by faster | Dec 14, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Science Alert DATE: December 14, 2019 SNIP: Scientists call them ‘dead zones’: vast expanses of ocean water that contain little or no oxygen, making it almost impossible for many marine life-forms to survive within them. These giant ecological...
by faster | Jan 4, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Scripps Institution of Oceanography DATE: January 4, 2018 SNIP: In the past 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean with zero oxygen has gone up more than fourfold. In coastal water bodies, including estuaries and seas, low-oxygen sites have increased...
by faster | May 10, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: Climate News Network DATE: May 10, 2017 SNIP: US scientists who have been warning that warmer oceans are more likely to be poorer in dissolved oxygen have now sounded the alarm: ocean oxygen levels are indeed falling, and seemingly falling faster than the...
by faster | May 8, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: Think Progress DATE: May 8, 2017 SNIP: Depletion of dissolved oxygen in our oceans, which can cause dead zones, is occurring much faster than expected, a new study finds. And by combining oxygen loss with ever-worsening ocean warming and acidification, humans...