{
  "id": 16210645,
  "title": "Strategic new protections could link 13 Pacific deep-sea reserves into connected network",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/strategic-new-protections-could-link-13-pacific-deep-sea-reserves",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-23T17:00:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-strategic-link-pacific-deep-sea.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Protected areas have been set up to shield deep-sea life from the impacts of seabed mining in the Pacific Ocean. However, new research led by scientists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and published in Nature Ecology & Evolution highlights an opportunity to make these protections even more effective.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}