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Methane-Eating Microbes in the Ocean Help Regulate Earth's Temperatures

Methane is a strong greenhouse gas that plays a key role in Earth's climate. Anytime we use natural gas, whether we light up our kitchen stove or barbeque, we are using methane.

15 Jun 2021

Ecosystem Restoration Efforts Cannot be Sustained Without Addressing Social and Political Dimensions

With the start of the United Nations' Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, which runs through 2030, a tremendous amount of money and effort will be put into re-growing forests, making over-exploited farmland productive, and reviving damaged marine environments.

11 Jun 2021

Declining Coral Health may Contribute to Reduced Global Calcification Rates

According to a new study performed by the Southern Cross University, if the trend of dwindling coral growth continues at the present rate, the coral reefs in the world may stop calcifying by around 2054.

11 Jun 2021

North Sea Structures and the Environment Examined at Conference

Existing North Sea structures and future demands on the environment from offshore renewables and other ventures are under discussion at this year’s Structures in the Marine Environment conference (June 17 & 18).

11 Jun 2021

Corals' Natural Sunscreen may Help them Withstand Climate Change

Researchers at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute are one step closer to understanding why certain corals have the ability to endure climate change better than others and the secret may lie in a particular protein that creates a natural sunscreen.

10 Jun 2021

Clownfish Exposed to Artificial Lighting Die Faster

Young clownfish living closest to shore are dying faster than those further offshore because they are being exposed to artificial lighting, says an international research team.

10 Jun 2021

Curtin Study Finds Aspirin Takes the Headache Out of Restoration

New Curtin research has shown how a readily available, cheap and safe-to-use product found in the medicine cabinet of most homes could be the key to better ecological restoration practices with major benefits for the environment and agriculture.

10 Jun 2021

Harmful Algal Bloom Events Increase Along with Seafood Demand, Coastal Development

An unprecedented analysis of almost 10,000 Harmful Algal Bloom events worldwide over the past 33 years was launched today by UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.

9 Jun 2021

Artificial Ocean Alkalinization Could Offset the Acidification of the Great Barrier Reef

According to a new study, injecting an alkalinizing agent into the ocean along the stretch of the Great Barrier Reef could help offset a decade's worth of ocean acidification, specifically at the current rate of anthropogenic carbon emissions.

9 Jun 2021

Exploring Massive Plankton Blooms with Vastly Different Impacts on the Ecosystem

"The big mystery about plankton is what controls its distribution and abundance, and what conditions lead to big plankton blooms," said Dennis McGillicuddy, Senior Scientist and Department Chair in Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

8 Jun 2021