by faster | Aug 9, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC DATE: August 9, 2019 SNIP: Increasingly frequent marine heatwaves can lead to the almost instant death of corals, scientists working on the Great Barrier Reef have found. These episodes of unusually high water temperatures are – like heatwaves on...
by faster | Aug 6, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Daily Climate and PNAS DATE: August 6, 2019 SNIP: Ocean heat waves, which can push out fish, plankton and other aquatic life, are happening far more frequently than previously thought, according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National...
by faster | Jun 29, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: June 29, 2019 SNIP: In all her years working at Bodega Bay, the marine reserve research coordinator Jackie Sones had never seen anything like it: scores of dead mussels on the rocks, their shells gaping and scorched, their meats thoroughly...
by faster | Apr 1, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: University of Zurich DATE: April 1, 2019 SNIP: An unprecedented marine heatwave had long-lasting negative impacts on both survival and birth rates on the iconic dolphin population in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Researchers at UZH have now documented that...
by faster | Jan 10, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: NY Times DATE: January 10, 2019 SNIP: Scientists say the world’s oceans are warming far more quickly than previously thought, a finding with dire implications for climate change because almost all the excess heat absorbed by the planet ends up stored in their...
