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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.

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

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The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is the system of ocean currents that includes the Gulf Stream. What its weakening may mean for our weather and seafarers is explained by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in a new… Read More

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Posted on July 6, 2024 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

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A giant deep-sea isopod, Bathynomus giganteus, with an antipatharian whip coral, Stichopathes sp., in the foreground, seen during the Gulf of Mexico 2017 expedition. While the isopod imaged here was spotted during exploration of a site dubbed “Okeanos Ridge,” Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2017. "Giant Isopod" by NOAA Ocean Exploration & Research is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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The National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK, has a great outreach programme that includes a series of podcasts called Into the Blue.

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weak AMOC – weather AMOK

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