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New Research Shows How Much Food is Needed By Seabirds
An international group of scientists, including one from the U.S. Geological Survey, has shown that many seabirds begin to suffer when the food available for them in the ocean declines below a critical level. This level is about one-third of the maximum...
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...
Effects of Climate Change to Further Degrade Fisheries Resources
A new study led by University of British Columbia researchers reveals how the effect of climate change can further impact the economic viability of current fisheries practices. “Fisheries are already providing fewer fish and making less money than...
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...
An Online Global Map of Coral And Zooxanthellae Data for Climate Change Study is Released
A team of researchers from the Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) have developed an interactive global map of corals and zooxanthellae as part of a hybrid web application titled GeoSymbio. This application provides global-scale biological...
‘Illusion of Plenty’ Masking Collapse of 2 Key Southern California Fisheries
The two most important recreational fisheries off Southern California have collapsed, according to a new study led by a researcher from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Scripps postdoctoral researcher Brad Erisman and his colleagues...
Bycatch Slows Recovery of Grand Banks Cod
After decades of little hope in what was once one of the world’s major fisheries, Atlantic Cod is showing signs of recovery on the Grand Banks off the coast of Canada. But WWF is warning that fisheries managers must not rush to reopen the cod fishery...
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...
