Danielle Beurteaux is a New York-based freelance journalist who writes about science, technology and food. https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/contributor/danielle-beurteaux/rss en Biodiversity Climate Change Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:40:00 +0000 Danielle Beurteaux https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2018/04/17/seabirds-arent-keeping-pace-with-climate-change-scientists-warn https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2018/04/17/seabirds-arent-keeping-pace-with-climate-change-scientists-warn An international team of researchers finds that seabirds aren’t shifting their breeding times as ocean temperatures rise, which risks putting them out of sync with the availability of prey to find for their young. Plastic Pollution Tue, 03 Apr 2018 03:00:00 +0000 Danielle Beurteaux https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2018/04/03/heavy-metal-the-new-toxic-danger-posed-by-ocean-plastic-trash https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2018/04/03/heavy-metal-the-new-toxic-danger-posed-by-ocean-plastic-trash Plastics entering coastal waters both absorb and release cadmium, lead and other toxic metals. Scientists are now trying to determine the impact of metal-contaminated plastic on marine life and ocean ecosystems.