Cruise season shouldn’t mean turning our oceans into dump sites
Wastewater from ships can harm marine life and degrade water quality when not treated effectively.
Tag: oceans
Climate engineering would alter the oceans – study examines each method’s risks
Some strategies carry fewer risks than others, but none is free of consequences.
Fossil fuel pollution’s effect on oceans comes with huge costs
A new study concludes that accounting for ocean impacts nearly doubles the estimated climate costs to society.
How to transform 30×30 from a political slogan into an ecological reality
The recently enacted High Seas Treaty offers an opportunity to protect the ocean like never before.
Our oceans can’t afford Trump’s oil-soaked future
If offshore drilling expands according to a federal plan, it could cause 4,232 oil spills over the next few decades.
Viruses aren’t all bad: In the ocean, some help fuel the food web – a new study shows how
Viruses are central players in how ecosystems function, including a role in storing carbon in the deep oceans.
Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacy
As Arctic sea ice cover diminishes, shipping routes that were impassable most of the year are opening up.
FSU oceanographers present new conceptual framework to answer age-old question: What happens to carbon as it sinks through the ocean?
The ocean is Earth’s largest active carbon sink, pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it for long periods.
Planting the future: How Reefgen’s seafloor robots aim to restore coasts
Reefgen builds robots that plant coral, seagrass and mangroves directly into the seafloor.
Ancient fossils show how the last mass extinction forever scrambled the ocean’s biodiversity
What happened during the extinction event tells an important story, both about the past and the future of biodiversity.