Oceans

Weather forecasting is deadly for marine wildlife

21 Oct 24 - Globally, hundreds of thousands of weather balloons are launched every year, and become a threat to marine animals after they burst—though the scale of their impact remains unknown.

Bahamas seeks help to pay off debt brought by huge storms, result of climate change

30 Sep 24 - The Bahamas is stuck in a financial pickle, much of it because of the whims of climate change, bureaucracy and the fossil fuel industry, said its prime minister, who adds that he is tired of promises of help but little action.

Strong hurricanes are hitting earlier due to warmer oceans

28 Sep 23 - Warmer oceans mean stronger storms, and the earlier onset of the strongest means potentially devastating consequences.

Warmer oceans are driving more frequent seabird die-offs

12 Sep 23 - A new study used long-term volunteer data to show that marine heatwaves are linked to mass avian mortality at sea.

Carbon in the oceans is altering the micro-fabric of life

11 Sep 23 - Humans are feeding the invisible world of ocean microbes a punishing diet of pollutants, boosting the impact of climate change and hastening the destruction of life as we know it.

Tracing anthropogenically emitted carbon dioxide into the ocean

19 Oct 22 - Researchers labeled anthropogenically emitted carbon and tracked it with an ocean circulation model to determine whether it winds up in the sky or the sea.

Climate risk index shows threats to 90% of the world’s marine specie

7 Oct 22 - By Daniel G. Boyce - The Conversation | Climate change impacts marine life through a bewildering web of complex pathways.

In a warmer future, ocean carbon sinks could help stabilise our planet

15 Feb 22 - We think of trees and soil as carbon sinks, but the world's oceans hold far larger carbon stocks and are more effective at storing carbon permanently.

Here’s how top predator species might buffer climate change impacts on biodiversity

27 Jan 22 - Sometimes even a finger-length fish can make all the difference in an ecosystem. As many of the world’s wild places confront a double-whammy of a warming climate and vanishing species, new research...

Companies backing kelp may be rushing ahead of the science

20 Sep 21 - Sinking seaweed could sequester a lot of carbon, but researchers are still grappling with basic questions about reliability, scalability and risks.

Climate change playing havoc with Chagos Archipelago

4 May 21 - The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird life rim tropical islands in the Indian Ocean. But as Sam...

Warming waters could see fewer common fish

10 Jul 20 - As many as 60 per cent of the world's fish species could struggle to breed and reproduce if climate change causes the Earth to warm by 5deg over the next 80 years, according to a new study.

Map of uncharted ocean beds takes shape

22 Jun 20 - The ocean floor is less well known than the surface of Mars and charting it could help show how oceans impact the earth's climate.

Sea warming spurs marine life to rapid migration

16 Jun 20 - Far from the sunlight and even at the lowest temperatures, ocean warming is making marine life uncomfortable.

It's up to us by how much sea levels will rise

22 May 20 - It’s a racing certainty that sea levels everywhere will go on climbing. Unless the world’s nations act to contain global warming, by 2100 the tides around the world will be one metre higher. And by...

Oceans could rebound in 30 years — if we act now

7 Apr 20 - The glory of the world’s oceans could be restored within a generation, according to a major new scientific review.

Poles attract marine life avoiding rising heat

7 Apr 20 - In a warming ocean, some species will swim, others sink. But all agree: the poles attract marine life without exception.

Hunger threat as tropical fish seek cooler waters

3 Mar 20 - Stocks of tropical fish that have provided vital protein for local people for generations may soon disappear as the oceans warm, leaving empty seas in their wake, scientists believe.

Race to exploit seabed set to wreak havoc

29 Jan 20 - New research warns that ‘blue acceleration’ – a global goldrush to claim the ocean floor – is already impacting on the environment.