Tag: marine life
UNESCO reveals largest carbon stores found in Australian World Heritage Sites
Australia’s marine World Heritage Sites are among the world’s largest stores of carbon dioxide according to a new report from the United Nations, co-authored by…
Strange creatures accidentally discovered beneath Antarctica’s ice shelves
Far underneath the ice shelves of the Antarctic, there’s more life than expected, finds a recent study in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science. During…
A Bucket of Water can Reveal Climate Change Impacts on Marine Life in the Arctic
Climate changes prompt many important questions. Not least how it affects animals and plants: Do they adapts, gradually migrate to different areas or become extinct?…
Atlantic ocean plastic more than 10 times previous estimates
More than 10 times as much plastic has been found in the Atlantic ocean than previously estimated to be there, showing the the world’s plastic…
French refinery leaks toxic chemical into marine life area
An orange-brown chemical sheet spread over 15 acres (6 hectares) of a nationally recognized marine life area in the French Mediterranean following a leak at…
Plastic pollution flowing into oceans to triple by 2040: study
The amount of plastic waste flowing into the ocean and killing marine life could triple in the next 20 years, unless companies and governments can…
Most UK sharks have consumed plastics, study finds
Microplastics and synthetic microfibres from clothing have been found for the first time in the guts of sharks that live off the UK coast. Scientists…
Climate change in deep oceans could be seven times faster by middle of century, report says
In the new research, scientists looked at a measure called climate velocity – the speed at which species would need to move to stay within…
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