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'One ocean': Australia exporting seafood impact

While Australia prioritises its own marine environments, the country's reliance on imported seafood might just be shifting the impacts elsewhere.

AAP · Aug 25

Since 1990s, amount of living heat sensitive coral has gone down shockingly, this indicates warmer ocean which means worse storms, hotter nights

El Nino is already as big as recent ones and is still growing with it expected to reach unprecedented levels at its peak. It's responsible for a good chunk of the heat in the oceans

The Economic Times · Aug 25

Lauren Sanchez’s journey from a teenage job at a New Mexico waterpark to luxury expeditions across world’s oceans comes into focus nearly four decades later, as her latest Galápagos trip draws attention

Lauren Sanchez's career evolved from a teenage waterpark job to marine conservation leadership. She now champions ocean protection as Vice Chair of the Bezos Earth Fund. Sanchez recently visited the Galápagos Islands to highlight shark importance. The Bezos Earth Fund supports significant marine conservation projects in the region. These initiatives…

The Economic Times · Aug 25

Namibia paves way for phosphate mining in the Atlantic Ocean

Namibia has granted environmental clearance for an offshore phosphate mining project that paves the way for the world's first commercial seabed-dredging operation for the mineral, despite opposition from green groups and the fishing industry.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 25

Florida opens a dedicated Jellyfish Museum

Right on the coast of Florida, Pompano Beach has opened a new venture dedicated to one of the ocean’s most enigmatic creatures: the jellyfish, a boneless and brainless invertebrate that has survived in the earth’s ocean for over 500 million years.

Bangkok Post · Aug 25

In the 1950s, US nuclear tests at Bikini and Enewetak left carbon-14 traces in Guam coral, revealing how nuclear fallout travelled across the Pacific

Guam's coral provides fascinating insights into the carbon-14 spikes resulting from US nuclear tests in the 1950s. Evidence shows that fallout from these tests journeyed to Guam through Pacific currents, with Operation Castle in 1954 leaving the most pronounced mark. The coral's growth layers function as a natural record of…

The Times of India · Aug 25

Global sea surface temperatures are at the highest levels on record — and potentially in millennia

The previous record was set in 2024, Earth’s hottest year since record-keeping began in 1880

The Independent UK · Aug 24

Scientists ‘really worried’ as ocean surface temperatures hit record high

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The Independent UK · Aug 24

Climate change may halve omega-3 fatty acids in fish and the organisms they eat

You’ve probably heard eating fish and other seafood is good for your health. One of the main reasons is that seafood is an excellent source of two important omega-3 fats called EPA and DHA.

The Conversation · Aug 24

Oceans reach hottest temperatures on record in ‘very troubling’ development for humans and marine life

The sea will keep getting hotter until the current El Nino reaches its peak sometime between November and January, scientists warn

The Independent UK · Aug 24