Tag: ecology

News
Six-week science voyage deep into the waters of Antarctica

Six-week science voyage deep into the waters of Antarctica

Multi-disciplinary research team will sail more than 3500km south aboard NIWA’s...

Arctic&Antarctic
Antarctic tourism: Should we worry about damage to the ice and ecosystems?

Antarctic tourism: Should we worry about damage to the...

During the COVID summer of 2020-21, just 15 tourists on two yachts visited Antarctica....

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

Record lows on the Mississippi: How climate change is altering...

Typical water conditions are no longer the norm, and that river transport is likely...

Ecology
The Ocean Cleanup team hit significant milestone in 2022

The Ocean Cleanup team hit significant milestone in 2022

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

Ecology
Microplastics deposited on the seafloor have tripled in 20 years

Microplastics deposited on the seafloor have tripled in...

The degradation status of the buried particles was investigated, and it was found...

R&D
How sunlight could turn seawater into freshwater for coastal communities

How sunlight could turn seawater into freshwater for coastal...

Abu Dhabi-based startup Manhat is developing a floating device that distills water...

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

Pillar coral increase its extinction risk to Critically...

An international team of experts, including from the University of Portsmouth, have...

General
Ocean Conservancy offers tips for an ocean friendly holiday

Ocean Conservancy offers tips for an ocean friendly holiday

Make the sea-son merry and bright with four simple steps

Ecology
Plastic pollution kills sea urchin larvae

Plastic pollution kills sea urchin larvae

Sea urchin larvae raised in high levels of plastic pollution die due to developmental...

News
New aquarium under development for Antarctic krill research

New aquarium under development for Antarctic krill research

A new world-leading Antarctic krill aquarium and research facility in Tasmania has...

Digitalization
World-first satellite to measure Earth’s water levels blasts into space

World-first satellite to measure Earth’s water levels blasts...

This unprecedented data will help improve our understanding of climate change

Fishing sector
Over £3.5m awarded to sustainable fishing projects as new funding round opens

Over £3.5m awarded to sustainable fishing projects as new...

The funding, from the government’s £100m UK Seafood Fund, will focus on a number...

Ecology
BOEM and NOAA announce joint strategy for fisheries surveys

BOEM and NOAA announce joint strategy for fisheries surveys

Agencies aim to mitigate offshore wind development impacts

Ecology
New kind of tropical cyclone identified in the Indian Ocean

New kind of tropical cyclone identified in the Indian Ocean

Flinders University oceanography experts have described a new kind of cyclone in...

Wind Energy
Offshore wind farms change marine ecosystems, study shows

Offshore wind farms change marine ecosystems, study shows

The large-scale wind farms can strongly influence marine primary production as well...

Research
A warmer Arctic Ocean leads to more snowfall further south, according to new model

A warmer Arctic Ocean leads to more snowfall further south,...

With the Arctic Ocean being twice as sensitive to rapid warming than the global...

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