How can you tell that the fish on your plate is the real thing? You can’t — and that’s the problem. A new report in The Guardian‘s “Seascape” series on the state of the world’s oceans surveyed 44 separate studies published since 2018, and found that almost 40 percent of 9,000 seafood products from restaurants, […]
Killer whales have been ramming yachts and boats off the coast of Northern Spain and researchers are puzzled by their behavior. In several attacks over the last couple of months, orcas have damaged boats and injured sailors, according to The Guardian. One sailor said that the attacks felt orchestrated, while another described it as if […]
By Krissy Waite Bolstering activists’ demands to reduce plastic pollution worldwide, Arizona State University scientists on Monday presented their research on finding micro- and nanoplastics in human organs to the American Chemical Society. Greenpeace UK responded to the reporting on the study by calling to “massively reduce the amount of plastic” produced and used worldwide. […]
A new study of five different kinds of seafood revealed traces of plastic in every sample tested. Researchers bought raw samples of popular seafood from a market in Australia, including 10 oysters, 10 farmed tiger prawns, 10 wild squid, five wild blue crab and 10 wild sardines, reported Daily Mail. At least trace levels of […]
The oceans could look much emptier by 2100, according to a new study that found that most fish species would not be able to survive in their current habitat if average global temperatures rise 4.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, as The Guardian reported. The researchers of the new paper said that […]
By David Shiffman Let’s go fishin’! After all, a lone angler fishing from a dock or a few friends going out to sea can’t have all that much of an effect on fish populations … right? Think again. “When you’re floating in the open ocean, it can be hard to imagine that your hobby will […]
As the Pacific Ocean becomes more acidic, Dungeness crabs, which live in coastal areas, are seeing their shells eaten away, according to a new study commissioned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The study authors looked at ocean acidification levels from 2016. They found that the lowered pH is dissolving the shells of […]
Ocean waters off the coast of California are acidifying twice as fast as the rest of the world’s oceans, new research shows. A study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration used fossil analysis of planktonic organisms to create a 100-year acidification records for California’s ocean waters. […]
By Eoin Higgins The climate crisis is hurting the New England fishing industry, claims a new report published Monday, with a decline of 16% in fishing jobs in the northeastern U.S. region from 1996 to 2017 and more instability ahead. University of Delaware researcher Kimberly Oremus’ paper, “Climate variability reduces employment in New England fisheries,” […]
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