Climate change
Scottish scientists have shown how giant subsea waves add to Greenland melt. The waves below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean are contributing to the increasing melt rate on the Greenland ice sheet, a major ...
Canada announces marine science support. The Government of Canada has announced $12.6 million in funding over four years to Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), a national network of ocean observation systems based at the University of ...
Salmon may lose ability to smell danger as carbon emissions rise. The ability to smell is critical for salmon. They depend on scent to avoid predators, sniff out prey and find their way home at ...
Article by Dr Steven Mackinson, Chief Scientific Officer, Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association. Scots Pelagic fishers help enhance knowledge of climate change. Climate change and how it affects our environment is one of the most talked ...
Climate change threat to Scottish marine biodiversity and more must be done to address the impacts, says a new report published by Scottish Environment LINK and WWF Scotland. The report, ‘Scotland’s Nature on Red Alert’, ...
Canada emphasises importance of whale protection. As a nation with three ocean coasts, Canada depends on healthy marine ecosystems. Fisheries and Oceans Canada states: “Our oceans create good jobs, and are an important habitat for our ...
Norwegian research into reducing plastic in salmon packaging. Norway exports salmon fillets in large quantities, the quality of which must be preserved during transportation. Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries & Aquaculture Research (Nofima )researchers are ...
A new study suggests a climate change threat to shellfish, with the nutritional qualities of shellfish significantly reduced by future ocean acidification and warming. Research has previously shown that climate change could threaten future production, ...
Dead fish to power cruise ships in a new scheme to use green energy for polluting cruise liners. According to a report in The Guardian, the leftovers of fish processed for food and mixed with ...
Oceans absorb more heat than previously thought. For each of the past 25 years, oceans have absorbed an amount of heat energy that is 150 times the energy humans produce as electricity annually, according to ...
Blue Carbon Forum launched. A new research programme will measure the ability of Scotland’s marine environment to store carbon dioxide and mitigate against the effects of climate change. It will be driven by the introduction ...
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