A day after 230 whales were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Australia's island state of Tasmania, only 35 were still alive despite rescue efforts that were to continue Thursday.
Ecology
Sep 22, 2022
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About 230 whales have been stranded on Tasmania's west coast, just days after 14 sperm whales were found beached on an island off the Australian state's northwestern coast.
Ecology
Sep 21, 2022
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An "exceptional" marine heatwave is gripping the western Mediterranean with surface temperatures up to five degrees Celsius (41 degrees Fahrenheit) hotter than average, according to experts contacted by AFP.
Environment
Jul 28, 2022
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New research from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington shows that tropical ocean-dwelling sponges may have a good chance of survival even as Earth's oceans are impacted by climate change.
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2022
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The impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly pervasive, bringing Canada's lack of preparedness in its marine conservation measures into focus.
Environment
Apr 22, 2022
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Deforestation for agribusiness expansion in Brazil, in conjunction with climate change, has worsened the already severe drought suffered in the last decade by the transition zone between the eastern Amazon and the Cerrado, ...
Environment
Mar 7, 2022
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A region of cooling water in the North Atlantic Ocean near Iceland, nicknamed the "Blue blob," has likely slowed the melting of the island's glaciers since 2011 and may continue to stymie ice loss until about 2050, according ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 15, 2022
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A team of researchers from the University of California, the NOAA/OAR Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and the University of British Columbia has found via simulations that corals that replace poorly performing algae ...
The Antarctic ice sheet was even more unstable in the past than previously thought, and at times possibly came close to collapse, new research suggests.
Earth Sciences
May 13, 2021
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A new study led by Stockholm University Assistant Professor Christian Stranne shows that thick sea ice outside the fjords can actually increase the sensitivity of Greenlandic fjords to warming. Stranne and a team of researchers ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 12, 2021
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