Hothouse Earth? Welcome to Hot-tub Earth as ocean temps continue to soar
Record-setting ocean temperatures have fueled yet another global coral bleaching catastrophe and portend an unprecedented hurricane season.
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One scientist’s life on a boat tracking how the climate and ocean are linked
Our seas are doing us an enormous favour by removing additional carbon from the atmosphere, but we don’t understand all the details of this process at the surface, or how this may change in the future.
As Florida’s coral reefs are caught in a massive bleaching event, some corals are getting rescued
The only way to save Florida’s corals is to remove them to land-based labs until it’s safe to return them to their reefs.
How the new climate bill will shift U.S. climate policy
Republican obstructionism forces Senate Democrats into conflicting climate-impact compromise with passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Saving the Great Barrier Reef from ourselves: a case study
In today’s climate emergency, the Great Barrier Reef’s future may not be as bleak as it seems, even though the recent bleaching event affected 91 percent of its corals.
Time for a Puget Sound Bill of Rights
In the summer of 2018, the story of a grieving orca mourning the death of her calf captured the world’s attention. The orca, Tahlequah, had…
Soft robotic fish revolutionize marine research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers and engineers have created “soft” robotic fish that look and swim just like fish, giving scientists an innovative, less obtrusive view…