{"id":15942,"date":"2022-08-10T10:29:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T07:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/?p=15942"},"modified":"2024-02-22T15:21:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T13:21:53","slug":"deep-sea-wonderland-in-israel-is-declared-a-hope-spot-first-discovered-by-charney-school-and-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/en\/deep-sea-wonderland-in-israel-is-declared-a-hope-spot-first-discovered-by-charney-school-and-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep-sea wonderland in Israel is declared a Hope Spot \u2013 first discovered by Charney School and partners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Deep-sea wonderland in Israel is declared a Hope Spot \u2013 first discovered by Charney School and partners \n\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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In July, the Palmahim Slide (also called a Disturbance) became the first Israeli location designated as a “Hope Spot<\/a>\u201d by Mission Blue, oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle\u2019s organization dedicated to exploring and protecting significant marine areas (>>MORE in Israel 21c<\/a>). The Palmahim Slide is a biodiversity hotspot where Blackmouth catsharks breed and Bluefin tuna spawn, according to international studies led in the past decade by Prof. Yizhaq Makovsky<\/a> (Applied Marine Exploration Lab). A recent underwater expedition led by Makovsky discovered the largest concentration of deep-sea shark eggs ever found (>>Read More<\/a>).\u00a0\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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