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CityU study reveals poorly discarded surgical masks threaten marine ecosystem

A mask weighing about three grams released about 3,000 microplastics.

Testing space-based marine plastic detection in an ocean wave facility

Could satellites be able to help track and map the marine plastic waste befouling our oceans?

Climate change has likely begun to suffocate the world’s fisheries

New research finds the ocean’s middle depths, home to many commercially fished species, started losing oxygen at unnatural rates in 2021

Scientists warn that ocean microplastic pollution may be greater than estimated

The conclusions show that the levels of microplastics in the Mediterranean are probably higher than estimated, but the methods used are not capable of recording them.

Sequoia receives NSF grant to develop carbon uptake sensor for profiling floats

Small Business Technology Transfer Program Provides Seed Funding for R&D Collaboration with the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences

Satellites show ‘mega-iceberg’ released 152 billion tons of fresh water into ocean

In July 2017, the A68A iceberg snapped off the Larsen-C Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula and began its epic journey

Scientists predict Tonga ash-seawater cocktail will be toxic hazard

Following an underwater volcano eruption on Saturday, Tonga has suffered significant damage and is blanketed in ash that closed runways and threatens water supplies.

Invasive species ‘hitchhiking’ on ships threaten Antarctica’s unique ecosystems

Marine life hitching a ride on ocean-crossing ships poses a threat to Antarctica’s pristine ecosystems, with the potential for invasive species to arrive from almost anywhere across the globe, say the authors of a new study.

Scientists build new atlas of ocean’s oxygen-starved waters

The new atlas provides high-resolution maps of the two major, oxygen-starved bodies of water in the tropical Pacific.

Chilean scientists study climate change at ‘end of the world’

Chilean scientists studying organisms in one of the most remote places on Earth are urging regional leaders to step up efforts to tackle climate change.

Norway has been given a floating ocean laboratory

The OceanLab will contribute to research on underwater robotics, aquaculture, autonomous shipping and environmental research.

Reef experiment set to answer big reef restoration questions

Scientists have selectively shaded bleached corals on the Great Barrier Reef – gaining critical in-field data

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