Southeast Australia is an ocean warming “hotspot” – a region where temperature at the ocean’s surface is increasing more rapidly than elsewhere. That means this part of Australia is like an outdoor laboratory…
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Ash dieback, oak processionary moths, waterway minkes and parrakeets in Kew Gardens – there are plenty of species on and even above ground in the UK that didn’t originate in the country. The fifth Annual…
The oceans cover almost three-quarters of the planet’s surface, and for many people they represent the last great wilderness. But in fact the seas support many human activities, and have done for millennia…
Phosphorous levels in coral reef systems located close to shorelines have increased over the past few decades according to…
Greenhouse gas emissions have warmed the oceans in regions such as the Baltic by as much as 1.3°C. It is now thought that 90% of the heat added to the climate system by humans has been absorbed in the…
Potentially dangerous plastics and microplastic particles are contaminating subalpine lakes at a rate similar to levels found…
A direct correlation between the amount of pre-historic reefs and the population of decapod crustacean species has been observed…
The presence of ocean currents impacts the abundance and composition of marine micro-organism communities. Researchers from…
Although it is far from the power stations, roads and flight paths of the populated world, the Southern Ocean is already responding to climate change. Average sea temperatures in some parts have risen…
Warming oceans are affecting the breeding patterns and habitat of marine life, according to a three-year international study published today in Nature Climate Change. This is effectively re-arranging the…
Marine scientists at the Australian Museum have sounded the alarm over an invasive underwater worm discovered in Sydney’s Botany Bay – the farthest north the pest has ever been spotted in NSW. The European…
A “cold snap” 116 million years ago triggered similar problems for marine life as more recent crises caused by global warming…
Cornell University’s Paleontological Research Institution in conjunction with University of Cincinnati researchers have discovered…
Jurassic era global warming may provide a warning for marine life over the next century. Findings along the north Yorkshire…
Tadpoles may play an important role in maintaining the ecosystems of freshwater streams, linking water species with the surrounding…
Each year around 640,000 tonnes of fishing gear is lost or thrown overboard by the fisheries around the world. These “ghostnets” drift through the oceans and can continue fishing for many years. They kill…
An extreme ocean heatwave in 2010-11 caused important habitat-forming seaweed to retract its range by 100km off the Western…
Artificial light pollution from coastal development and urban settings can increase mortality in Australian marine turtles…
While whale sharks, the world’s largest fish, have the ability to dive hundreds of metres below the ocean surface, it has…
Dolphins were first spotted in carrying sponges in their mouths in 1984 at Shark Bay, Western Australia.It is believed they…
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