Tag: oceans

Researchers examining the ocean off the east coast of North America found that the water's surface was 13.8°C, or 14.8°F, hotter than the average temperature between 1981 and 2011.

The amount of gear lost annually includes more than 25 million traps and pots and almost 14 billion longline hooks.

“Whether it is a lack of resources by relevant national authorities, or flaws in EMSA’s accountability system, bilge dumping remains an uncomfortable and toxic reality in our oceans.”

A study published in 2020 that concluded that the U.S. is the largest global source of plastic waste, including plastics shipped to other countries that later are mismanaged.

A new study calculates for the first time how much of that waste is ending up in the oceans and what it is doing once it gets there.

Here’s a quick explanation of two main ways climate change is affecting oceans levels and their threat to the world’s coasts.

Ahead of World Oceans Day 2021 and the second UN Ocean Conference next year, UN officials stressed the need for ‘clear, transformative and actionable’ solutions to the ocean crisis.

The problem is only likely to get worse unless something is done to stem the plastic tide.

We disrespect the Earth’s oceans at our own peril.

Scientists call the coral reefs the “rainforests of the sea,” because coral reefs—like rainforests—are highly diverse ecosystems; their destruction would lead to the extinction of a large number of species.