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The Ocean as a solution for climate change: 5 opportunities for action

Ocean-based climate action can play a much bigger role in shrinking the world’s carbon footprint than was previously thought. It could deliver up to a...

Climate change: A triple threat for the ocean

MBARI scientists have seen changes in deep-sea communities over the last three decades. For example, Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) and sergestid shrimp populations appear...

Hurricane Nicole sheds light on how storms impact the deep ocean

In early October 2016, tropical storm Nicole formed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It roamed for six days, reaching Category 4 hurricane...

Global cruise company to eliminate single-use plastic bottles across fleet

Norwegian Cruise Line will be the first major global cruise company to become plastic bottle free. Over six million plastic bottles to be eliminated...

Accelerating decline in ocean health reported in latest EU Copernicus research

The third edition of the Ocean State Report (OSR) describes the continuation of trends highlighted in last year’s edition, but at an alarmingly accelerating...

Scientists learn to restore deep-sea coral communities

The deep, cold waters off the rocky coast of Point Sur, California, are home to an unexpected community of organisms that most people associate...

New technique can show links between prey and microplastics

A brand new method has been developed by scientists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the University of Exeter, in collaboration with Abertay University...

Study: Green turtles eat plastic that looks like their food

Green turtles are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of sea grass, new research suggests. The turtles strongly favour narrow lengths...

Oil company Saudi Aramco protects and enhances coral reefs

Saudi Aramco has deployed roughly 1,000 tons of artificial reefs throughout the Arabian Gulf to help rebuild marine ecosystems as well as support the...

VIDEO: NASA’s CubeSat for next-generation marine animal telemetry

A vision for next-generation animal telemetry: imagine a future where a network of small satellites, CubeSats, will track the movement of marine animals with...

Origin of massive methane reservoir identified at the seafloor

New research from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) published Aug. 19, 2019,  in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science provides evidence of...

NOAA asked community to comment on proposed changes to National Marine Sanctuary

NOAA’s Office of U.S. National Marine Sanctuaries released a draft proposal recommending a range of potential changes to existing boundaries, regulations, and marine zones...

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