A new study, led by researchers at the University of Washington, has linked mass seabird die-offs to marine heat waves. The study, published in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series, analyzed data collected from residents along coasts from Alaska to central California from 1993 to 2021. The researchers were looking to find if these marine […]
After almost two decades of negotiations, the 193 United Nations Member States have adopted a landmark legally binding marine biodiversity treaty for the high seas beyond national boundaries, covering two thirds of Earth’s oceans, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced yesterday during the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity in New York. The purpose of the High […]
Scientists have warned that an extreme marine heat wave off the UK and Ireland coasts is posing a major threat to marine species. According to the official blog of the UK’s Met Office, the global sea surface temperatures for April and May of this year were the highest since records began in 1850. Last month […]
An unusually large pod of 30 killer whales was spotted frolicking in Monterey Bay, California, on Sunday. The group was made up of 11 families, including six whales from Canada, said Nancy Black, director of the nonprofit California Killer Whale Project and a marine biologist at Monterey Bay Whale Watch, as reported by CNN. Orcas […]
A new study has found that high concentrations of microplastics in sand could impact the temperature of the sand and interfere with incubating sea turtles. Researchers from Florida State University used sand from beaches at the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory and mixed it with black and white microplastics. The microplastics made up between 5% […]
This year, the 10th annual Photo Competition for United Nations World Ocean Day (UN WOD) received thousands of photo submissions from around the world surrounding the theme, Planet Ocean: Tides Are Changing.
In a new study, scientists have identified high levels of chemicals in the sea off the southern coasts of England. The chemicals include drugs that could be harming marine life. The Clean Harbours Partnership, along with Portsmouth University, Brunel University and local interest groups, collected hundreds of samples along the coasts of Hampshire and West […]
The shy, elusive vaquita is the smallest and most endangered porpoise in the world, with fewer than 20 remaining in their small range in the Gulf of California’s Sea of Cortez. Vaquitas have been hanging on against all odds, despite the consistent threat of entanglement in gillnets used to illegally catch totoaba, a large fish […]
Today we celebrate United Nations World Oceans Day (UN WOD), with this year’s theme: Planet Ocean: Tides Are Changing.
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