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Plastic pollution in the ocean. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The Mediterranean Sea floor off Israel is littered with plastic bags – some of the highest in the world

A new study reveals a worrying picture: Israel's maritime territory has one of the highest levels of plastic bags in the world. What is the solution?
Seabed pollution. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The silent pollution of the deep: What sinks to the seabed doesn't disappear and it harms for years

A new Israeli study simulates oil spill scenarios and shows: In the deep sea, the damage to bottom creatures is more severe and the recovery time is longer – up to three to five years even at low pollutant concentrations. While the headlines focus on what
The Nareus submarine, before it sank. Courtesy of the WHOI Advanced Imaging and Imaging Laboratory

Journey to the Abyss of the Sea / Mark Schropp

The DEEPSEA CHALLENGER deep-sea submarine from the company's website

Divers to the depths / Larry Greenmeyer

Ocean-Bottom Bacteria

Do sea-floor bacteria make their own electric grids?