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Coverage dated January 12, 2022

An icefish colony discovered in Antarctica is world's largest fish breeding ground

Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

By Katie Hunt, CNN A breeding colony of 60 million fish has been discovered in Antarctica’s ice-covered Weddell Sea — a unique and previously unknown ecosystem that covers an area the size of Malta. The fascinating find shows how little is known about the ocean depths.

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  1. New York Times

    ‘Major Discovery’ Beneath Antarctic Seas: A Giant Icefish Breeding Colony (opens New York Times)

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    Scientists discovered a mammoth nesting ground with an estimated 60 million icefish nests in the Weddell Sea.

  2. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    An icefish colony discovered in Antarctica is world's largest fish breeding ground (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Katie Hunt, CNN A breeding colony of 60 million fish has been discovered in Antarctica’s ice-covered Weddell Sea — a unique and previously unknown ecosystem that covers an area the size of Malta. The fascinating find shows how little is known about the ocean depths.

  3. The Guardian

    ‘Nothing but fish nests’: huge icefish colony found in Antarctic sea (opens The Guardian)

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    Researchers make unprecedented discovery of 60m active nests while collecting data in Weddell Sea

  4. CNN

    A colony of 60 million fish with transparent blood has been discovered in Antarctica (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The discovery of the world's largest fish breeding ground shows how little is known about the ocean depths.

  5. Live Science

    Huge nursery for icefish discovered beneath Weddell Sea in Antarctica (opens Live Science)

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    They found 60 million icefish nests.

  6. Science News

    The largest group of nesting fish ever found lives beneath Antarctic ice (opens Science News)

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    Science News's feed description

    Researchers stumbled upon a fish breeding colony of unprecedented size, spanning a territory slightly larger than Baltimore.

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