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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🐋🌡️ Blue whales may be using the ocean’s temperature map to find dinner. New research suggests they track thermal fronts to help locate dense krill swarms. 🦐🌊 Basically: “Where’s the krill?” → Check the temperature. Nature is wild. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/blue-wh...
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Blue whales are mapping the ocean's temperature to find food - Oceanographic
New research combining whale-borne tags and satellite data reveals blue whales track ocean thermal fronts to locate dense krill swarms.
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
DYK shallow hydrothermal vents are one of the few places on Earth where sunlight-driven and chemistry-driven food webs share the same square metre of seafloor? It’s an amazing ocean out there. Keep it healthy! Visit spacedaily.com to read the story. #HealthyOceans #OceanConservation #WaterWonders
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Space Daily — Space, science, and the human mind. Since 1995.
Independent journalism since 1995. Space Daily covers the space industry, the science behind it, and the psychology of ambition, isolation, and meaning under extremes.
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🏖️Happy World Beach Day!🌊 Beaches = sunsets + swims + questionable sandcastles... They're also important habitat, coastal protection and part of the ocean ecosystems. Give your favourite beach some love: ♻️ Pack out your waste 🐚 Leave wildlife where you find it 🧤 Pick up a few extra pieces of litter
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
West Coast is proving deadly for whales this year. Slow down ships in hot spots. Stop adding ships to the hot spots, like the Salish Sea. Read on to learn more. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/2026-on...
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2026 on track to be one of deadliest years for West Coast whales - Oceanographic
Analysis finds at least 51 whale deaths along the West Coast in 2026, as ship strikes and food shortages continue to threaten the species.
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🌡️ The ocean just broke another temperature record. A hotter ocean means more stress for marine ecosystems, fisheries and coastal communities. 🌊 oceanographicmagazine.com/news/daily-g... #OceanWarming #ClimateChange #HealthyOceans
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Daily global sea surface temperature hits record new high - Oceanographic
The global average sea surface temperature has broken its all-time record in August - a month when ocean temperatures should not be peaking.
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Spoiler alert: baby otter survives. Reminder: fishing gear can harm wildlife. northislandgazette.com/2026/08/11/r...
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Rescued otter returns to its family on Cormorant Island - North Island Gazette
RCMP remind public to secure fishing gear to prevent harm to animals
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Arctic bobtail squid filmed in the wild ... and she's carrying eggs oceanographicmagazine.com/news/arctic-...
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Arctic bobtail squid filmed in the wild ... and she's carrying eggs - Oceanographic
For the first time, scientists film the Arctic bobtail squid in the wild, recording a mature female carrying her eggs.
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Time for the province to put some muscle behind the salmon farm ban. vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
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Premier Eby needs to pressure Ottawa to keep salmon farming commitment
Habitat restoration and stewardship are among many objectives of Eby’s coastal marine strategy that could be advanced with federal funding.
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Plastic Free July may be ending, but your favourite plastic-free habit doesn't have to. 💙 Whether it's carrying a reusable bottle, saying no to single-use plastics, or shopping with reusable bags, every small action counts. What habit will you keep? 🌊 #PlasticFreeJuly #HealthyOceans #Sustainability
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Some films entertain you. Some films change the way you see the world. If you love adventure, wildlife, travel, or the ocean...this one's for you. 🎬 Watch the trailer. 🎟️ Bring someone who needs to see it. 🌊 oceanfilmfestivalworldtour.com
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Home - Ocean Film Festival World Tour
Currently touring in Australia, Italy, Spain, New Zealand, Mexico, Brazil, the US and the UK, the Ocean Film Festival World Tour screens over 2 hours of the
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
There is no truly sustainable seafood built on human suffering. Link dialogue.earth/en/ocean/lab... or visit dialogue.earth
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Labour abuse is seafood’s hidden cost
Workers’ suffering is an integral part of the fisheries system, say four experts
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🦈 Sharks have helped keep our ocean healthy for millions of years. Let's return the favour. Happy #WorldSharkDay! 🌊
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
France just moved one step closer to building what could become the EU's biggest land-based salmon farm. www.euractiv.com/news/frances...
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France's controversial salmon mega-farm clears another hurdle | Euractiv
Final local sign-off could unlock construction within weeks
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Plastic Free July is here! 🌎 This month, try one simple swap for the ocean: 💧 Reusable bottle 🛍️ Reusable bag ☕ Travel mug Share your simple swap ideas too! #PlasticFreeJuly #HealthyOceans
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away." ~Tom Waits ..money for habitat restoration is great, but if DFO can't monitor and measure the result, how will we ever know it worked? 👉https://pipsc.ca/press-release-government-cuts-programs-it-recently-pledged-to-strengthen/
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🎶 Wild Salmon Blues is bringing music and community together in support of the ’Namgis First Nation legal challenge of fish farm licence extensions to 2030. Featuring Garrett T. Willie and broadband. 🎟️ bit.ly/wildsalmonbl...
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Wild Salmon Blues, headlined by Garret T. Willie
Rally together in community for an evening of live music and discussion—with ʼNa̱mg̱is blues musician Garret T. Willie headlining.
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
We went to Ottawa to tell the government to finish the transition plan and stick to the 2029 deadline to remove all open-net pen salmon farms from B.C. coastal waters.
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
📊 New polling suggests most Albertans don't want taxpayer dollars spent on a new pipeline. Public money is precious. Where should it go? www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/11/n... #ClimateAction #EnergyFuture
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Albertans oppose using their tax dollars for new pipeline, poll finds
Survey shows skepticism over the pipeline plan as the Alberta government prepares a July 1 application for the project, which has yet to secure a private-sector backer.
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Use water wisely, keep streams clean, and give fish space in rivers and creeks. Small actions add up to healthier watersheds and stronger salmon runs. 🐟 #WildSalmon #WaterWise #VancouverIsland cheknews.ca/officials-ca...
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Officials call for help in protecting fish in Vancouver Island rivers and streams
Officials are calling on people to be mindful of salmon in Vancouver Island rivers and streams as flows are already too low in many of them
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
At least the world’s attention is being drawn to the scandal of forced and child labour. tinyurl.com/2xb94jbm
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Trump hypocritically accuses others of forced labour to justify tariffs. Sadly, the accusation is not false.
'The federal New Democrats foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson has pointed out that “Canada has lagged on measures to make sure there is not forced or child labour in supply chains for decades, w...
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🌊 June Oceans Update has landed! Wild salmon. Ocean policy. Marine conservation. The latest science and actions shaping the future of Canada's coasts. Want the next issue delivered to your inbox? 📬 livingoceans.org/media/newsle... #OceanConservation #WildSalmon #OceanScience #LivingOceans
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🌊 The ocean doesn't become less important because we stop measuring it. While the U.S. scales back ocean monitoring, the EU is investing in new tools. Good science leads to better decisions. tinyurl.com/yf26vdnm #OceanScience #ClimateAction #OceanConservation #ProtectTheOcean
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
🚨 Canada has laws against imports linked to forced labour. The question is: are they being enforced? Concerns remain that seafood entering Canada may be connected to forced labour in global supply chains. 🐟 Transparency and accountability matter. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The future of the deep sea is in our hands. This #DeepDay, tell the world why YOU stand up for the deep! We are United to #DefendTheDeep deep-sea-conservation.org @deepseaconserve.bsky.social
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Foreign salmon farming giants are reportedly pressuring Canada to drop B.C.’s planned ban on open-net fish farms. These factory farms spread disease and parasites that put wild salmon at risk. 🐟 Canada must stand strong for wild salmon. tinyurl.com/m43svr4r #FishFarmsOut #WildSalmon
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Foreign Industry Groups Are Pushing to Kill BC Salmon Farm Ban - Off The Table Canada
Views: 1“Executives from salmon farming industry groups in seven countries wrote to Carney in April 2025, one month after he took office, according to B.C. freedom of information documents obtained by...
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Is 🇨🇦 closing down this “first of its kind” corporate watchdog? 👉 tinyurl.com/89tknum8 @heathermcpherson.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Get rid of plastic buildup in your body. Changing what you eat and how you prepare food makes a difference. medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04...
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Seven days without plastic contact slashes phthalates and bisphenols in body
A clinical trial investigating levels of plastic chemicals in the human body has found that a low-plastic diet could be a fast and effective way to reduce exposure.
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Solution focused! The report, “MATERIAL SHIFT: A Primer on Regenerative Alternatives to Plastic,” highlights four categories of regenerative materials that are promising replacements for conventional fossil fuel–based plastics. Read now tinyurl.com/y293bwuk
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New Report Shows How Regenerative Material Solutions Can Help End Plastic Pollution
MATERIAL SHIFT aims to help educate and guide people toward regenerative substitutes for plastic that safeguard ecosystems and human health.
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Calling BC residents! Your empty bottles and cans can be turned into real ocean impact. With Return-It Express it’s fast, easy, with no sorting required, Every return helps support #ClearTheCoast, our annual remote beach cleanup efforts. #EarthDay 👉 app.return-it.ca/livingoceanssociety
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Landslides and seismic activity are common on the north coast, which is one of many reasons why building a northern pipeline is a bad idea. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/98rr7t55
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
🌊 Marine debris is more than just trash — it’s a serious threat to ocean life. The impact is real — and growing. You can make a difference. livingoceans.org/donate #OceanHealth #PlasticPollution #ClearTheCoast
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
GSFR has launched a new and updated website thegsfr.com
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We are the Global Salmon Farming Resistance - We are the GSFR
We are an action-driven global alliance who share a common vision: oceans free from open-net salmon farms.
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tonywright65-54.bsky.social @tonywright65-54.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
New evidence submitted by Greenpeace International to the ISA suggests deep-sea mining contractors, particularly those linked to TMC, may have breached exploration contracts and international law. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/new-evi...
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New evidence suggest breaches by deep sea mining contractors - Oceanographic
Greenpeace has submitted new evidence to an ongoing inquiry, claiming contractors used "bad faith" tactics to exploit deep-sea resources
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Action to prevent unilateral mining is emerging tinyurl.com/34xed48a
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Final Update from the International Seabed Authority Council, March 2026
Week 2 of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council meeting has now concluded (DSCC Press Release) with no mining approved and no Mining Code adopted. A critical outcome needed to ensure the de...
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Challenges facing wild Pacific salmon remain, but there is a glimmer of hope. tinyurl.com/36k46v94
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Federal government puts out $412.9 million to renew the Pacific Salmon Initiative
“We’re facing record lows with a lot of our salmon populations, and so we’re at a point now where we have to do everything we can to rebuild those populations so that we can have some abundance.” Read...
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 24/03/2026
Breaking News! Code UFB! Global sea surface temperatures continue breaking daily records, with Mar. 23 having a preliminary SST of 21.141°C, ahead of the previous daily record of 21.118°C set in 2024. This graph shows how fast SSTs are rising compared to pre-2023 temperatures.
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Cheap tuna isn’t actually cheap. The real costs? Overfishing + human rights concerns + ocean damage 🌊 We deserve better. www.greenpeace.org/usa/the-high...
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The High Cost of Cheap Tuna: US Supermarkets, Sustainability, and Human Rights at Sea - Greenpeace - Greenpeace
The High Cost of Cheap Tuna US Supermarkets, Sustainability, and Human Rights at Sea
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The company behind a deep-sea mining project says it’s likely not profitable… So why risk the ocean? 🌊 #DefendTheDeep #ProtectTheOcean miningwatch.ca/news/2026/3/...
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The Metals Company's Own Analysis Shows Project “Cannot Be Profitable” | Mining Watch Canada
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🚨 Salmon need habitat. Not cuts. Federal funding plans may sideline conservation in B.C. — at the worst possible time. tinyurl.com/mscau3t2 #WildSalmon #ActNow
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Feds omit conservation in plans to renew BC's salmon fund
"It's been a really great fund that's allowed us to do restoration, monitoring and research," said Dave Scott, research and restoration coordinator for the Raincoast Conservation Foundation's Lower Fr...
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
What does it take to reverse ecological collapse? On Canada’s west coast, First Nations organized for decades to remove open-net salmon farms—and are now seeing wild salmon return. 🔔 #BeaconsOfHope #WildSalmon story.futureoffood.org/beacons/canada @futureoffood.bsky.social
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Survival Instead of Extinction: First Nations Rally to Save Wild Salmon on Coastal British Columbia
Indigenous-led action and the Broughton Aquaculture Transition Initiative are restoring wild salmon to coastal British Columbia. Discover how three First Nations reclaimed their ancestral waters from ...
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Global Alliance for the Future of Food @futureoffood.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
What affects the land, affects the sea 🌊 We’re sharing two new #BeaconsOfHope stories from 🇦🇺 and 🇨🇦. From reclaiming Aboriginal "sea country" to #FirstNations leading the fight for #WildSalmon, those closest to the struggle hold the solutions: story.futureoffood.org/beacons/land…
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Watch Laxwesa Wa – Strength of the River A powerful film by Barb Cranmer sharing Indigenous fishing traditions and leadership for a sustainable future. 📅 Mar 27 | 7 PM 👉 Register: westcoastclimateaction.ca/register-lax...
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Register Now: Laxwesa Wa - Strength of the River Film Screening - West Coast Climate Action Network
Join us on Zoom March 27, 2026 at 7 pm! Laxwesa Wa – Strength of the River – directed by Barb Cranmer (1995, 54 min), Indigenous filmmaker As distinct fishing societies of great spiritual, cultural an...
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Yet another barrier for #SRKW tinyurl.com/bdexwc6r #ProtectWildSalmon
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B.C. conservation group sounds alarm after DFO cuts salmon restoration staff in Prince George
"We don't know what outcome they were looking for up here because our stocks are still considered threatened and endangered," said Snyder. "The fishing closures to protect those stocks are still in pl...
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🐋Whales that work together, eat together. An amazing example of teamwork, culture and learning in nature. #Humpbacks #OceanLife #WhaleCulture tinyurl.com/229ycz74
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Use of co-ordinated 'bubble-net' feeding on rise among humpbacks: study
“What the scientists on the Fin Island research station at the entrance to the Kitimat Fjord System — which connects Kitimat on B.C.’s north coast to Hecate Strait — didn’t realize at the time was tha...
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Powerful reminder: the ocean still holds secrets — and every species we lose makes the details we haven’t discovered yet even more precious. 👉 Watch the video. youtu.be/73gz5zQDHg8?... or visit Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre #DeepSeaDiscovery #OceanScience #Biodiversity #ProtectOurOcean
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First shark to be filmed in situ across the entire Southern Ocean
YouTube video by Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
New study in the journal Nature finds massive error in previous sea level calculations: "with a hypothetical 1 m of relative sea-level rise, 31–37% more land and 48–68% more people (increasing estimates to 77–132 million) would fall below sea level." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sea level much higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments - Nature
Meta-analyses on a global scale show that the measured coastal mean sea level is higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments.
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Whether the #SRKW story becomes one of recovery or loss depends on what happens now, not just the images projected during a sporting event. tinyurl.com/8phbf5f7 #MarineConservation #WildlifeProtection
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Opinion: A story still being written for Southern Resident killer whales
“As millions of soccer fans descend on Vancouver and Seattle for World Cup matches, the orca imagery will be impossible to miss. This presents both an opportunity and a responsibility. The internation...
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Alaskan killer whales like a varied diet. Can you guess what they’re munching on? tinyurl.com/yc2fvap7 or visit oceanographicmagazine.com
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Fish-eating orcas switch prey across Alaska foraging hotspots - Oceanographic
Southern Alaska’s orcas have a diverse, seasonal diet of salmon and groundfish, challenging belief that Chinook dominate their prey.
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
“A Salmon Story” written by Willie Poll and illustrated by Chantelle Trainor-Matties will be available March 10, 2026. You can pre-order today at your local book store or visit @massybooks .
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Living Oceans Society @living-oceans.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Deep-sea mining threatens species not yet discovered. It risks acidifying the ocean, damaging fisheries, and wrecking ecosystems that took millions of years to form. Some governments are choosing protection over extraction #DefendTheDeep #ProtectOurOceans act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/stop-d...
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Stop deep sea mining before it starts
Sign our petition and join us in calling on Canada to push for a global moratorium to stop deep sea mining before it starts.
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