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Marine mammals have lost a gene that protects from toxic chemicals

Aug 9, 2018

A new paper shows that a gene responsible for helping mammals break down harmful chemicals is faulty in several marine species, leaving them more vulnerable to the effects of pollution from pesticide, according...

Migration to deeper waters may not save many species from declining coral reefs

West Side Story

Jul 22, 2018

Environment, Science

A new study has cast doubt on one theory of how marine species could survive the current decline of coral reefs stemming from climate change and human activity, according to Science News. About half of the w...

UK report warns that plastic pollution is set to triple within a decade

West Side Story

Mar 25, 2018

Environment, Science

A new report, written for the UK government, warns that plastic pollution may triple within a decade without serious action to mitigate the problem. The Foresight Future of the Sea Report was assembled by exper...

Trump administration to open nearly all offshore US waters to oil drilling

West Side Story

Jan 4, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science

On Thursday, the Trump administration moved to open most of the country’s coastal waters to oil and gas drilling, in order to bolster energy production, according to a Reuters report by Valerie Volcovici. Th...

New study shows interdependence of seagrass and fish populations

West Side Story

Nov 20, 2017

Environment, Science

In a new study, published in the journal Fish and Fisheries, researchers have shown the important role of seagrasses in global fishing. Some figures how that environmental pressure on seagrasses may be leading ...

Initial study finds red planet Mars once had large water ocean

Cody Gash

Mar 7, 2015

Innovation

NASA has revealed that there was a point in time when the surface of Mars was almost a quarter covered with water. According to scientist from the space agency, the ocean was so large it had a depth of one mile...

Scientists deploy new satellites to map the acidification of ocean water

Cody Gash

Feb 19, 2015

Innovation

Scientists have discovered a new technique to map the extent of damage of ocean water from the space. The innovative method deploys satellites to supervise ocean acidification that allows the measurement to be ...

Study finds humans are endangering ocean life and not knowing it

Charles Omedo

Jan 15, 2015

Innovation

Humans are the greatest enemies and destroyers of ocean life, and they barely know it. Ocean life is suffering unprecedented damage and humans are on the verge of causing a mass extinction of valuable marine li...

Researchers discover plastic that weighs 269,000 tons floating on ocean surfaces

Researchers discover plastic that weighs 269,000 tons floating in oceans

Charles Omedo

Dec 11, 2014

Innovation

Researchers are surprised that humans generate as much as 10 trillion pieces of plastic wastes the world over, and that about 5.25 trillion find their ways into oceans and rivers, and weigh as much as 269,000 t...

Fishes in the Tropical Region may migrate to the Arctic due to climate change

Charles Omedo

Oct 13, 2014

Innovation

In a recent study conducted by marine scientists from the University of British Columbia, researchers find climate change could cause fish to migrate from the equatorial regions to the Arctic by 2050. It is ...

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