Climate change is choking the oxygen out of deep water, and it’s putting fish in a double bind
It's not a good time to be a fish.
Tag: ocean
Cuttlefish can delay gratification alongside humans, chimps, and some birds (so far)
Teach me your secrets, cuttlefish.
Ocean life is suffering because we’re too loud, says new study
Fish aren't having a good time.
Warming climates make hurricanes more dangerous and longer-lasting over dry land, a new study explains
They are no longer confined to coastal areas, the authors explain.
The oceans are reaching record-temperatures not seen in thousands of years
Climate change is noticeable everywhere, including the oceans.
A French town is using human hair to clean oil pollution from the ocean
Hairdressers are putting our old hair to good use.
Earthquakes could tell how fast the ocean is warming
Underwater soundwaves produced by earthquakes travel at different speeds in warming oceans.
Climate change is destabilizing marine food webs
There will likely be no Nemo to find in the future.
Clean-up technology alone can’t keep the ocean free of plastics
We need to deal with plastic waste, and clean-up technology alone won't cut it.
Why is the ocean salty?
No matter how salty you get, you'll never be as salty as the ocean
What’s deep-sea mining? Risks and challenges of the new industrial frontier
This is a turning point for a gargantuan industry, but the environmental damage could be catastrophic.
Pluto may have had a ‘hot start’ harboring liquid oceans when it first formed
Although Pluto orbits the sun at an average distance of 3.7 billion miles (5.9 billion kilometers), some studies claim that ...
First US woman to walk in space now reaches the lowest point of the planet
The submarine expedition took over five hours. She took photos and then spoke to the astronauts on the ISS.
The iconic ‘Dumbo’ octopus stars in the deepest-ever octopus sighting
It's the deepest confirmed sighting of any cephalopod.
We could see up to 1.3m of sea-level rise by 2100 if we don’t take action now
Some rising tides sink all boats.
A new model developed to estimate how ocean acidity evolves over time
"Ocean acidification is proceeding at a rate 10 times faster today than any time in the last 55 million years," ...
Microplastics litter the entire planet — down to the depths of the ocean
Researchers found the highest concentration ever
Meet Eurythenes plasticus, the new marine species named after plastic
Researchers find new species with plastic in its body.