Ocean acidification is deadly threat to marine life, finds eight-year study.
Oceans
Plastic pollution, overfishing, global warming and increased acidification from burning fossil fuels means oceans are increasingly hostile to marine life
Scientists haul in samples of...
What scientists are learning about the impact of an acidifying ocean.
The ocean is becoming increasingly acidic as climate change accelerates and scientists are ramping up investigations into the impact on marine life and ecosystems....
More coral bleaching feared for Great Barrier Reef in coming months.
Great Barrier Reef
The next event, if it occurs, may not be as damaging as the previous two, but could ruin the chances of coral...
Ocean pollution: Prince Charles warns humanity is ‘testing the world to destruction’ and must...
Humanity is “testing the world to destruction” and must act now to protect the oceans, British royal Prince Charles has warned. Speaking to Sky...
Chinese scientists plant corals undersea.
Deep in the silent sea, Huang Hui can hear only bubbles gurgling from her oxygen tank. She can only see a few meters around...
Chesapeake acidification could compound issues already facing the bay, researchers find.
For ten days across recent summers, researchers aboard the University of Delaware research vessel Hugh R. Sharp collected water samples from the mouth of...
The loudest smallest voices are raising the alarm on climate change.
Most Americans understand that climate disruption is already happening and that we are in trouble if we don’t change course. But many people still...
Master plan to protect sea.
A master plan on the use of Vietnam’s sea is being built by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, a necessary move according...
Alaska’s oyster farmers are filling an acidification-driven void.
On a float house in Ketchikan’s George Inlet, dozens of cylindrical tanks teem with oyster larvae that range from tiny specks to small pebbles....
Polluted groundwater eroding Hawaii coral reefs, study shows.
WEST MAUI - Local land-based pollution makes coral reefs more vulnerable to ocean acidification and could trigger coastal coral reef ecosystem collapses sooner than...
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