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Mar 31, 2023 · This episode, hosts Jasmine and Greta discuss shipwrecks and their relationship to the marine environment. How can artificial reefs help the ocean? Can histo...
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Sep 25, 2021 · Shipwrecks can have a similar effect on the underwater world by adding new structures for marine life to inhabit. The benefits a shipwreck can provide to the marine environment vary a great deal ...
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Determining whether a shipwreck will support or hurt ocean life depends on both its composition and resting place. Let’s start with the materials used to build a ship. Wood, metals, and fiberglass can all have different impacts on the marine environment; determining what these impacts are requires interdisciplinary research between shipwreck ecologists and maritime archaeologists.
Shipwrecks snag and damage nets, so fishing boats avoid them. We wondered whether shipwrecks act like miniature refuges for ocean animals. We studied five shipwrecks near the coast of Scotland and North East England. Some of these wrecks are in protected areas, and some are in places with a lot of fishing.
Dec 19, 2023 · Published: December 19, 2023 1:13pm EST. The USS Monitor, which sank off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in a storm on Dec. 31, 1862, is now a center for sea life. In this video narrated by NOAA ...
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Hear from a volcanologist, a marine biologist, and Alvin’s senior pilot about how the iconic sub enables scientific discovery in the far reaches of Earth’s ocean. In this episode, we take a look at the radiation all around us—its natural sources, its human applications, and their impacts on us and our environment.
