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New Research Sparks Concerns That Ocean Circulation Will Collapse

Yale E360

APRIL 18, 2023

Scientists have long feared that warming could cause a breakdown of ocean circulation in the North Atlantic. But new research finds the real risk lies in Antarctica’s waters, where melting could disrupt currents in the next few decades, with profound impacts on global climate. Read more on E360 →

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The Planet’s Big Blue Machine: Why the Ocean Engine Matters

Yale E360

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The ocean is an enormous engine, turning heat energy into motion, says physicist Helen Czerski. But human activity is threatening that machine — depriving the seas of oxygen, increasing stratification, and potentially changing the currents that influence global weather. Read more on E360 →

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As Ocean Oxygen Levels Dip, Fish Face an Uncertain Future

Yale E360

MAY 11, 2023

Global warming not only increases ocean temperatures, it triggers a cascade of effects that are stripping the seas of oxygen. Fish are already moving to new waters in search of oxygen, and scientists are warning of the long-term threat to fish species and marine ecosystems. Read more on E360 →

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International Court Backs Need to Protect Oceans and Island Nations from Climate Impacts

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2024

While nonbinding, the unanimous advisory opinion offers important support for small island nations facing climate impacts and raises the bar for other nations to reduce their global warming emissions to protect the world’s oceans. Lays out polluting nations’ obligations.

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The Race for EV Parts Leads to Risky Deep-Ocean Mining

Yale E360

JULY 29, 2021

Some companies say the solution lies in mining the deep oceans, but scientists say that could irreversibly damage a vast, largely pristine ecosystem. The electric vehicle boom is driving a surge in demand for prized metals needed for batteries and other components. Read more on E360 ?.

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Our Oceans Are Getting Greener, Remote Sensing Reveals

Yale E360

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Satellite images have confirmed that the world's oceans have become slightly greener. Scientists suspect climate change is the reason. Read more on E360 →

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Can We Mine the World’s Deep Ocean Without Destroying It?

Yale E360

JUNE 14, 2023

body charged with regulating deep-ocean mining will soon consider whether to permit the first project to move forward. But ecologist Lisa Levin, who has long studied the deep sea, worries that in the rush for key minerals, a pristine and important ecosystem will be lost. Read more on E360 →

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La Niña Looking Less Likely as Ocean Waters Stay Balmy

Yale E360

OCTOBER 15, 2024

As ocean temperatures remain stubbornly high, forecasters see a diminished chance that the Pacific Ocean will enter its cooler La Niña phase this fall, as was predicted. Read more on E360 →

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Captura, AltaSea Plan Ocean Carbon Removal System at Port of Los Angeles

Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 5, 2023

Moreover, the partnership will also enable Captura to conduct technology development and ocean modeling work to guide feasibility studies for commercial facilities.

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Ørsted Acquires PSEG’S Ocean Wind 1 Equity Shares

Environment + Energy Leader

JANUARY 18, 2023

The post Ørsted Acquires PSEG’S Ocean Wind 1 Equity Shares appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. This acquisition will give them 100% ownership of the wind energy project located 15 miles off the coast of New Jersey and will help Ørsted to deliver New Jersey’s 1st offshore wind energy project.

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Antarctic Ocean Circulation Has Slowed Dramatically, Study Finds

Yale E360

MAY 26, 2023

Ocean circulation in the deep waters around Antarctica has slowed significantly over the past three decades, posing a threat to the climate system, according to a new study. Read more on E360 →

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From Whale Oil to Wind Power: the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Disinformation Is an Ocean of Hypocrisy

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 8, 2024

This long search for something so large in the ocean brought to mind the classic American novel, Moby Dick by Herman Melville. I recently got a glimpse of this new energy supply out at sea, first from shore and then on a visit with others seeking to learn more.

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What is happening in the Atlantic Ocean to the AMOC?

Real Climate

JULY 24, 2023

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is a large-scale overturning motion of the entire Atlantic, from the Southern Ocean to the high north. The post What is happening in the Atlantic Ocean to the AMOC? Graph by Ruijian Gou. The AMOC is a big deal for climate. 15 Sverdrup). Take the IPCC reports. 1999; Huisman et al.

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As Ocean Waters Warm, a Race to Breed Heat-Resistant Coral

Yale E360

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Around the world, researchers are working on a range of projects that aim to enhance corals’ resistance to marine heat waves. In a promising sign, a U.K. team recently became the first to quantify an uptick in heat tolerance among adult corals selectively bred for the trait. Read more on E360 →

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Great Barrier Reef Sees Mass Bleaching as Ocean Temperatures Hit Record High

Yale E360

MARCH 8, 2024

Beset by severe heat throughout the Australian summer, the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing a mass bleaching, its fifth in eight years. Read more on E360 →

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Four Impacts of Ocean Warming

Ocean Conservancy

MAY 17, 2024

Well, if you have been reading the news or following our blogs, you know the ocean is getting hotter due to humans burning fossil fuels. In fact, 90% of all global warming is occurring in our ocean. Love ocean content? HABs are also found in Arctic waters as a result of ocean warming in this chilly region.

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New study suggests the Atlantic overturning circulation AMOC “is on tipping course”

Real Climate

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The paper results from a major computational effort, based on running a state-of-the-art climate model (the CESM model with horizontal resolution 1° for the ocean/sea ice and 2° for the atmosphere/land component) for 4,400 model years. Figure adapted from Caesar et al., Nature 2018.

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Announcing Ocean Conservancy’s 2024 Photo Contest Winners

Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 26, 2024

I’m honored to announce the winners of Ocean Conservancy’s 2024 Photo Contest. This year, we decided to let the Ocean Conservancy team get in on the fun, too. This year, we decided to let the Ocean Conservancy team get in on the fun, too. Without further ado, I present your 2024 Ocean Conservancy Photo Contest winners!

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Hurricanes Helene and Milton Further Proof We’re Not Ready for Fossil Fuel-Caused Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In August, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued its updated forecast for the 2024 hurricane season. Significantly warmer than usual surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean, which come largely as a result of human-caused climate change. Why are the oceans so warm and fueling this rapid intensification?

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Love the Ocean? Thank a Shark

Scientific American

AUGUST 6, 2024

Sharks provide multiple benefits for ocean ecosystems: their declining numbers threaten habitats for baby fish

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Mars Hides Colossal Ocean Deep Below Its Surface

Scientific American

AUGUST 14, 2024

An underground Martian ocean could hold enough liquid to cover the Red Planet with a mile of water

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Should We Use the Ocean to Capture Carbon?

Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Climate change is here, and nowhere is this more immediately apparent than in our ocean. It makes sense that our ocean would bear the most immediate impacts because it is on the front line of actually absorbing and storing the carbon that causes climate change to begin with.

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Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Wave Foreshadows a Dangerous Hurricane Season

Scientific American

MAY 13, 2024

An active hurricane season could be in store because of ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic that broke records for more than a year

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Ships could store their CO2 emissions in the ocean

New Scientist

MAY 21, 2024

Researchers have designed a new system to capture carbon dioxide from shipping exhaust after studying how limestone naturally dissolves in the ocean

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Increasingly Frequent Ocean Heat Waves Trigger Mass Die-Offs of Sealife, and Grief in Marine Scientists

Inside Climate News

MAY 1, 2024

Heat waves recently extended across nearly 30 percent of the world’s oceans, an expanse equivalent to the surface area of North America, Asia, Europe and Africa.

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Here's how coral reefs might survive hotter, more acidic oceans

New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Coral reefs around the world are at risk of collapse due to rising temperatures and acidifying oceans, but the natural adaptability of some species may help buy time

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Not just another dot on the graph?

Real Climate

JANUARY 12, 2024

First, it’s been obvious for months that 2023 would be a record year – in temperatures (at the surface, troposphere and in the ocean), in Antarctic sea ice, in the number of big climate disasters etc. Ongoing issues Last year at this time, I discussed ongoing work to understand trends in the Southern Ocean. Why oh why?

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As Oceans Warm, Coral Bleaching Seen at Greater Depths

Yale E360

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Researchers have discovered coral bleaching hundreds of feet underwater, at a depth where corals were once well insulated from surface warming. Read more on E360 →

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Vital Atlantic Ocean current is already weakening due to melting ice

New Scientist

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

A study modelling the impact of melting ice suggests scientists have underestimated the risk that an important ocean current will shut down and cause climate chaos

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The water south of Greenland has been cooling, so what causes that?

Real Climate

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Here we start by taking the Greenland mass loss rate into the ocean, times the temperature difference between the meltwater and the water it replaces. For the part entering the ocean as ice, we must also consider that to melt ice requires energy. Greenland ice melt. or other estimates). References. Trenberth, K. & Fasullo, J.

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How climate change has pushed our oceans to the brink of catastrophe

New Scientist

AUGUST 14, 2024

For decades, the oceans have absorbed much of the excess heat caused by greenhouse gases. The latest observations suggest they are reaching their limits, so how worried should we be?

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Researchers Parse the Future of Plankton in an Ever-Warmer World

Yale E360

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Plankton form the base of the world’s food chain, but warmer and more acidic oceans are affecting their numbers and variety. Some species, on which fish rely, are in decline; others, which soak up carbon, are on the rise, while others are shifting their range and bloom times. Read more on E360 →

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How Are These Mineral Deposits Producing Oxygen from the Ocean Floor?

Scientific American

AUGUST 21, 2024

Polymetallic blobs are producing “dark oxygen” from the depths of the ocean—and no one knows exactly how.

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Wild Sounds: The Loss of Sonic Diversity and Why It Matters

Yale E360

MARCH 31, 2022

From birdsong in the rainforest to whale calls in the oceans, the world is losing the variety of sounds that enriches life. Habitat loss, species extinctions, and industrial noise all contribute to this sonic loss, which cuts off a vital human connection to the Earth. Read more on E360 ?.

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A Nobel pursuit

Real Climate

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Manabe’s subsequent work led to the development of the GFDL GCM, initially just including the atmosphere, but eventually with an ocean, and then the transient results shown in Manabe and Stouffer (1993). The basic issue stems from the different timescales of the ocean and atmosphere. 1975) , and Bryan et al. Cubasch et al.

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National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration Addresses Rising CO2 Levels

Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 6, 2023

Industries dependent on marine resources, such as fisheries and tourism, face significant threats from this environmental degradation.

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A Scientist Reveals the Bioluminescent Magic of the Deep-Sea World

Yale E360

AUGUST 10, 2021

In an interview with Yale Environment 360 , marine biologist Edith Widder talks about her pioneering research into the world of bioluminescent organisms in the deep oceans and warns of the dangers, from trawling to oil drilling, that imperil this hidden realm. Read more on E360 ?.

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Why Climate Change Could Put New Conservation Areas in Jeopardy

Yale E360

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

A global initiative to protect 30 percent of the earth’s land and oceans by 2030 is gaining momentum. But scientists warn that as the world warms, many conservation areas will become less and less suited to the types of species and ecosystems they were intended to protect. Read more on E360 ?.

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Salesforce Works Toward a Global Effort to Make Blue Carbon Projects Consistent

Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 13, 2022

At the Our Ocean Conference convened in the Republic of Palau, Salesforce announced a global collaborative effort aimed at driving consistent standards around high-quality blue carbon projects and credits.

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Climate-Fueled Extreme Weather Events Are Worsening. We Need Action at COP29

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Each storm made history in its own right: Beryl was the earliest Category 5 storm on record in the Atlantic Ocean, Helene broke rainfall records in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, and destroyed tens of mountain communities, and Milton was the second fastest intensifying storm since 1979.

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California Becomes First State in Nation To Adopt Microplastics Reduction Policy

Environment + Energy Leader

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

To improve its coastal and ocean health, the California government’s Ocean Protection Council devised a 37-page Statewide Microplastics Strategy containing case studies, policy prescriptions, and monitoring methods. The strategy’s multi-pronged approach includes.

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2021 Was One of the Deadliest and Costliest Years for Climate Disasters

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2022

UCS Climate and Energy program policy director Rachel Cleetus breaks down the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's latest report on costly, dangerous climate-related disasters in 2021.

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Another dot on the graph

Real Climate

JANUARY 15, 2022

Unlike in years past, there is no longer any serious discrepancy between the records – which use multiple approaches for the ocean temperatures, the homogenization of the weather stations records, and interpolation. Southern Ocean trends. The least visited part of the ocean are the waters around Antarctica. References.

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‘Marine Snow’ Studies Show How the Ocean Eats Carbon

Scientific American

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The ocean’s digestive system is dictated by picky microbes and precise dynamics of drifting debris

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New Research Sparks Concerns That Ocean Circulation Will Collapse

The Planet’s Big Blue Machine: Why the Ocean Engine Matters

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As Ocean Oxygen Levels Dip, Fish Face an Uncertain Future

International Court Backs Need to Protect Oceans and Island Nations from Climate Impacts

The Race for EV Parts Leads to Risky Deep-Ocean Mining

Our Oceans Are Getting Greener, Remote Sensing Reveals

Can We Mine the World’s Deep Ocean Without Destroying It?

La Niña Looking Less Likely as Ocean Waters Stay Balmy

Captura, AltaSea Plan Ocean Carbon Removal System at Port of Los Angeles

Ørsted Acquires PSEG’S Ocean Wind 1 Equity Shares

Antarctic Ocean Circulation Has Slowed Dramatically, Study Finds

From Whale Oil to Wind Power: the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Disinformation Is an Ocean of Hypocrisy

What is happening in the Atlantic Ocean to the AMOC?

As Ocean Waters Warm, a Race to Breed Heat-Resistant Coral

Great Barrier Reef Sees Mass Bleaching as Ocean Temperatures Hit Record High

Four Impacts of Ocean Warming

New study suggests the Atlantic overturning circulation AMOC “is on tipping course”

Announcing Ocean Conservancy’s 2024 Photo Contest Winners

Hurricanes Helene and Milton Further Proof We’re Not Ready for Fossil Fuel-Caused Climate Change

Love the Ocean? Thank a Shark

Mars Hides Colossal Ocean Deep Below Its Surface

Should We Use the Ocean to Capture Carbon?

Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Wave Foreshadows a Dangerous Hurricane Season

Ships could store their CO2 emissions in the ocean

Increasingly Frequent Ocean Heat Waves Trigger Mass Die-Offs of Sealife, and Grief in Marine Scientists

Here's how coral reefs might survive hotter, more acidic oceans

Not just another dot on the graph?

As Oceans Warm, Coral Bleaching Seen at Greater Depths

Vital Atlantic Ocean current is already weakening due to melting ice

The water south of Greenland has been cooling, so what causes that?

How climate change has pushed our oceans to the brink of catastrophe

Researchers Parse the Future of Plankton in an Ever-Warmer World

How Are These Mineral Deposits Producing Oxygen from the Ocean Floor?

Wild Sounds: The Loss of Sonic Diversity and Why It Matters

A Nobel pursuit

National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration Addresses Rising CO2 Levels

A Scientist Reveals the Bioluminescent Magic of the Deep-Sea World

Why Climate Change Could Put New Conservation Areas in Jeopardy

Salesforce Works Toward a Global Effort to Make Blue Carbon Projects Consistent

Climate-Fueled Extreme Weather Events Are Worsening. We Need Action at COP29

California Becomes First State in Nation To Adopt Microplastics Reduction Policy

2021 Was One of the Deadliest and Costliest Years for Climate Disasters

Another dot on the graph

‘Marine Snow’ Studies Show How the Ocean Eats Carbon

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