Sink or swim time for Salton Sea? Momentum builds for pricey lake restoration
California's biggest lake has languished for decades as increased salinity, a sinking waterline and a foul smell have robbed ...
Stop stirring up the seafloor
Yet when governments and corporate investors are pouring huge amounts of money and resources into moonshot carbon capture ...
The most important part of the ocean you’ve never heard of
The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.
The Saya de Malha Bank is an underwater haven of biodiversity, desperately in need of regulation
Nestled away in the Indian Ocean, the bank’s seagrass habitats are being decimated by a multinational fleet of fishing ships ...
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Melting ice, more rain drive Southern Ocean cooling
Researchers found increased meltwater and rain explain 60% of a decades-long mismatch between predicted and observed temperatures in the ocean around Antarctica.
Scientists peeked underneath an iceberg and found a startling kaleidoscope of marine life
A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when ...
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Takeaways from Associated Press report on efforts to capture carbon in the ocean
A growing industry is racing to engineer a solution to global warming using the absorbent power of the oceans. Dozens of ...
Ocean dumping – or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — From the grounds of a gas-fired power plant on the eastern shores of Canada, a little-known ...
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Just a whiff of penguin poop can send krill into a frenzy
The study suggests that even the faintest hint of penguin droppings in the water is enough to prompt krill into escape ...
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Sand-sized fossils hold secrets to history of climate change
Between 18,000 and 11,000 years ago, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere suddenly shot up. This caused rapid ...
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Tiny Fossils Unlock Climate Change Secrets
That's because seawater from the polar Southern Ocean sinks to the bottom of the ocean, moves northwards, and eventually occupies the seabed south of Tasmania. Seawater chemistry - including ...