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Satellite mapping reveals major Southern Ocean habitat changes. New research reveals that changes following the recent and dramatic decline in Antarctic sea ice could help a low-nutritional species prosper, with […]
Tiny ocean migrants play a massive role in Southern Ocean carbon storage… but it’s different to how we thought! A groundbreaking study published in Limnology and Oceanography reveals that small but mighty […]
Southern Ocean protection takes a step backwards as CCAMLR fails to put conservation first The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) 43rd annual meeting has closed. […]
Is the Southern Ocean absorbing more CO2 than previously thought? New research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) has found that the Southern Ocean absorbs […]
Superheroes of the Southern Ocean, vital in fight against climate change. WWF is shining a light on these vital species on the first ever World Krill Day on August 11 […]
Continued high-level support for Southern Ocean protection at One Ocean Summit. The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition welcomed the announcements from President Macron at the One Ocean Summit that will help […]
Behavioural adaptations that may help Antarctic fishes adapt to warming Southern Ocean. Scientists describe how Antarctic fishes with and without haemoglobin react to acute thermal stress. The responses may help […]
ANTARCTIC meeting chance to thaw opposition to Southern Ocean protection. The 40th annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) and its 26 members […]
Role of deep diatoms in Southern Ocean ecology. The Southern Ocean was thought to be too dark and low on essential micro-nutrients to sustain plant growth in deep water, but […]
Exploring coccolithophore communities in the Southern Indian Ocean. Our oceans contain a vast community of calcifying algae, known as coccolithophores, that play a critical role in the global carbon cycle through […]
Progress at Southern Indian Ocean fisheries meeting. The sixth Meeting of the Parties to the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA), which took place in Mauritius last month, resulted in […]
Global leaders announce $6.4 billion for ocean action at first African Our Ocean Conference. Over 100 governments, businesses and civil society organisations announced 320 new commitments valued at $6.4 billion to […]
When the oceans died and life changed forever. A prehistoric ice age nearly killed ocean life—but it also launched the rise of jawed animals that still rule the planet today. […]
How bubbles may speed up CO2 uptake by the ocean. New study provides evidence that the ocean may have absorbed as much as 15% (0.3-0.4 Pg C yr-1) more CO2 […]
Following ocean currents to predict and prevent seabird deaths. A new study seeks to support conservation and management strategies by identifying zones of overlap between fishing and bird activity. Every […]
DNA from the deep reveals a hidden ocean ‘superhighway’. A world-first study led by Museums Victoria Research Institute has revealed that beneath the cold, dark, pressurised world of the deep […]
New global assessment reveals stark biases in ocean biodiversity data. Despite decades of ocean exploration, we still lack basic answers to one of the most fundamental ecological questions: where is marine […]
MSC’s Ocean Stewardship Fund awards over £1.5 million to accelerate sustainable fishing and support innovation and research in marine life protection. A neuroscience project using technology researched at the University of […]
Fishermen oppose industrialisation of our oceans. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management published final lease areas and sale notice for Gulf of Maine offshore wind leases in the federal register […]
Ocean warmth in Fiji at highest for past 653 years The ocean warmth in the Fijian archipelago is at its highest for the past 653 years, according to a ground-breaking […]
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