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A new NOAA-backed study turns Alaska’s deep seafloor into something wonderfully readable. By tracing coral and sponge communities across 15 little-seen sites, researchers found that underwater neighborhoods often follow water masses and currents more than depth alone.
Fresh analysis of NOAA expedition footage is revealing that Alaska’s deep seafloor holds remarkably dense coral and sponge communities. The beautiful part is that the new map is not just about where life lives, but why currents and water masses help these underwater neighborhoods take shape.
MBARI’s latest surveys of the Octopus Garden near Davidson Seamount are turning one of the ocean’s most surprising nurseries into a beautifully detailed science story, from centimeter-scale maps to warm thermal crevices where pearl octopus mothers brood their eggs.
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