Ocean
Obama creates vast Pacific Ocean marine reserve
Posted in Science on 26th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
US President Barack Obama has signed a memorandum to expand a vast marine reserve in the Pacific Ocean.
Four Enormous Projects That Could Save Coastal Cities in Our Flooded Future
Posted in Science on 16th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
The tides are rising. The only question that remains is how, and whether, we prepare our cities for it.
First ban on shark and manta ray trade comes into force
Posted in Science on 15th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
All trade in five named species of sharks is to be regulated from now on, in a significant step forward for conservation.
Climate change could leave sharks and other fish unable to hunt
Posted in Featured, Science on 12th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
We found that the acidification of their water disrupted the fish's ability to perceive different chemical cues, or their sense of smell
Antarctic coastal waters 'rising faster'
Posted in Science on 1st Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
Melting ice is fuelling sea-level rise around the coast of Antarctica, a new report in Nature Geoscience finds.