Tag: oceans

Governments spend US$22 billion a year helping the fishing industry empty our oceans. This injustice must end

Overfishing has dire consequences for ocean health and for the millions of people who depend on fish for food and well-being. Globally, catch has...

The Tonga Eruption Is Still Revealing New Volcanic Dangers

It’s clear that Hunga involved an unusually explosive recipe that may not be easily replicated. For about a month, the eruption had progressed as...

Extreme Heat in the Oceans Is Out of Control

Ocean depth plays a big role in how regions are affected. While the depth of the middle of the Pacific Ocean allows cooler waters...

Scientists Are Racing to Understand the Fury of Tonga’s Volcano

On December 20, Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai—an underwater volcano in the South Pacific topped with a diminutive and uninhabited island—awoke from a seven-year slumber. The...

Did Venus ever have oceans?

The planet Venus can be seen as the Earth's evil twin. At first sight, it is of comparable mass and size as our home...

Oceans’ microscopic plants—diatoms—capture carbon dioxide via biophysical pathways

Diatoms are tiny unicellular plants—no bigger than half a millimeter—which inhabit the surface water of the world's oceans where sunlight penetration is plenty. Despite...

The US Is Finally Trying to Unlock the Power of Wave Energy

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.At first glance, waves have the makings of an ideal...

The Feds Want You to Destroy This Sneaky Mussel’s Hiding Spot

Daniel showed the pet store manager how to kill the freshwater interloper by dunking it in super-salty water, and they removed the moss balls...

Record-high Arctic freshwater will flow to Labrador Sea, affecting local and global oceans

Freshwater is accumulating in the Arctic Ocean. The Beaufort Sea, which is the largest Arctic Ocean freshwater reservoir, has increased its freshwater content by...

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