Scientists have returned 18 red handfish to Tasmanian waters months after they were removed to protect them from record high sea temperatures. Marine ecologist Dr…
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Climate crisis increasing frequency of deadly ocean upwells, study finds
A climate-disrupted ocean is pushing sharks, rays and other species to flee ever-hotter water in the tropics, only for them to be killed by increasingly…
View More Climate crisis increasing frequency of deadly ocean upwells, study findsScientists divided over whether record heat is acceleration of climate crisis
Record temperatures in 2024 on land and at sea have prompted scientists to question whether these anomalies are in line with predicted global heating patterns…
View More Scientists divided over whether record heat is acceleration of climate crisisEffects of geoengineering must be urgently investigated, experts say
Scientists must work urgently on predicting the effects of climate geoengineering, the chief of the US atmospheric science agency has said, as the technology is…
View More Effects of geoengineering must be urgently investigated, experts sayDeep sea exploration: what’s it like to take a trip on a submersible?
When we climb on board the ship, the submersible is waiting for us on deck. It is sleek and gleaming and slightly comic, like a…
View More Deep sea exploration: what’s it like to take a trip on a submersible?Climate experts sound alarm over thriving plant life at Greenland ice sheet
Significant areas of Greenland’s melted ice sheet are now producing vegetation, risking increased greenhouse gas emissions, rising sea levels and instability of the landscape. A…
View More Climate experts sound alarm over thriving plant life at Greenland ice sheetAtlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, study finds
The circulation of the Atlantic Ocean is heading towards a tipping point that is “bad news for the climate system and humanity”, a study has…
View More Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, study findsSocial enterprise offers young people paid opportunity to protect UK oceans
A social enterprise has launched offering people between the ages of 18 and 29 the chance to protect the seas around the UK while getting…
View More Social enterprise offers young people paid opportunity to protect UK oceansThe nurdle hunters: is combing UK beaches for tiny bits of plastic a waste of time?
Squatting in the strandline as a storm brewed on the horizon, I combed through the debris with tweezers. I spotted my first nurdle almost immediately.…
View More The nurdle hunters: is combing UK beaches for tiny bits of plastic a waste of time?Ocean fungi from twilight zone could be source of next penicillin-like drug
Large numbers of fungi have been found living in the twilight zone of the ocean, and could unlock the door to new drugs that may…
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