marine biology

Researchers say oxygen is being produced on the ocean floor. The mining company funding them isn’t happy

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Researchers say oxygen is being produced on the ocean floor. The mining company funding them isn’t happy

Oxygen is being produced on the ocean floor — seemingly by ancient lumps of metal — according to a new study. That discovery is putting the scientists behind it at odds with the Canada-based mining company that funded them. “We were the worst critics of this paper for a long time,” Andrew Sweetman of the Scottish … Read more

Saving the green, green grass of home for Malaysia’s turtles

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Saving the green, green grass of home for Malaysia’s turtles

FINDINGS from a recent study of endangered green sea turtles at two sites in Sabah suggest that these aquatic creatures’ health is potentially sensitive to the quality of their foraging habitats The two sites of Balambangan Island and the Kudat Peninsula in the Tun Mustapha Marine Park off the north-west coast of Sabah are only … Read more