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Record lows on the Mississippi: How climate change is altering large rivers

Typical water conditions are no longer the norm, and that river transport is likely to face more backups in the future.

The Ocean Cleanup team hit significant milestone in 2022

Over 2,000,000 kg of trash removed from oceans and rivers

Microplastics deposited on the seafloor have tripled in 20 years

The degradation status of the buried particles was investigated, and it was found that, once trapped in the seafloor, they no longer degrade, either due to lack of erosion, oxygen, or light.

Pillar coral increase its extinction risk to Critically Endangered due to human activity

An international team of experts, including from the University of Portsmouth, have found marine species is facing a “perfect storm” due to human activity

Plastic pollution kills sea urchin larvae

Sea urchin larvae raised in high levels of plastic pollution die due to developmental abnormalities, new research shows.

BOEM and NOAA announce joint strategy for fisheries surveys

Agencies aim to mitigate offshore wind development impacts

New kind of tropical cyclone identified in the Indian Ocean

Flinders University oceanography experts have described a new kind of cyclone in the Indian Ocean near Sumatra after observing satellite surface winds in the region.

Negligible warming caused by Nord Stream methane leaks

Researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, estimated the possible climatic impact of the leaked methane

Deepest scientific ocean drilling sheds light on Japan’s next great earthquake

Tectonic stress in Japan's Nankai subduction zone is less than expected

Research explores the potential for mechanical devices to clear the ocean of plastics

Mechanical devices are increasingly being considered as a potential way to help address plastic pollution found globally in marine environments.

Fishing gear lost at sea globally revealed

New research reveals nearly two per cent of commercial fishing gear ends ups in our world's oceans each year.

Scientists scour global waters testing ocean plankton and pollution

After a near two-year "Microbiome" mission around the world, scientists had gathered thousands of samples of marine micro-organisms in a bid to better understand ocean plankton and pollution.

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