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Global high-resolution mapping of seagrass to support conservation

By: Jianghai Peng · Jiwei Li · Johannes R. Krause · Mitchell B. Lyons · Nicholas J. Murray · Steven R. Schill · Chris M. Roelfsema · Gregory P. Asner

24 June 2026 at 01:00

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10704-3

Global high-resolution mapping shows widespread seagrass loss and degradation since 2019, with most meadows outside protected areas, highlighting urgent conservation and climate-policy needs.

A 5.3-million-year-old deep-sea whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone

Nature

By: Xiaotong Peng · Peng Zhou · Xikun Song · Giovanni Bianucci · Mengran Du · Alberto Collareta · Zhaoming Gao · Tongtong Xie · Mingyao Teng · Daniel Leduc · Sadie Mills · Kaiwen Ta · Jiwei Li · Taoshu Wei · Shamik Dasgupta · Hao Liu · Yuan He · Wenjing Xu · Shuangquan Liu · Hanyu Zhang

10 June 2026 at 01:00

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10546-z

Researchers uncovered an enormous deep-sea accumulation of whale remains in the southeastern Indian Ocean, showing long-term, specialized ecosystems and an extensive fossil record that offers new insight into deep-ocean biodiversity and whale evolutionary history.