The Conversation
Marine Science Nonprofit Elects "The Ocean" to Join its Board
[By Anna Turns] The ocean absorbs more than 90% of the atmosphere’s excess heat trapped by human-emit...
Op-Ed: We Need to Turn the Central Arctic Ocean Into a Marine Reserve
[By Kirsten Freja Young and Brendan Godley] At the most northerly tip of the UK, looking north from the island o...
North Atlantic Right Whales Die Decades Earlier Than Antarctic Cousins
[By Greg Breed and Peter Corkerton] Southern right whales have lifespans that reach well past 100 years, and 10%...
Thousands of Aging Shipwrecks Pose Global Environmental Threat
[By Fraser Stuart] At the bottom of the oceans and seas lie more than 8,500 shipwrecks from two world wars. These wre...
Eating Fish Exposes Consumers to Microplastics, With Unknown Risk
[By Prof. Amelie Chatel] It’s no secret: when we savor a delicious piece of fish or a platter of seafood, we&rs...
Study: Meltwater from the Arctic is Weakening Atlantic Ocean Circulation
[By Laurie Menviel and Gabriel Pontes] A vast network of ocean currents nicknamed the “great global ocean...
Port of Weifang Becomes China's First "Carbon-Neutral" Seaport
[By Jiang Mengnan] Weifang Port has become the first port in China to officially achieve carbon neutrality, amid a hu...
Study: Harbor Dredging and Construction Have Increased Storm Surge Risks
[By Philip M. Orton and Stefan Talke] Centuries ago, estuaries around the world were teeming with birds and turbulent...
Microplastic is Everywhere in the Ocean - Even in Dolphins' Breath
[By Leslie Hart and Miranda Dziobak] Bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana ar...
Bottled up in the Black Sea Russia is Having a Dreadful Naval War
[By Colin Flint] The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has played out largely on land and in the air. It is a bitterl...