Whales are important for healthy oceans. They move tons of deep-water nutrients to the surface when they poop, and, according to new research, they also transport massive amounts of nutrients from Alaska to Hawaii in their urine. Fifteen years ago, scientists discovered that whale poop provided a crucial resource for the growth of plankton, contributing […]
A “superpod” of more than 2,000 dolphins was spotted off the coast of Monterey Bay, California, over the weekend. The gathering of cetaceans included Pacific white-sided dolphins, Northern right whale dolphins and light grey baby calves, reported The Guardian. “Super pods like this are rare, especially of Northern right whale dolphins,” Monterey Bay Whale Watch […]
Accelerating glacial melting is causing the world’s oceans to rise year after year and is causing a loss of regional freshwater, new research led by scientists at the University of Zürich shows. The world’s glaciers have been losing 273 billion tonnes of ice mass annually, causing oceans to rise by nearly a millimeter per year, […]
Conservation groups, including the Center for Biological Diversity, Oceana, Greenpeace and the Natural Resources Defense Council, filed two separate lawsuits against the Trump administration on Wednesday. Both complaints focus on the administration’s moves to open more of the nation’s waters to drilling for oil and gas. “President Trump’s executive order would roll back millions of […]
The United Kingdom’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) plans to invest 81 million pounds in the development of an ambitious early warning system designed to detect climate tipping points. The new system will use drones, plankton bloom patterns and cosmic ray detection combined with artificial intelligence and detailed, cutting-edge computer models, reported The Guardian. […]
New research has found that the structure of humpback whale song is similar to human language — both use shorter sounds more frequently than those that are more complex, reported The Guardian. The structure helps infants of both species learn to communicate from their elders more quickly. “Language has long been considered a uniquely human […]
Approximately 27,000 farmed salmon have escaped from a farm off the Norwegian coast. Global seafood company Mowi is offering a reward to fishers who catch the escaped salmon in what environmentalists said was a “disaster for wild salmon,” reported The Guardian. The largest salmon producer in the world, Mowi is offering a bounty of approximately […]
Scientists at The Ohio State University have developed a new device known as Underwater Zooplankton Enhancement Light Array (UZELA), which will help promote more feeding sources for coral restoration. UZELA is a submersible, programmable light that can be deployed at a site for up to six months on one battery. If the devices need any […]
January 2025 was the warmest January on record, according to data from the EU Copernicus Climate Change Service. The data has surprised scientists, who predicted that this January would be at least slightly cooler on average than January 2024 now that the El Niño weather pattern has ended and the cooling La Niña weather pattern […]
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