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How to Make Your Halloween More Eco-Friendly

Ocean Conservancy

However, for our ocean and the planet, the real fright comes from plastic waste. Plastic candy wrappers, plastic decorations and other plastic waste have serious impacts on our ocean and marine life. Love ocean content? Our ocean is counting on us to take a stand, and together—we can make a difference. We are too.

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What is happening in the Atlantic Ocean to the AMOC?

Real Climate

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is a large-scale overturning motion of the entire Atlantic, from the Southern Ocean to the high north. Graph by Ruijian Gou. The AMOC is a big deal for climate. It moves around 15 million cubic meters of water per second (i.e. 15 Sverdrup). Take the IPCC reports.

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“Every Fish is Cool”: An Interview with Dr. Kory Evans

Ocean Conservancy

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Ocean Conservancy: Can you give us an overview of your current research? It’s a cool field to study because there are so many facets and rabbit holes that you can go down to get a holistic picture of how evolutionary forces produce skull shape. Every fish is cool.

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Record-Breaking Ocean Temperatures

Ocean Conservancy

The ocean is also experiencing record-breaking temperatures and more frequent marine heatwaves. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Up to this point, the ocean has been our greatest guardian against extreme heat and catastrophic climate changes.

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Meet the Prehistoric Animals that Ruled the Ocean

Ocean Conservancy

When we think about the age of the dinosaurs, we often forget about what was swimming in the ocean during that period. While the animals that delighted our childhood like the Stegosaurus or the Tyrannosaurus rex roamed the land, the sea was also teeming with cool and unusual life. See more wonderful ocean animals! Mosasaurus. ©

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Science denial is still an issue ahead of COP28

Real Climate

In an unchanging climate, the random fluctuations would lead to warming in some parts of the world and cooling in others. In a world with just random local fluctuations but no climate change, about half the weather stations would show a (more or less significant) warming, the other half a cooling. It’s not hard to understand.

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Learnings from the National Working Waterfronts Networks Conference

Ocean Conservancy

I recently represented Ocean Conservancy at the National Working Waterfronts Network Conference in San Diego. As an engineer, former mariner and ocean conservationist I know that decarbonizing our ports requires cross-sector partnerships. Now is the time to turn conversations into action.