Tag: Oceanography

Research from the University of Washington shows that endangered blue whales are present and singing off the southwest coast of ...

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute scientists are one step closer to understanding why some corals can weather climate change better than ...

Long-term exposure to artificial light decreasing survival of a coral reef fish Young clownfish living closest to shore are dying ...

UNESCO IOC delivers 1st global assessment report after 7 years' work by 109 experts in 35 countries, creating a baseline ...

"The big mystery about plankton is what controls its distribution and abundance, and what conditions lead to big plankton blooms," ...

Seek public comment on global youth crowd-sourced ocean policy framework to balance ocean, human, climate, and economic health Concerned youths ...

Decades of research has revealed the remarkable morphological adaptations of sea snakes to aquatic life, which include paddle-shaped tails, salt-excreting ...

Stanford scientists find epidemics of fungal infections in algae alter carbon cycling Tiny algae in Earth's oceans and lakes take ...

When saber-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths and giant sloths roamed North America during the last Ice Age about 18,000 to 80,000 ...

Launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, UN calls on countries to meet commitments to restore 1 billion hectares of ...

Table corals are regenerating reefs Table corals have been dubbed as "extraordinary ecosystem engineers" - with new research showing these ...

New publication: Researchers explain how vegetation was possible in the desert The Sahara has not always been covered by only ...

Plastic pollution has been found in seawater, on beaches and inside marine animals at the Galapagos Islands. A new study ...

Long-term data show fish-eating species are struggling to raise young in northern hemisphereCredit: Ron LeValley There is heightened public awareness ...

Credit: Image credit: J.M. Bernhard. Woods Hole, Mass. (May 27, 2021) - With the expansion of oxygen-depleted waters in the ...

New study suggests old rules on how ice breaks may not always hold upCredit: Iman El Gharamti/Aalto University Researchers at ...

Multi-national team of scientists discover amounts of mercury in the deepest trenches of the Pacific Ocean that exceed any value ...

Data assimilation method improves NOAA forecasts of coastal floodingCredit: FEMA News Photos Hurricane storm surge is one of the most ...

Credit: Courtney Wagner/University of Utah Fifty-six million years ago, as the Earth's climate warmed by five to eight degrees C, ...

Credit: Poul Christoffersen and RESPONDER team Scientists have used fibre-optic sensing to obtain the most detailed measurements of ice properties ...