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Climate change is now warming the deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean

While it is well known that climate change is heating the world's oceans, it was thought that the deep sea was safe from its effects—until now. Researchers have discovered that a rapidly warming part ...
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Deep-Diving Manta Rays May Use the Ocean’s Midnight Zone Like a Natural GPS

In the darkness nearly a mile beneath the ocean’s surface, where the pressure would crush a human and temperatures hover just above freezing, a creature with wings wider than a car glides through the ...
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Deep-diving manta rays use the ocean’s midnight zone to build mental maps, study suggests

Oceanic manta rays dive to record depths of 1,250 meters (4,100 feet), according to a first-of-its-kind study to examine in detail the extreme deep-diving behavior of these rays. Researchers tracked ...
CNN

Scientists used specialized equipment to dive into the ocean’s ‘twilight zone.’ They found creatures never seen before

Only a scattering of light penetrates the deep water, more than 300 feet beneath the ocean surface off the coast of Guam. It’s like twilight to the human eye, even in the middle of the day. This part ...
The Conversation

The deep sea and the Arctic must be included in efforts to tackle climate change

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