The super El Niño is cooking coral reefs — can lullabies and probiotics save them?
It’s peak spawning time for coral in the Caribbean Sea and there’s something new in the water this…
Linking international technical specifications for acoustic characterization of marine energy converter sounds with environmental compliance criteria
Harvesting power from the ocean is an important initiative for meeting global energy demands, ensuring energy security, providing…
Four deep-sea technologies that could help detect deadly earthquakes and tsunamis
The bottom of the ocean has been mapped in much less detail than has the surface of Mars.Credit:…
Ocean floor witnessed splitting apart for the first time — releasing lava
When tectonic plates move away from each other, lava can spill out onto the sea floor along mid-oceanic…
Rocks falling from melting icebergs host deep-sea oases of biodiversity
The Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden glacier picked up stones in Greenland that later turned up at the bottom of the sea…
Meet the biologists deciphering marine-mammal histories from baleen, whiskers and tusks
Male narwhals fighting over the carcass of a female off Baffin Island, Canada.Credit: Flip Nicklin/Minden Pictures via Alamy…
Reduction of tropical cyclone-induced ocean carbon outgassing since 1993
Ciais, P. et al. Five decades of northern land carbon uptake revealed by the interhemispheric CO2 gradient. Nature…
Body condition among Svalbard Polar bears Ursus maritimus during a period of rapid loss of sea ice
Parmesan, C. & Yohe, G. A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change impacts across natural systems. Nature 421,…
Climate mode interactions amplify coastal flood risks and their seasonal predictability
McMichael, C., Dasgupta, S., Ayeb-Karlsson, S. & Kelman, I. A review of estimating population exposure to sea-level rise…
Arctic driftwood proposal for durable carbon removal
Zeng, N. et al. Carbon sequestration via wood harvest and storage: an assessment of its harvest potential. Clim.…
Southern Annular Mode dynamics, projections and impacts in a changing climate
Thompson, D. W. J. & Wallace, J. M. Annular modes in the extratropical circulation. Part I: month-to-month variability.…
The combined impact of fisheries and climate change on future carbon sequestration by oceanic macrofauna
Model scenarios To explore the impact of global change (fishing and climate change) on carbon export and sequestration…