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‘Protecting Our Planet’ Runner-Up

A new-born blacktip reef shark being released in French Polynesia.
A new-born blacktip reef shark being released in French Polynesia. Image: Victor Huertas

The runner-up in the ‘Protecting the Planet’ category is this shot of a researcher releasing a newborn shark. The shark has been tagged and its biometric data taken down. As seas warm, researchers are concerned about how the young sharks will be affected; tagging them allows ecologists to track the sharks as they grow throughout their lives.

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