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Exploring the impact of acidification, deoxygenation and other global warming effects on ocean biodiversity, habitats, fisheries, and economies.
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An MIT scientist’s research links past mass die-offs of marine life to the accumulation of carbon in the sea, finding that the current rapid absorption of CO2 could push the ocean to a tipping point by the end of the century.
Researchers say the world faces a sand crisis as skyrocketing demand for the building material leads to the destruction of coastal environments and marine life.
Scientists are using satellites to identify where increasing sea levels could result in the most destructive storm surge as hurricanes grow more powerful due to climate change.
Marine conditions influence rain patterns, and new research on ocean temperatures could help improve predictions on whether the American West will face wet or dry times in the years ahead.
Massive gatherings of the marine mammals can result in stampedes that crush calves. Conservationists are pushing to have the animal protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
New genetic technologies are enabling scientists to identify traits that may help corals survive warming ocean temperatures that threaten the survival of coral reefs critical to marine ecosystems.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s 100 Island Challenge uses 3-D photography to monitor how coral reefs change over time in an effort to help local communities save crucial marine ecosystems.
Canada’s forthcoming Lancaster Sound conservation area would ban resource extraction while allowing local Inuit communities to benefit from hunting, fishing and tourism.
Susanne Becken Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith University, Australia
Bela Stantic Acting Head of School of Information and Communication Technology, Griffith University
Rod Connolly Professor in Marine Science, Griffith University in southeast Queensland, Australia
Environmental monitoring is an expensive and time-consuming endeavor. One solution: Tap data stored in tweets and Instagram photos to track the health of coral reefs and other marine ecosystems.
The ocean has lost 2 percent of its oxygen in just 50 years. Now scientists have for the first time measured a devastating loss of oxygen in ancient oceans, which could help them quantify future losses.
Scientists with NASA’s Operation IceBridge are shooting green lasers into the Arctic Ocean’s melt ponds to better understand the dramatic thawing that’s well underway.
The coral bleaching event that devastated reefs worldwide during the past three years is over for now, but as ocean temperatures continue to rise, bleaching is likely to continue on a regional level.
Winds and currents funnel icebergs from the Greenland Ice Sheet toward Canada, crossing trans-Atlantic shipping lanes along the way. The International Ice Patrol tracks these movements using flights and, now, satellites.
Elisabeth Holland Directs The Pacific Center for Environment and Sustainable Development, University of the South Pacific
Fiji climate scientist Elisabeth Holland says the proceeds of tax on fossil fuel emissions could be used to help vulnerable island states adapt to climate change and restore coastal ecosystems.
Under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization, countries are looking at ways to limit the use of thick, viscous heavy fuel oils in Arctic waters.
As waters warm, ocean oxygen levels are falling. Scientists say marine “dead zones” are already expanding, putting fisheries and the ecosystems they depend on in peril.
Arctic sea ice is more unstable than ever, and the ice may be melting toward a record in 2017 – or is it? The place to keep up on the debate over such questions is the Arctic Sea Ice Blog and Forum.
Thick, multiyear sea ice pushed from the High Arctic to the coast of Newfoundland created havoc with fishing vessels, prompting a Canadian icebreaker to scrap some of its research plans.
Most mariners don’t deliberately freeze their vessels into Arctic sea ice. But that’s what researchers aboard the Lance did, in order to better study climate change’s impact on the region.
Scientists are transforming data into three dimensions to investigate the effects of climate change on the ocean – and potentially help rebuild dying coral reefs.
An international study finds that protecting huge swathes of the ocean offers the best chance to save coral reefs, marine life and coastal areas vital to human health from the impacts of global warming.
Due to congressional budget cuts, the 38-year continuous U.S. Arctic satellite monitoring program is about to end, leaving researchers blind to ongoing Arctic sea ice losses.
Researchers have found that methane gas burbling from undersea ice deposits off Norway actually helps lock up carbon dioxide by feeding plankton that gobble up the greenhouse gas.
Warm currents are working their way into parts of the Arctic Ocean, disturbing the layer-cake-like composition of the water column and heating up the surface.
HAKAI MAGAZINE: Scientists are using an underwater drone to study a mysterious new sound channel in the Beaufort Sea, where sounds now travel four times farther than they did 10 years ago.
Tom Rippeth Professor of Physical Oceanography, Bangor University
The warm currents flowing into the Arctic Ocean from the Atlantic are separated from the ice by a layer of cold water, but hot spots are appearing. Even so, these might not drive a widespread decline in sea ice cover – for now, says oceanography expert Tom Rippeth.
A new report finds that the “staggering” rate of warming in the world’s oceans is shifting fisheries, spreading disease and altering the behavior of many marine species around the world – including in the Arctic.
These big, blubbery beasts are sensitive souls that dislike being disturbed by people. Unfortunately for them, warming Arctic temperatures are bringing more shipping and tourism to their home waters.
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