NASA plans to crash the ISS into the Pacific Ocean: Experts raise concerns for marine ecosystems' health

As the International Space Station (ISS) approaches the end of its operational life, NASA is preparing for one of the most ...
Phys.org

Oceanographers present conceptual framework to determine what happens to carbon as it sinks through the ocean

Florida State University oceanographers have discovered a significant connection between small-scale microbial processes and ecosystem-wide dynamics, offering new insights into the mechanisms driving ...
CNN

These ocean explorers have seen the damage done by industrial fishing. They want it to stop

EDITOR’S NOTE: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...
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New Report Provides Forecast for the Next Decade of Ocean Science

WASHINGTON — Major investments are needed for core research in ocean science and to upgrade and replace infrastructure to support basic and applied research in ocean studies, says a new report from ...
Nature

The Ocean Equity Index

Ocean inequity is growing rapidly as countries and corporations increasingly look to the ocean to meet human demand for resources 4,6. Benefits from the world’s oceans are accrued by a handful of ...
EurekAlert!

Only 0.001% of the deep seafloor visually observed in seventy years, revealing gaps and bias in ocean exploration and global biodiversity understanding

(Saunderstown, RI — May 7, 2025) In a groundbreaking study published today in Science Advances, researchers from Ocean Discovery League reveal that only a minuscule fraction of the deep seafloor has ...
Forbes

Ocean Acidification Crossed A Critical Boundary, Threatening Marine Ecosystems

An unhealthy sea butterfly, or pteropod, showing effects of ocean acidification including ragged, dissolving shell ridges on upper surface, a cloudy shell in lower right quadrant, and severe abrasions ...
Phys.org

Ocean heat is changing marine food webs—with far-reaching consequences for NZ fisheries and sea life

The global ocean continues to warm at a concerning rate. Satellite measurements of average sea surface temperatures show February this year was the highest for any month in the 45-year dataset, and ...
Mongabay

Locals fear Chile’s new port project for green energy will disrupt ecosystems

A new private port for public use near Punta Arenas, a city in southern Chile’s Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region, has been approved for multipurpose services, such as the development of green ...
The Conversation

From fish to clean water, the ocean matters and here’s how to quantify the benefits

Nature protection, conservation and restoration is “not a trivial matter but key to human survival,” according to scientists quoted in a 2005 UN report. To demonstrate this, they developed the concept ...
Scripps News

Mark Gold Named New Director of California Ocean Ecosystem Monitoring Program

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego has named Mark Gold as the new director of the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations, the renowned ...