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Baby fish lose poisonous protectors in acidified oceans
2016-06-28 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys.Org: Baby fish lose poisonous protectors in acidified oceans Juvenile fish shelter within the tentacles of a jellyfish. Predicted ocean acidification will upset this symbiotic relationship. A common close partnership which sees baby fish sheltering from predators among the poisonous tentacles of...
Netherlands Ocean Cleanup reveals North Sea prototype to clean oceans of plastic
2016-06-24 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The Netherland-based foundation The Ocean Cleanup has unveiled an ocean cleanup system, North Sea prototype test, which will be deployed for first sea trial later this week.
Scientists say Greenlands vast melt hasnt slowed down the Atlantic Oceans circulation yet
2016-06-21 15:05:48| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Last year, a bombshell scientific study suggested a scenario that has long worried scientists was coming to pass: a slowdown in the North Atlantic ocean currents that usually redistribute warm and cold waters, thanks to massive ice melts in Greenland and other Arctic changes. If this is really happening, its a big deal. The circulation, sometimes called the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation or AMOC, transports enormous amounts of warmth northward from lower latitudes. If it slows down,...
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Polynesian Voyagers Bring Messages of Hope to UN on World Oceans Day
2016-06-08 05:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Polynesian voyagers who have sailed the world by canoe using ancient navigation skills will bring pledges they collected along the way to the UN on Wednesday as part of World Oceans Day celebrations. The voyagers sailed the H¨kle"a canoe to New York to deliver the pledges from countries and communities committed to doing their part to help save the world's oceans to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. Nainoa Thompson, the Polynesian Voyaging Society's Master Navigator told IPS that they were...
Coral sanctuary now a 'graveyard' due to record warm oceans, scientists find
2016-06-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: Scientists on an expedition to Jarvis Island in the Pacific Remote Island Marine National Monument have found devastating loss of corals due to record warm ocean temperatures from April 2015 to May 2016, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Wednesday. Jarvis is an unpopulated island about 1,500 miles south of Honolulu, and it is typically a treasure trove of biological diversity. According to NOAA, the area has the highest fish biomass, which measures the total amount...
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