A previously unknown grand deep-sea shark nursery filled with hundreds of young and many shark eggs has been discovered by scientists off the coast of Israel near Tel Aviv.
The find was made almost by accident as researchers from the University of Haifa, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research and other institutions studied the Eastern Mediterranean Sea due to its vulnerability to climate change. Deep salt basins and associated hotspots for these apex predators have also been found.
The nursery is arguably the largest mating site for deep-sea sharks, and this discovery, experts say, could have important implications for understanding climate change.
The research was done as part of the UN Sustainable Development Goals 'Life Below Water' initiative, which is designed to help save the ocean and biodiversity from the effects of climate change.
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