WHAT'S THIS ABOUT DARK OXYGEN BEING CREATED UNDER THE OCEAN? SUSTAINABLE OCEAN ALLIANCE and INTERNATIOANL SEABED AUTHORITY

SUSTAINABLE OCEAN ALLIANCE : GROUNDBREAKNG DISCOVERY 

The discovery was made at the sea floor of the Pacific Ocean....

International Seabed Authority?  YES! ISA ORG - JAMAICA

The longer I publish this Google BlogSpot, the more I realized that there are ever more people concerned about ocean ecology and the sea creatures that live in the oceans!

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In 2017, the UN General Assembly proclaimed the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 to foster scientific research and technological innovation to support a healthier and more sustainable ocean. This initiative is coordinated by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

The objectives of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science are at the core of ISA’s mandates to promote and encourage the conduct of marine scientific research in the international seabed area (the Area), coordinate and disseminate the research and analysis when available and facilitate the participation of developing States in deep-sea exploration and research programmes.

To formalize and organize its contribution to the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science, ISA has developed a Marine Scientific Research Action Plan to support achieving the scientific objectives and societal outcomes identified. This Plan reflects the vision endorsed by 168 Members of ISA through the adoption of its Strategic Plan and High-Level Action Plan for 2019-2023.

5000 SEA CREATURES NO ONE KNEW ABOUT and NOW THE THREAT OF DEEP SEA MINING

WASHINGTON POST - DEEP SEA MINING and 5000 SEA CREATURES NO ONE KNEW EXISTED

Excerpts:  A new analysis of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a vast mineral-rich area in the Pacific Ocean, estimates there are some 5000 sea animals completely new to science there. ............ There are bright, gummy creatures that look like partially peeled bananas.  Glassy, translucent sponges that cling to the seabed like chandeliers flipped upside down. Phantasmic octopuses named, appropriately, after Casper the Friendly Ghost.

GLOBAL SEA FLOOR A "VOLCANIC WONDERLAND"

NBC SCIENCE - SEAFLOOR SURVEY - VOLCANIC WONDERLAND  full article including color map and video!

Compared with the previous map, from 1997, the resolution is twice as accurate overall and four times as better in coastal areas and the Arctic, said lead study author David Sandwell, a marine geophysicist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California.

The seafloor topography comes from a gravity model of the ocean, which is in turn based on altimetry from the Jason-1 and Cryosat-2 satellites.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BRIMMING POOL JUNE 2011

Link now to the National Geographic all about tidepool life!