... collective knowledge of impacts on marine life is a mere drop in the ocean," wrote Dr Anthony ... international marine science research, just as ocean warming began accelerating.
The authors advocate ...
... international science community must devote more resources to research into the effects climate change is having on ocean environments, according to a paper recently published in the journal Science.
... more than 80 nations with the goal of assessing and explaining the diversity, distribution and abundance of ocean life – past, present and future.
Started in 2000, some 17 projects (including 14 ...
... oxygen depletion, thereby compounding the effects of the volcanic eruption and release of clouds of carbon dioxide in to the oceans and atmosphere. The result was a global oceanic anoxic event, where ...
... " in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas-Louisiana coast this year is likely to be the biggest ever and last longer than ever before, with marine life affected for hundreds of miles, a scientist warned.
More bad news for the world's oceans: Dead zones--areas of bottom waters too oxygen depleted to support most ocean life--are spreading, dotting nearly the entire east and south ...
Scientists on Wednesday said they had discovered deep-sea viruses to be an unexpectedly potent driver of the so-called carbon cycle that sustains oceanic life and helps dampen global warming.
More bad news for the world's oceans: Dead zones--areas of bottom waters too oxygen depleted to support most ocean life--are spreading, dotting nearly the entire east and south ...
More bad news for the world's oceans: Dead zones--areas of bottom waters too oxygen depleted to support most ocean life--are spreading, dotting nearly the entire east and south ...
... about marine life and making it accessible; Measuring effects of human activities on ocean life; Providing the foundation for scientifically-based policies;
According to Ian Poiner, chair of ...
... are soon to get needed attention from the Smithsonian Institution. "The oceans are a global system that is essential to all life in Earth, including you," acting Smithsonian Secretary Cristian Samper ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Low-oxygen zones where sea life is threatened or cannot survive are growing as the oceans are heated by global warming, a new study warns....
... of all marine life: the 27 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide released each year by human activity are gradually dissolving into the ocean’s upper layers, turning them more acidic. Julian Cribb reports.
... northern hemisphere; changes in bird migrations in Europe, North America and Australia; and shifting of the oceans’ plankton and fish from cold- to warm-adapted communities. The study appears in the ...
... to increased production of marine plant life. The increase in plant life causes more carbon dioxide to ... plants to form, Duce explained.
Oceanic plant life is produced from marine carbon (bicarbonate) ...