World Oceans Day: Safeguarding Our Oceans
Today marks World Oceans Day, a day that aims to raise awareness about protecting and restoring our oceans and its resources. Today, and every day,…
Today marks World Oceans Day, a day that aims to raise awareness about protecting and restoring our oceans and its resources. Today, and every day,…
Oceans cover 71% of Earth’s surface and are vital for our survival. But they are under stress from climate change, pollution, and ocean acidification, which…
Mangrove trees – valuable coastal ecosystems found in Florida and other warm climates – won’t survive sea-level rise by 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t…
The extent to which rivers transport burned carbon to oceans — where it can be stored for tens of millennia — is revealed in new…
An MIT-developed technique could aid in tracking the ocean’s health and productivity. On land, it’s fairly obvious where one ecological region ends and another begins,…
Research finds current models underestimate the impact of hurricanes and typhoons on coral reef communities. Big and strong cyclones can harm coral reefs as far…
The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder that we move through a world shaped by unseen life. Bacteria, viruses, and other microscopic organisms regulate the…
Method may help quickly identify regions where objects — and missing people — may have converged. The ocean is a messy and turbulent space, where…
The world’s deep oceans are warming at a slower rate than the surface, but it’s still not good news for deep-sea creatures according to an…
DNA scientists sampling the New Jersey shore bottle the changing ranges of marine life predicted a decade ago; Fishing DNA from seawater: a harmless, economical…
In search for alien life, planets exactly like Earth may not be best places to look, study finds. Researchers across the globe have long tackled…
Multiple factors joined forces to devastate the Great Barrier Reef in 2016. A squad of climate-related factors is responsible for the massive Australian coral bleaching…
Marine life off the West Coast, from Mexico up through Canada, inhabit the California Current. The cool, nutrient-rich water supports life from invisible phytoplankton to…
Surprising glacial and nearly ice-free periods in last 66 million years. New research by Rutgers scientists reaffirms that modern sea-level rise is linked to human…
In the Maldives, an MIT team is conducting experiments to combat sea-level rise by redirecting natural sand movement. Many island nations, including the Maldives in…
When they encounter nutrient oases in the marine desert, marine bacteria release a gas involved in climate regulation. A new study shows that “hotspots” of…
Climate-driven shifts disrupt fisheries, desalination plants; problems may hit other regions. A uniquely resilient organism all but unheard of in the Arabian Sea 20 years…
Phytoplankton play a crucial role in ocean biology and climate. Understanding the natural processes that influence phytoplankton primary production, and how they are changing as…