1. Algae Bloom Obliterates Two British Columbia Fish Farms
![Deadly Algae Bloom in British ColumbiaPhoto by: PNG algae bloom, fish farms, British Columbia](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigeqkQXGiN3oLyPIzzC8CqqoSV8l7BTSGLjTb7fo0JEEd88Ul1B5gsDkGCeInCyJYS4Vrvg6Yp1b-UJp09Sfhpt_3T2tKn7cLlj0_wzvix_Wl3B-p2xgJw8u6yJF3Qbueh78FcG5fa6Ac/s320/algae-bloom.jpg)
![Deadly Algae Bloom in British ColumbiaPhoto by: PNG algae bloom, fish farms, British Columbia](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigeqkQXGiN3oLyPIzzC8CqqoSV8l7BTSGLjTb7fo0JEEd88Ul1B5gsDkGCeInCyJYS4Vrvg6Yp1b-UJp09Sfhpt_3T2tKn7cLlj0_wzvix_Wl3B-p2xgJw8u6yJF3Qbueh78FcG5fa6Ac/s320/algae-bloom.jpg)
Algae blooms killed around 250,000 salmon at two British Columbia fish farms last week. About half of the fish at Grieg Seafood’s farms in Jervis Inlet died from the harmful blooms of Heterosigma algae, according to a release by the company. Because the algae was in “extraordinarily high concentration” and spread throughout the water, protective measures could not prevent the extensive kill, it said.
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![Plastic bottle recycling in China Photo by: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images plastic bottle recycling, China](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3sY27xy5TbCtueDZrv-6tWStxU4zm47NEDuUh66_6vVphxASNLws0ugEKikPLwMzch1ZCF6vZflpBYoxeNXc2sKf7Zk7SXvxQjinLj-447ogp1PBa8hKocpFvtlu-RW95t4l-griHxP0/s320/plastic-bottle-recycling-Getty.jpg)
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3. Scientists Explore Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Discover Dramatic Mountain Range
A multi-national team of ocean exploration experts led by Dr. Aggie Georgiopoulou, University College Dublin, returned to Galway on World Ocean Day (8th June 2018) after spending three and half weeks exploring and mapping the tectonic spreading at the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on the Marine Institute’s RV Celtic Explorer. Using the remotely operated vehicle Holland I, “we collected spectacular film footage of sponge gardens and even a skate nursery at 2000m under the sea. A discovery of more than 70 skate eggs was found, which is a first for the deep-sea” explained Chief Scientist Dr. Aggie Georgiopoulou.
Read more...![Deep Sea Sponges ROV, Deep Sea Sponges](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxG2KsAyEQ2H6hpswjE9w3bYFcoH2PnkDMKNJpgd958bY6qjer2yK9_5vuz6jb5PpCc4xVuauDtHzoElIyZ5wEsFzG-Noxgdtf-BQ5MOuut-Ji6eP03D6LqrE9Wo4wkGp0zaaifGMh5Y/s320/deepsea-sponges.jpg)
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4. Shrimp Species With 'Extremely Hairy Feet' Named For Bilbo Baggins
![Shrimp named after Hobbit Blibo Baggins Indonesia, shrimp, Bilbo Baggins](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1de9DIQ6ml5C7dLskIELUK00i47Nvjf5ApZBa9sUfA3UHhRc14LpMfNNoeR3B1Dp-qJRzey_Td_C49MbCE98QXE8REDbt-pmISpmEQWLh7HGGy1hqyN-z298SwTKqFYGTNOuwoAIgEOg/s320/bilbo-baggins-shrimp.jpg)
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![Antarctica Ice Loss Has Tripled Over Past Decade: photo Wikimedia Commons Antarctica, Antarctica Ice Loss](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbznf8fUSinCjMlayShyJmPYIPbgqD9cgOKXbLtk0v86i6qoTV1skdJicGkkqS0xlAv5wYhMsA2mBGDosqaaL037FEcIMQVNHTiTLGTmpOnL4E_8TPWAN8QJU_1ka1rf1GGadlwHI3Uq4/s320/antarctica-melting.jpg)
Antarctica is melting, and it’s happening at a much faster rate than scientists previously anticipated. According to a study published in Nature on Wednesday, losses in Antarctica’s ice sheets—which hold 60 to 90 percent of Earth’s fresh water, The New York Times’ Kendra Pierre-Louis notes—have tripled since 2007. The study presents the most comprehensive analysis of Antarctic ice loss to date, drawing on 24 surveys conducted by 84 scientists from 44 institutions. These researchers estimate that a decade ago, Antarctica lost ice at a rate of 73 billion metric tons per year. Now, that figure is up to 219 billion tons of ice lost per year, a staggering rate that scientists say, could raise sea levels six inches by 2100.
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6. Great Barrier Reef - Gets Fertility Treatment
![Australia's Great Barrier Reef is Bleaching: photo from CNN Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Coral Reef Bleaching, Coral IVF](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRib8Ouvcrf-6V00v6Rkk1yB9oHFlr3qhVYd3VcUj41O3FRovQ3NOSkHQzocyeooPV9ZtFnpRxYNhaUi1T9dkS4740vq1C3_HXIk5etjrnmlj4NdJWSUVVdXeOM-Cz76RqocGiFH_yvM/s320/great-barrier-reef-bleaching.jpg)
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