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Scientists have just detected a major change to the Earth’s oceans linked to a warming climate
A large research synthesis, published in one of the world’s most influential scientific journals, has detected a decline in the amount of dissolved oxygen in oceans around the world — a long-predicted result of climate change that could have severe consequences for marine organisms if it continues.
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The Amount of Oxygen in the Ocean Has Dropped Thanks to Humans
You are probably aware that global temperatures are rising thanks to human-made greenhouse gases emissions. You might not be aware of some of the many associated side effects, for instance, the fact that our oceans have been losing oxygen over the past few decades.
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'Extraordinary' levels of toxic pollution found in 10km deep Mariana trench
Scientists have discovered “extraordinary” levels of toxic pollution in the most remote and inaccessible place on the planet – the 10km deep Mariana trench in the Pacific Ocean. Small crustaceans that live in the pitch-black waters of the trench, captured by a robotic submarine, were contaminated with 50 times more toxic chemicals than crabs that survive in heavily polluted rivers in China.
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The world’s deepest ocean trenches are packed with pollution
Nasty chemicals abound in what was thought an untouched environment.
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Robot swarm measures the motion of the ocean
Oceanographers dropped mini underwater drones off the coast of California and found they congregated like plankton. By Vishnu Varma.
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Polar Bear Cubs at High Risk from Toxic Industrial Chemicals, Despite Bans
Levels in young animals elevated to 1,000 times the acceptable amount in people. By Deirdre Lockwood.
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UK scientists bid to solve mystery deaths of hundreds of baby southern right whales
Two-year project aims to learn why carcasses have washed up on Argentina’s coast. By Robin McKie.
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The last time the oceans got this warm, sea levels were 20 to 30 feet higher than they are today
Ocean temperatures today are about the same as they were more than 100,000 years ago — at a time when sea levels were 20 to 30 feet higher. By Amina Khan.
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I quit fishing: it’s just brutality dressed up as fun
A fishing trip off Perth made Dan Maio realise he was “an arsehole.”
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Make No Mistake: Earth's Oceans Are Steadily Warming
Buoys, satellites, and autonomous floaters confirm it. By Robinson Meyer.
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The Deepwater Horizon Aftermath
The oil discharged into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) rig in 2010 contaminated more than 1,000 square miles of seafloor. The complexity of the event has made it difficult for scientists to determine the long-term fate of oil in this ocean environment. But researchers from UC Santa Barbara, with colleagues from three other institutions, are making progress.
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The Amazing Cuddlefish.
Despite their name, cuttlefish aren’t fish. But unlike almost all fish, a cuttlefish can cuddle.
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Arctic Is Warming At ‘Astonishing’ Rates, Researchers Say
Scientists meeting in San Francisco issue their 2016 report card. By Christopher Joyce.
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People Are Freaking Out Over This 'Monstrosity' That Washed Up in New Zealand
New Zealand locals reportedly flocked to Muriwai Beach yesterday, to catch a glimpse of the so-called Muriwai Monster - a sprawling mass that looks exactly like something you’d drag up from the depths of the ocean.
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A New Threat to Oceans: Deep-Sea Mining for Precious Metals
“Whether mining these nodules will help end cycles of war and peace still remains to be seen, but Mero was right about one thing: They are now the precious targets, worth millions of dollars, of an emerging deep-sea mining industry, and that’s making many researchers like Craig Smith, a professor of oceanography at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, cautious.” By Sarah Fahmy.
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Pentagon Plans to Invest Billions in Undersea Drone Network
What will other nations will have to say about the U.S. openly stating its plan to dominate all of the oceans on planet Earth with a drone network? By Nicholas West.
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Bright city lights are keeping ocean predators awake and hungry
Light pollution is changing the day-night cycle of some fish, dramatically affecting their feeding behaviour.
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Miami Beach has run out of sand. Now what?
For years the sea has been eating away at the shore, and the city has spent millions of dollars pumping up sand from the seafloor to replace it, only to have it wash away again. By Josh Dzieza.
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Mystery of the Red Tide
A recent bloom of algae off the California coast left sea birds and otters mostly unharmed—and nobody quite knows why. By Sukee Bennett.
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The Badjao: Nomads of the sea
The traditional lifestyle of the nomadic Badjao people is under threat from modernisation and overfishing. By Guillem Valle. (Dec. 9, 2015)
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