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Scientists find that deep reefs hold unique life and functional diversity that respond in unique ways to natural and human-mediated disturbances.
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Scientists call for urgent conservation of deep reefs, one of the planet’s largest and least protected ecosystems.
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Synthetic fibres discovered in Antarctic air, seawater, sediment and sea ice as the ‘pristine’ continent becomes a sink for plastic pollution
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Discovery of new ecosystem, ’The Trapping Zone’ - an oasis of life surrounding the Maldives
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