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Identifying priority Southern Ocean conservation hotspots
- February 18, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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New research shows that maintaining and adopting proposed marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean could almost double the protection of genetic hotspots from 28% to about 54%. These actions would stave off an otherwise high likelihood of ecosystem collapse in the region, according to the study led by researchers from Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future (SAEF).
Originally published at Phys.org