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Feb 22, 2024 · In total, the researchers mapped around 20,400 square miles (52,800 square kilometers) of ocean. These new, highly detailed maps revealed four previously unknown solitary seamounts.
Mar 11, 2024 · Huge gaps remain in scientific knowledge of the ocean depths. Of the 2.2 million species believed to exist in Earth’s oceans, only 240,000 have been described by scientists, according to Ocean ...
Feb 28, 2024 · In less than a month, the expedition had documented 100 newly discovered deep sea animals, including species of deep-sea corals, glass sponges, squat lobsters and more. Additionally, they documented dumbo octopuses, siphonophores and jellies—it was an all-star lineup of some of the deep sea’s most captivating residents.
Mar 10, 2024 · Worldwide, about 240,000 marine species have been discovered and named to date but only 2,200 species are discovered each year on average, according to Ocean Census.
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In Suruga Bay, not far from the Pacific coast of the Japanese island of Honshū, a 1.4m-long (4.6ft) slickhead fish weighing 25kg (55lb) was determined to be a new species in 2021. Most of its ...
Feb 27, 2024 · As many as 100 new species of deep-sea animals may have been discovered living on undersea mountains. While the identity of the species will take time to confirm, it’s hoped they will help efforts to set up one of the world’s first marine protected areas in the high seas.
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May 26, 2023 · 5,000 new species have been found in an area of the Pacific Ocean called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. SMARTEX Project/ NERC These weird and wonderful creatures include worms, corals and sea ...