‘Completely unexpected’: Antarctic sea ice may be in terminal decline due to rising Southern Ocean salinity: Adélie penguins rely on Antarctic sea ice for habitat. Nick Dale Photo/Shutterstock The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015, the frozen continent has …
Ocean mud locks up much of the planet’s carbon – we’re digging deep to map these ancient stores: Damsea/Shutterstock Mud is messy. For some, it’s a plaything. To many, it can mean real hardship. Mud, though, is often overlooked, particularly when it lies out of sight. Deep down at the bottom of the sea, it …
Ocean currents can generate electricity – and our study shows Africa’s seas have some of the strongest: The world’s oceans cover more than 70% of Earth’s surface. They’re filled with currents, some much stronger than the fastest flowing large rivers. These currents can be harnessed as clean, marine renewable energy. Marine energy is much more …
Madagascar’s huge ocean algae bloom was caused by dust from drought-stricken southern Africa: Scientists have found new evidence that desertification, potentially linked to global warming, leads to large amounts of nutrient-rich dust landing in the sea, causing ocean algae to grow rapidly. Biological oceanographer John A. Gittings and an international group of researchers have found …
From jellyfish to basking shark, we’re developing 100 new signs to deepen deaf people’s connection with the ocean: New British sign language terms will cover marine creatures like this jellyfish. JDScuba/Shutterstock For deaf people including schoolchildren, teachers and scientists, talking about marine species like the shortfin mako shark, loggerhead turtle and tiny phytoplankton usually means …
Can seabirds hear their way across the ocean? Our research suggests so: Wandering albatrosses can cover huge distances in a single trip. MZPhoto.cz/Shutterstock Animals cover astonishing distances when they are looking for food. While caribou, reindeer and wolves clock up impressive mileage on land, seabirds are unrivalled in their travelling distances. Arctic terns travel from …
West Africa’s plastic waste could be fuelling the economy instead of polluting the ocean: experts: A beach littered with plastic and other waste in the fishing village of Kayar, north of Dakar, Senegal. Bara Deme, Author provided Plastic pollution is an urgent environmental issue, globally. Every year, about eight million tonnes of plastic end up …
How do coral reefs thrive in parts of the ocean that are low in nutrients? By eating their algal companions: Coral reefs are hotspots of productivity in otherwise nutrient-poor parts of our oceans. Joerg Wiedenmann & Cecilia D'Angelo/University of Southampton, CC BY-NC-ND Coral reefs thrive in parts of the world’s oceans that are low in …
Remote Pacific coral reef shows at least some ability to cope with ocean warming – new study: A healthy coral reef in Palau in the western Pacific Ocean. Liam Lachs, Author provided Unprecedented ocean temperatures are triggering mass coral bleaching events across the world. This year, the world’s third largest barrier reef, in Florida, is …
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Slowing deep Southern Ocean current may be linked to natural climate cycle – but that’s no reason to stop worrying about melting Antarctic ice: The Weddell Sea helps power the great ocean conveyor, which moves heat, carbon dioxide and nutrients around Earth's ocean basins. Janelle Lugge/Shutterstock Our new research in the Antarctic suggests that the …
Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer by 2030s, say scientists – this would have global, damaging and dangerous consequences: Ice in the Chukchi Sea, north of Alaska and Siberia. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer by the 2030s, even if we do a good job of reducing …
We found long-banned pollutants in the very deepest part of the ocean: Scientists found PCBs 8 kilometres below the waves. dimitris_k / shutterstock I was part of a team that recently discovered human-made pollutants in one of the deepest and most remote places on Earth – the Atacama Trench, which goes down to a depth …
Snailfish: the ‘impossible’ fish that broke two deep sea records shows the importance of ocean exploration: Images of the snailfish seen at the Izu-Ogasawara Trench. University of Western Australia When thinking of animals that live in the most extreme environments on Earth most of us probably don’t think of the snailfish. Its name may not …
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