Oceans News
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Earlier this month the NOAA and NASA announced that 2014 was the hottest year ever recorded, shattering the previous records in 2005 and 2010.
Now comes the news that global warming is heating the world's oceans at an unprecedented pace.
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A new survey has revealed the full extent of the plastic problem in the world’s oceans. The research estimates more than 5 trillion pieces weighing nearly 250,000 tons are floating through the seas.
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A new study has shown that the collective swimming of brine shrimp impacts water currents. This has led some scientists to speculate that the motion of the world's oceans is dependent upon the swimming of tiny marine animals.
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Washington -
US President Barack Obama will create the world's largest marine sanctuary in the Pacific Ocean in a bid to protect sea life from climate change, the White House said.
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The ocean is home to many creatures, and all of them take their sustenance from this environment. One group of organisms use the ocean's calcium to create their shells and exoskeletons. These are the calcifiers, the mollusks, corals and starfish.
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Results from a study carried out during an around-the-world cruise by a research ship, scientists have found that 88 percent of the oceans' surface contains plastic debris, leading to concerns about the effects on both marine life and the food chain.
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Washington -
The United States joined forces with other nations to declare a vast swath of the Pacific Ocean a marine sanctuary and take "historic" steps to combat illegal fishing.
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Washington -
US Secretary of State John Kerry sounded the alarm Monday on the perils facing the world's oceans, calling for a global strategy to save the planet's life-giving seas.
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Washington -
US Secretary of State John Kerry launches an unprecedented global effort Monday to save the world's oceans under siege from overfishing, climate change and pollution.
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Evanston -
Researcher Steven Jacobsen claims to have found evidence of an incredibly huge reservoir of water near the center of the earth.
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Scientists had tracked a healthy and massive shark in the waters around Australia. They were terribly shocked when their tracking device showed up on an Australian shoreline.
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Researchers have identified a core skin bacterial community that all humpback whales share across populations. Monitoring these bacteria could point to a way to assess the overall health of these endangered marine mammals.
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Microbes living on floating pieces of discarded plastic are affecting the ocean ecosystem. This plastic pollution poses a significant risk to invertebrates, humans and other animals.
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Strapping sophisticated sensors to sharks’ fins, researchers aim to collect temperature and other environmental data from the far reaches of the Pacific.
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Stockholm -
Scientists have recovered original skin pigments from three ancient marine reptile fossils. For first time the best assessment yet of the color of dinosaur skin has been made.
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Scientists are trying to understand why, in the spring, jellyfish emerge in the sea in high numbers. The effect has been described as "blooming like flowers." A biochemical trigger is thought to play a part.
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Dolphins swim by exerting minimum effort, according to a new study. This finding overturns an 80-year-old paradox that argues dolphins are not designed for swimming.
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A new fossil find suggests that some ancient sharks may have survived a mass extinction event 350 million years ago (sometimes referred to as 'the Great Dying').
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Climate changes from millions of years ago are recorded at daily rate in sea shells. Studying ancient sea shells can provide valuable information about changes to the Earth’s environment.
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Tracking the development of microbial life at the level of the sea bed has proved to be a useful indicator of climate change. A new study reveals the changing features.
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Philadelphia -
Wet Dreams is a mixed-media installation inspired by deep sea celestial voyaging, surfing, and the mysticism surrounding the ocean. Its opening reception is this Friday at SPACE 1026, a Philadelphia-based artist collective.
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New research indicates that rising ocean temperatures, caused by a warming of the Earth’s atmosphere, will upset natural cycles of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and phosphorus.
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A new study of the DNA of killer whales has confirmed that there are at least two different species of orca swimming in the world’s oceans.
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Climate change appears to be affecting the starting point of the ocean’s food chain. Changing climate is affecting the types of microscopic organisms found in the seas, with potential consequences for marine life and human health.
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Our dependence on the Internet grows daily. Should we be concerned about the apparent vulnerability of the undersea Internet cables that connect us?
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New research based on molecular analysis indicates that all the giant squids found around the world's seas and oceans belong to the same species.
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Scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, have suggested their research may have found a way forward to help the ill-fated bigeye tuna.
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A comprehensive global study has shown that oceanic wind speeds and wave heights have increased significantly in the last two decades.
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Universities of Exeter and Plymouth researchers have published a paper saying research is needed to asses the impact of renewable energy developments on marine life.
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NOAA scientists announced the arrival of El Niño, a climate phenomenon with a significant influence on global weather, ocean conditions and marine fisheries.
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An example of the plastisphere - plastic junk on the sea Ecologist
This graph shows how the average surface temperature of the world's oceans has changed since 1880. Sea surface temperatures have been higher during the past three decades than at any other time since reliable observations began in 1880, NOAA
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