Ocean

Climate change will noticeably reduce oxygen in oceans by 2030

Posted in Featured, Science on 28th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

There might be plenty of fish in the sea, but what about oxygen for those fish?

How did sea creatures survive the dinosaurs' extinction?

Posted in Featured, Science on 14th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

Algae and microorganisms would have survived a massive asteroid and acted as a food source for other creatures.

Ocean temperatures can predict US heat waves 50 days out, study finds

Posted in Science on 30th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller

Summertime heat waves are among the deadliest weather events, and can have big impacts on farming and energy use.

Sea level rise from ocean warming underestimated

Posted in Featured, Science on 16th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

Thermal expansion of the oceans as they warm is likely to be twice as large as previously thought, according to researchers.

Giant icebergs play 'major role' in ocean carbon cycle

Posted in Science on 12th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

Giant icebergs could be responsible for the processes that absorb up to 20% of the carbon in the Southern Ocean's carbon cycle, a study suggests.