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Ecology Dec 17, 2020

Improving multi-sectoral ocean management to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Researchers from IRD, the CNRS and Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada) have assessed the capacity of the principal ocean management tools to achieve the "Conserve and sustainably use the oceans' sustainable development ...

Earth Sciences Dec 14, 2020

Researchers uncover an overlooked process enhancing the carbon-removal potential of mangroves

High levels of dissolved calcium carbonate present in their bedrock indicate that Red Sea mangroves are capable of removing more carbon than previously thought, KAUST researchers have found. The study's findings highlight ...

Earth Sciences Dec 11, 2020

Impacts of COVID-19 emissions reductions remain murky in the oceans

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the first half of 2020, humans around the world stopped moving and making, resulting in a 9% drop in the greenhouse gas emissions at the root of climate change.

Earth Sciences Dec 3, 2020

Coasts drown as coral reefs collapse under warming and acidification

A new study shows the coastal protection coral reefs currently provide will start eroding by the end of the century, as the world continues to warm and the oceans acidify.

Environment Nov 25, 2020

Scientists join call for major shift in understanding to protect the ocean

Marine scientists from the University of Plymouth have contributed to a new international report calling for an urgent change in the way we think and talk about the ocean in a post-COVID world.

Earth Sciences Nov 19, 2020

Could kelp help relieve ocean acidification?

Ethereal, swaying pillars of brown kelp along California's coasts grow up through the water column, culminating in a dense surface canopy of thick fronds that provide homes and refuge for numerous marine creatures. There's ...

Environment Nov 6, 2020

Plastics and rising carbon dioxide levels could pose combined threat to marine environment

The combined environmental threat of plastic pollution and ocean acidification are having significant impacts on species living in our oceans, according to new research.

Environment Oct 28, 2020

The future is now: Long-term research shows ocean acidification ramping up on the Great Barrier Reef

Ocean acidification is no longer a somber forecast for the Great Barrier Reef but a present-day reality, a new study reveals.

Environment Oct 26, 2020

The uncertain future of the oceans

The ocean plays a key role in the current climate change, as it absorbs a considerable part of the atmospheric carbon dioxide emitted by mankind. On the one hand, this slows down the heating of the climate, and on the other ...

Plants & Animals Oct 22, 2020

Researchers publish rebuttal of prior study on ocean acidification effects on the behavior of coral reef fishes

A group of thirteen researchers from six countries has released a new scientific paper rejecting an earlier study claiming ocean acidification has no effects of the behavior of coral reef fishes.

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