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Turtle Rehab

Every year we're seeing more and more turtle stranding partially because of an increase in awareness but also because there are more extreme weather events,...

Reportage: Jason Boswell

Photo/editing: Jason Boswell

Foto: Two Oceans Aquarium: mass stranding, Devin Trull / Two Oceans Aquarium

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Mantas Have Big Brains – But are They Intelligent?

Marine Biologist, Dr Tessa Hempson and film-maker, Grant Brokensha, were part of a recent Manta Ray tagging expedition off the South African coast. Mantas have...

Filmed and directed by: Grant Brokensha

Editing: Ruuan Botha

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Wind Parks Can Help to Oxygenate the Ocean

Just as all life on land, life in the sea depends on oxygen. But for the oxygen to penetrate to the depths, the gas must...

Text: Peter Löfgren

Photo: Stock Image

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Octopuses Lose Vision – When the Ocean Gets Warmer

When we talk about climate change, it is usually about warming the atmosphere and changing weather systems, but the oceans are also affected and perhaps...

Text: Lena Scherman

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Understanding Marine Research

Fish behavior, toxic algae, and the role of the sea in climate. These are some of the topics that marine research can address. Diverse subjects,...

Text: Lina mattsson

Foto: Hans Berggren, Kimmo Hagman, Johan Candert, Simon Stanford

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Noise generated by large-scale wind turbines to be investigated

Underwater noise from the planned large wind turbines risks affecting both wildlife and Sweden's defense capabilities. Now researchers will find out how such wind farms...

Text: Hanna Odelfors/TT

Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT, FOI/Press

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Research submarine disappears under Doomsday Glacier

The unmanned underwater vehicle Ran has disappeared under a glacier in Antarctica. "It's a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack, but without...

Text: Paulina Sörlin/TT

Photo: Anna Wåhlin/Göteborgs Universitet

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2:48

Citizen Power – Saving Kelp Forests

They are extraordinary biodiversity hotspots. They absorb large amounts of CO2 and release oxygen. They fix nitrogen and detoxify the water. They are nurseries for...

Reportage: Ismaele Tortella/Delphin Ruché

Photo: Ismaele Tortella

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04:18

Saving Seahorses

The population of seahorses in Ria Formosa in southern Portugal was probably the largest in the world. But in the mid-2010s, it collapsed, and 95%...

Reportage: Daniel Hager

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05:21

Shark Bytes: Empowering Conservation through Artificial Intelligence

South Africa has an incredibly rich diversity of sharks, representing nearly a quarter of all known species, some found nowhere else on the planet....

Reportage: Jason Boswell

BRUV-Footage: Cape RADD

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The Fish Car Wash

iSimangaliso Wetland Park in South Africa is home to one of the world's most pristine reef systems, home to hundreds of different species from rare...

Reportage: Jason Boswell

UW-photography: Jason Boswell, Grant Brokensha

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Unique sleep solution – A Dreamy Dive to the Bottom

If you are surrounded by predators, it is dangerous to sleep, but the elephant seals have found their own fascinating solution. They dive down towards...

Text: Cecilia Klintö/TT

Foto: John Burgess/AP/TT, Eric Risberg/AP/TT, Jessica Kendall-Bar/University of California, Santa Cruz/TT

Grafik: Anna-Lena Lindqvist/TT

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Farmed salmon die of heart disease – Ida Beitnes is investigating why

Ida Beitnes is a Associate Professor at the NMBU. Ida has earlier studied stress as an important contributor to the development of cardiac disease in...

Reportage: Johan Candert

Photo: Simon Stanford

Edit by: Daniel Hager

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Marco Vindas on Pain in Fish

Marco Vindas is an Associate Professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. He conducts research on the neural control of behavior and physiology in...

reportage: Johan Candert

Photo: Simon Stanford

Editing: Daniel Hager

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Transmitters placed in the womb can provide information about the young of sharks

Researchers in the United States have developed a transmitter that can reveal where and when sharks give birth to their offspring, according to Vetenskapsradion....

Text: TT Nyhetsbyrån

Photo: Keith A. Ellenbogen/AP/TT

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Research Sharks

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Porpoise – Unique research in Lund, Sweden

Sweden's only whale is not easy to see. In the Baltic Sea it is acutely threatened, but outside Kullaberg there is a small colony. There,...

REPORTAGE: MARKO T WRAMÉN

PHOTO: MARKO T WRAMÉN, SARA TORRES ORTIZ, JAKOB HØJER KRISTENSEN, PER CARLSSON

EDIT BY: ANNA W THORBJÖRNSSON

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It’s now been scientifically proven. If you stop fishing, the number of fish increases! A new report from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)...

Text: Peter Löfgren

Graphics: Daniel Hager

Photo: Kimmo Hagman

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Decisive crossroads in race to bottom

Soon a decision will be made about mining at the deepest bottom of the world's oceans. Major stakeholders are in the starting blocks...

Text: Martin Mederyd Hårdh/TT

Photo: Caleb Jones/AP/TT, JAMSTEC/AFP/TT

Graphic: Anders Humlebo/TT

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Part 2 – Cod’s hope is in Ar

In the ReCod project in Ar on Gotland, they have now succeeded in getting cod to spawn in captivity. This by trying to imitate the...

Reportage: Leif Eiranson

Editor: Apollonia Meleouni

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Herring gone – the stickleback invades

Now it is scientifically confirmed. The number of herring fry is dramatically decreasing in the Stockholm archipelago. Scientists suspect that large-scale industrial fishing is largely...

Reportage: Peter Löfgren, Daniel Hedström

Photo: Leif Eiranson, Kimmo Hagman

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Cod provided new knowledge on important supergenes

Supergenes help many species adapt to life in different environments. They are found, for example, in cod, where stocks can live at different depths, and...

Text: Micke Larsson/TT

Photo: Tryggve Karlsen/NTB Scanpix/TT

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The black-mouthed goby – a successful intruder

The black-mouthed goby was first discovered in Swedish waters in 2008. Today, it is common in many areas and there is every indication that it...

Text: Anna Axelsson

Photo: University of Gothenburg

UV Photo: Leon Green

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Scientists don’t think the climate summit is blue enough

"The sea is the solution to the entire climate issue. If we do not get it, then we have lost the opportunity to deal with...

Text: Fanny Jönsson

Photo: OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP / TT

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“We must understand how the sea works” – visit to Tjärnö Marine Laboratory

Deep Sea Reporter has visited one of the important institutions in Swedish ocean research. Researchers Kerstin Johannesson and Ann Larsson show us around and talk...

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Turtle Rehab

Mantas Have Big Brains – But are They Intelligent?

Wind Parks Can Help to Oxygenate the Ocean

Octopuses Lose Vision – When the Ocean Gets Warmer

Understanding Marine Research

Noise generated by large-scale wind turbines to be investigated

Research submarine disappears under Doomsday Glacier

Citizen Power – Saving Kelp Forests

Saving Seahorses

Shark Bytes: Empowering Conservation through Artificial Intelligence

The Fish Car Wash

Unique sleep solution – A Dreamy Dive to the Bottom

Farmed salmon die of heart disease – Ida Beitnes is investigating why

Marco Vindas on Pain in Fish

Transmitters placed in the womb can provide information about the young of sharks

Porpoise – Unique research in Lund, Sweden

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Decisive crossroads in race to bottom

Part 2 – Cod’s hope is in Ar

Herring gone – the stickleback invades

Cod provided new knowledge on important supergenes

The black-mouthed goby – a successful intruder

Scientists don’t think the climate summit is blue enough

“We must understand how the sea works” – visit to Tjärnö Marine Laboratory

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