Nine New Sponge Species Discovered Off Alaska Coast

The discovery highlights the rich biodiversity of the seafloor in the Gulf of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. These newly discovered sponges could be destroyed by bottom trawling and deep-sea mining plans, threatening unique marine life before it's even studied.

🐿️ This find gives conservationists a new, squishy argument against Trump's expansion of underwater mining and trawling.