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Prehistoric Sperm Whale Vacuumed the Ocean Floor with a Crooked Skull

Posted on November 12, 2026
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University of Tokyo Researchers Discover Unusual Bacterium Living Beneath Sea Pig Skin

Posted on November 12, 2026
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KAUST Launches World’s Largest Coral Restoration Facility on the Red Sea

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Arctic Sea Ice Loss in Winter Linked to Summer Droughts Across Eastern Europe and Central Asia

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AUV Ran II to Probe Antarctic Ice Shelf Stability in New ERC-Funded Study

Posted on November 12, 2026

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A new robotic platform called DISCUSS maintains deep-sea pressure and temperature from seafloor sample collection through laboratory cultivation.

Robotic System Brings Deep-Sea Microbial Habitats into the Lab

Dr. Aldo Benites-Palomino in 2022 in a field next to an eroded fossil skull of a Scaphokogia pygmy sperm whale, which was uncovered in the Badlands of the Pisco Formation in Ocucaje, Ica, Peru. (Image credit: Aldo Benites-Palomino)

Prehistoric Sperm Whale Vacuumed the Ocean Floor with a Crooked Skull

Studying sea pigs is particularly challenging due to their deep-sea habitat, which can be 6,000 meters down, requiring special resources to access. Their bodies are made to withstand immense water pressure and almost freezing temperatures. (Image credit: Hajime Itoh, The University of Tokyo)

University of Tokyo Researchers Discover Unusual Bacterium Living Beneath Sea Pig Skin

The diet of Calanus spp. has significant geographical variations, with nitrogen fixing and heterotrophic bacteria being dominant sources in tropical and subtropical Pacific and dinoflagellates in the Pacific Arctic Ocean. (Image credit: Professor Kyung-Hoon Shin from Hanyang University, South Korea)

Ocean Warming Reshapes Zooplankton Diets Across the Western North Pacific

A new study in Frontiers in Water finds that reduced winter sea ice in the Barents and Kara Seas serves as an early predictor of summer drought.

Arctic Sea Ice Loss in Winter Linked to Summer Droughts Across Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Anna Wåhlin with AUV Ran II. (Image credit: Olof Lönnehed)

AUV Ran II to Probe Antarctic Ice Shelf Stability in New ERC-Funded Study

MBARI and Durham University Record First Direct Observations of Submarine Landslides

November 12, 2026

Offshore Industry

Flexible Rubber Blades Could Cut Costs for Tidal Energy Turbines

November 12, 2026

Hidrocibalae has launched Marelia, a desktop platform that automates repetitive marine geophysical data processing tasks. (Image credit: Hidrocibalae)

Hidrocibalae Launches Marelia Platform to Automate Marine Geophysical Data Processing

Fugro has secured two additional contracts from Timor-Leste's MPRM for geotechnical and metocean surveys. (Image credit: Fugro)

Fugro Surveys Seabed and Metocean Conditions for Timor-Leste Pipeline Routes

(Credit: ELWIND)

Marine Environment Tops Estonian Concerns Over Offshore Wind Development

Wavepiston has secured a ministerial-level agreement with Barbados to deploy wave energy technology. (Image credit: Wavepiston)

Wavepiston Partners with Barbados on Wave Energy and Water Supply

Partrac has been contracted to deploy three V-LiDAR floating wind measurement systems across ORLEN Neptun's Baltic West and Baltic East offshore wind projects. (Image credit: Partrac)

ORLEN Neptun Launches Floating LiDAR Campaign for Baltic Wind Projects

Fugro has been awarded a multi-year geotechnical framework contract by BSH to conduct site investigations and laboratory testing. (Image credit: Fugro)

Fugro to Support German North Sea Wind Farm Expansion with BSH Geotechnical Work

(Credit: Minesto)

Minesto Earns EU STEP Seal for Euro Dragon Farm Tidal Energy Project in Ireland

Wind Apex Yard. (Image credit: Cadeler)

Wind Apex Deployment Supports Dogger Bank C Renewable Energy Goals

Environmental Policy

A University of Plymouth-led study finds that only 4% of MPA legislation references satellites or vessel tracking.

Outdated MPA Regulations Are Blocking Satellite Enforcement of Fishing Bans

The European Commission has released its 2027 sustainable catch limit proposals for 11 Atlantic fish stocks.

EU Proposes Sustainable Catch Limits for Atlantic Fish Stocks in 2027

A coalition of governments, philanthropies, and conservation groups unveiled the Commonwealth Nature Initiative at CHOGM in Antigua and Barbuda.

Commonwealth Nature Initiative Launches to Advance 30×30 Ocean and Land Protection

Participants to the MPAs meeting in Denmark. (Image credit: UNESCO IOC)

UNESCO IOC Experts Draft Climate Vulnerability Guidelines for Marine Protected Areas

(Image credit: Office of Congressman Gabe Amo)

Congressman Amo Introduces QUAHOGS Act & Tours NOAA Atlantic Marine Operations Center

(Image credit: Marine Conservation Institute)

Chumash Tribes Lead California’s First New Marine Protected Areas in Over a Decade

Clyde Regional Marine Plan Targets Climate Change and Coastal Issues

November 10, 2026

Coastal Developments

KAUST Launches World’s Largest Coral Restoration Facility on the Red Sea

November 12, 2026

Making its way to the ocean: A leatherback neonate that hatched in January 2021 at Punta Bikini, within the Reserva Marina Puerto Cabuyal - Punta San Clemente, Manabi province, Ecuador. (Image credit: Cristian Soledispa, Refugio de Vida Silvestre Isla Corazón y Fragatas)

Record Leatherback Turtle Nests Found Along Ecuador’s Beaches

Canada's inaugural OceanHackWeek brought 22 participants from across North America to Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre. (Image credit: ASL Environmental Sciences)

Canada’s First OceanHackWeek Unites Marine Scientists and Data Experts at Bamfield

ASL Environmental Sciences has partnered with Ireland-based Restore Blue to list its Ice Profiling Sonar and Acoustic Zooplankton Fish Profiler instruments. (Image credit: ASL Environmental Sciences)

ASL Environmental Sciences Joins Restore Blue to Promote Nature-Inclusive Ocean Monitoring

Palm Springs Community Middle School November 2026 Lagoon Drift Deployment. (Image credit: ANGARI Foundation)

ANGARI Foundation Launches 16th Lagoon Drift Card Study with Citizen Scientists

Dunes at Pismo Beach, California. (Image credit: USGS)

USGS Study Finds California Has Lost 60 Percent of Its Coastal Dunes Since the 1800s

Marine heatwaves now regularly penetrate deep reefs below 90 meters.

Deep Reefs No Longer Safe from Marine Heatwaves Study Finds

Rockpool Project Bioblitz participants looking at marine species on the coast. (Image credit: MBA)

ScottishPower Foundation Backs Year 3 of Big Rock Pool Challenge Citizen Science Program

A WAMSI social science project is engaging Exmouth and Coral Bay communities to map the cultural, social, and economic values tied to Nyinggulu's reefs.

Nyinggulu Communities Help Shape Coral Reef Regeneration Efforts in Western Australia

Fisheries& Aquaculture

Pine Island Redfish has broken ground on a new land-based RAS facility in Lee County, Florida. (Image credit: Pine Island Redfish)

Pine Island Redfish Breaks Ground on Regenerative Aquaculture Facility in Florida

Saildrone Voyager SD-2050 on a mission for the US Coast Guard in the Great Lakes. (Image credit: Saildrone)

Saildrone Voyagers Deliver Real-Time Weather Data Across Great Lakes

Swordfish are powerful, highly migratory predators that spend much of their time hunting in the ocean twilight zone. Scientists from WHOI are studying why they occasionally dive more than 1,000 meters below the surface and what those rare deep dives may reveal about how swordfish navigate the ocean. (Image credit: Steve Dougherty)

Swordfish Deep Dives May Help the Fish Navigate Open Ocean

Canada's Minister of Fisheries Joanne Thompson has announced a $10 million grant to the Foundation for Conservation of Atlantic Salmon.

Canada Grants Foundation for Conservation of Atlantic Salmon to Boost Endowment Fund

PLOCAN hosted a Canary Islands Government fisheries delegation at its Taliarte facilities. (Image credit: PLOCAN)

PLOCAN Hosts Canary Islands Fisheries Delegation to Explore Ocean Science Collaboration

UNAGI JAPAN has launched a multilingual educational website covering Japanese eel culture. (Image credit: UNAGI JAPAN)

UNAGI JAPAN Launches Multilingual Website on Japanese Eel Culture and Biology

Clownfish Prioritize Anemone Over Social Group During Bleaching Events

November 11, 2026

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In issue IV of eco magazine, we examine how vessel-mounted ADCPs are evolving into multidisciplinary observing platforms, follow an ocean glider that caught a subsurface phytoplankton surge that satellites largely missed during a North Sea marine heatwave, and go aboard REV Ocean’s new research vessel as it prepares for its 2027 maiden voyage, and more.

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