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Protecting life on the #highseas at Pew Charitable Trusts. All tweets etc my own.
Dec 20, 2021 9 tweets 4 min read
You know those spice collector machines in #DuneMovie … we’d never do that on earth…Would we…?

(h/t @georgehullcom) ….would we??

Well actually there’s a plan to mine entire swathes of the deep ocean floor, with no giant worms to defend the seabed…
Dec 20, 2021 4 tweets 3 min read
🚨NEW STUDY🚨
Penguins found on the #HighSeas!!

13/18 penguin species found in areas beyond national jurisdiction

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short thread👇 "at least 120 cases of penguins using ABNJ, across 13 species (72% of penguin species). e.g. macaroni & Fiordland penguins undertake remarkable migrations reaching oceanic habitats in #ABNJ, during both pre- and post-moult phases"
Apr 3, 2020 12 tweets 7 min read
The @UN🇺🇳 is due to agree a new Treaty to protect the #HighSeas.

New study identifies 9 amazing places in international waters that desperately need protection; a thread.

(n.b. links to report/studies at the end!) 1⃣ The Salas y Gómez and Nazca Ridges are connected submarine mountain ranges with the peak between them located about 2,000 kilometres from mainland Chile.

Seamounts in these waters offer refuge to both resident and migratory species, including leatherback sea turtles. Seamounts in these waters offer refuge to both resident and migratory species, including leatherback sea turtles.