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.