Day, Environment, fragility, society

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