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Oceans Great Dying 2.0: Earth’s climate moderator is warming, faster

Oceans are heating up as they cross their natural capacity to sink carbon and atmospheric heat induced by GHGs emissions. It will further …

Save oceans from acidifying

Sulphur breathers

Anoxic ocean beds were found to harbour multicellular life  

Our ocean if we want it

BY DAVID HELVARG An author of a new book says the sea will surely outlive us (but our bad habits are scarring it forever

Cyclone Maha: Landfall likely Nov 6

Expect rains, a rough sea, damage to crops and property

'India's policy on marine fisheries excludes small-scale fishers'

My plastic marine litter or yours?

The issue of marine plastic litter warrants bold new answers and strong action and urgent measures if we want to save our planet (and ourselves)

Marine marvels

Film>> Oceans • Australia

A vicious cycle exposed

Shells turn brittle

How climate change is messing up the ocean’s biological clock, with unknown long-term consequences

Phytoplankton blooms are, in some aspects, metronomes of the annual oceanic cycles around which many species’ biological clocks are synced …

Dire straits

Global warming will have bigger impact on oceans than thought

Science & Technology - Bytes

Sea’s toxic touch

Methylation in oceans turns harmless mercury harmful

UN meet begins over treaty to govern use of high seas

Fifth round of negotiations for international legal treaty to protect marine biodiversity beyond jurisdiction of countries

Record low Antarctic sea ice is another alarming sign the ocean’s role as climate regulator is changing

Changing climate is a life-changing reality for a growing number of people

This World Oceans Day let’s talk about marine litter  

Environmental issues in the sea affect the coasts and the lands they surround & vice versa

Into the ocean twilight zone: How new technology is revealing the secrets of an under-researched undersea world

Few would have heard of temperate mesophotic ecosystems. Fewer would appreciate their importance for coastal fisheries and possibly climate …

Illuminating dark seas: Why fisheries management must be more transparent

However, effectiveness should be measured by sustainable and equitable outcomes — not the degree of transparency

Pan-African research networks are needed to manage continent’s plastic pollution threat

These first steps would help drive evidence-based recommendations relevant to the African context

Climate change could alter ocean food chains, leading to far fewer fish in the sea

Climate change is rapidly warming the Earth and altering ecosystems on land and at sea that produce our food

'Sea Gliders can help predict where dead zones will form'

Jack Barth, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, spoke on how underwater Sea Gliders track dead zones

Titanic submersible: Titan search-and-rescue effort shows risky undertakings need to consider potential rescue needs

Many conventional risk assessments do not pay sufficient attention to available emergency response capacities