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Blue Marlin Blues: Loss of Dissolved Oxygen in Oceans Squeezes Billfish Habitat
The science behind counting fish in the ocean to measure their abundance has never been simple. A new scientific paper in Nature Climate Change shows that expanding ‘ocean dead zones’ (areas of low oxygen) driven in part by climate change...
Four United Nations Agencies Prepare Plan to Improve the Governance of Oceans And Limit Their Degradation
Overfishing, degradation of coastal areas, pollution and declining biodiversity are seriously affecting the health of the ocean. To address these problems, four United Nations agencies have prepared a plan to improve the governance of oceans and limit...
Online, Interactive Decision Support System Helps Decisions on Excessive Nutrients in Rivers And Estuaries
The USGS has released an online, interactive decision support system that provides easy access to six newly-developed regional models describing how rivers receive and transport nutrients from natural and human sources to sensitive waters, such as...
New Study Shows That Florida’s Reefs Cannot Endure a ‘cold Snap’
Remember frozen iguanas falling from trees during Florida’s 2010 record-breaking cold snap? Well, a new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science shows that Florida’s corals...
Ocean Acidification From Climate Change Could Weaken the Shells of California Mussels
Ocean acidification, a consequence of climate change, could weaken the shells of California mussels and diminish their body mass, with serious implications for coastal ecosystems, UC Davis researchers report (July 15) in the Journal of Experimental Biology. How...
Acidifying Oceans Could Hit Key Species California Mussels
Ocean acidification, a consequence of climate change, could weaken the shells of California mussels and diminish their body mass, with serious implications for coastal ecosystems, UC Davis researchers will report July 15 in the Journal of Experimental...
Natural Iron Fertilization Influences Deep-sea Ecosystems Off the Crozet Islands
Geo-engineering schemes aimed at tackling global warming through artificial iron fertilization of the oceans would significantly affect deep-sea ecosystems, according to research involving scientists from the United Kingdom’s National Oceanography...
Southern Ocean Fertilized With Iron From Antarctic Krill
A new discovery reveals that the shrimp-like creature at the heart of the Antarctic food chain could play a key role in fertilizing the Southern Ocean with iron — stimulating the growth of phytoplankton (microscopic plant-like organisms). This process...
