Oceans and seas. Medical search. Frequent questions

August 29, 2018 - There are about 1,250 different species of sea cucumber across the world's oceans. (nationalgeographic.com)
Humans have been conducting war, commerce, and exploration on the world's oceans for thousands of years, and the oceans have been reflected in human literature from its beginnings. (csmonitor.com)
Despite the recent win of the Global Oceans Treaty, which aims to protect the world's oceans, mining companies are still eager to extract valuable minerals from the ocean floor. (greenpeace.org)

Continuing our look at protecting the oceans, we have a report from the Philippines where we find out how coastal communities are protecting their local piece of sea by setting up fish sanctuaries. (saveourseas.com)
Colonial incursions from the sea, and the postcolonial aftershocks of these violent sea histories, lie largely forgotten for most formerly colonized coastal communities around the world. (routledge.com)

Sea cucumbers feed on tiny animals like algae and other small animals like fish, plankton, and bacteria. (worldatlas.com)
We owe two of every three breaths we take to plankton, which cycle carbon dioxide back into oxygen, but ocean acidification is killing those organisms on a massive scale. (popsci.com)
We investigate the impacts of oil spills on the marine environment, hunting down the hidden world of microbes in Louisiana wetlands, tracing the fingerprint of oil in open oceans plankton communities, and we discuss the likely fallout from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (saveourseas.com)
From plankton to whales, animals across ocean ecosystems have been contaminated by plastic. (oceanconservancy.org)

Overlooking five miles of private beach and the Atlantic Ocean. (seaisland.com)
Fucus vesiculosus is a type of brown seaweed that grows in the Baltic Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and North Pacific Ocean. (medlineplus.gov)
Catalysts were prepared from both Pacific ocean and Atlantic ocean nodules and compared with a platinum catalyst using a fixed-bed, steady-state microreactor with gas chromatographic analysis. (cdc.gov)

We need to invest in clean energy technologies that will help reverse the ocean acidification now taking place. (popsci.com)
However, marine ecosystems are facing major threats, including ocean warming, acidification and sea-level rise, as well as illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, overexploitation of fish stocks and marine pollution from a range of sources, including plastics. (gc.ca)
Ocean warming and acidification, coupled with damaging watershed and reef practices, converge on island shores to increasingly limit the food resources that can be gathered from the sea. (cdc.gov)

Sea cucumbers , long confined to the slow-moving category of marine critter, are actually high-speed travelers, new research reveals. (nationalgeographic.com)
Most of the floating debris that pollutes our oceans is made up of plastic, and it is sometimes mistaken for food by marine animals. (popsci.com)
The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event marked a dramatic explosion in marine biodiversity between approximately 490 and 440 million years ago, resulting in the emergence of several new orders, families and genera of life that we still see today, such as sea stars and sea urchins. (newscientist.com)
Researcher Gregory Beaugrand, also at the University of Lille, says the team's climate-ecological model could be used to predict an effect of climate change , as rising sea surface temperatures may lead to fewer marine species at the equator and more at the less-extreme poles. (newscientist.com)
In this special extended edition of Naked Oceans we celebrate the world's first Census of Marine Life as it draws to a climax this month after ten years of groundbreaking ocean discoveries. (saveourseas.com)
We check out the latest developments in ocean protection around the globe with the creation of Marine Protected Areas - or MPAs - those areas of the ocean set aside to let wildlife recover and thrive. (saveourseas.com)
We find out about a new generation of MPAs soon to appear around the UK coast and track down bottlenose dolphins and a gaggle of sea birds in a marine reserve off the Welsh coast. (saveourseas.com)
Every year, 11 million metric tons of plastics enter our ocean on top of the estimated 200 million metric tons that currently circulate through our marine environments. (oceanconservancy.org)
The impact ocean plastics have on marine species is well documented, but increasingly scientists are concerned about the potential threat of plastics to species at the top of the marine food chain: humans. (oceanconservancy.org)
Marine debris isn't an ocean problem-it's a people problem. (oceanconservancy.org)
Deep-sea corals are home to an astonishing array of marine life that science is just beginning to explore. (pewtrusts.org)
This week The Ocean Foundation attended the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the University of Havana's Centro de Investigaciones Marinas where TOF was recognized for its 21 years of collaboration with CIM on marine science in Cuba. (oceanfdn.org)
The vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean is home to an incredible array of marine life and resources that are vital for our planet. (greenpeace.org)

After three years of war, sea ice in the Arctic has increased by 50%, reaching and covering the Baltic Sea for an entire year. (moviesonline.ca)

After holding hearings on the merits of the joined cases from 3 to 13 July 2017, the Court delivered its Judgment in the joined cases on 2 February 2018 in which it, inter alia , determined the course of the single maritime boundaries between Costa Rica and Nicaragua in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. (icj-cij.org)

As the global surface temperature rises, the Arctic Ocean is speculated to become seasonally ice-free by the mid 21st century, which prompts us to revisit our perceptions of the Arctic system as a whole. (copernicus.org)
What could the Arctic Ocean look like in the future? (copernicus.org)
We aim to promote discussions on the future plans for Arctic Ocean modelling and measurement strategies, and encourages submissions on the results from IPCC CMIP and the recent observational programs, such as the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC). (copernicus.org)
This session is cosponsored by the CLIVAR /CliC Northern Ocean Regional Panel (NORP) that aims to facilitate progress and identify scientific opportunities in (sub)Arctic ocean-sea-ice-atmosphere research. (copernicus.org)
Wilken-Jon von Appen will be talking about eddies in the Arctic Ocean. (copernicus.org)
OS1.6 Changes in the Arctic Ocean, sea ice and subarctic seas systems: Observations, Models and Perspectives Day 1. (copernicus.org)
The Atlantic gateway to the Arctic Ocean is influenced by vigorous inflows of Atlantic Water. (copernicus.org)
Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane - a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide - have been seen bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean by scientists undertaking an extensive survey of the region. (independent.co.uk)

At Scripps, we are in a race to deploy enough sophisticated, satellite-connected robots so we can effectively monitor our changing oceans, understand the processes at work, and incorporate that understanding and soon-to-be terabytes' worth of data so that reliable predictions can be made. (popsci.com)
I've also been exploring how indicators of biodiversity and ocean processes can help assess the health of the ocean at regional scales. (www.csiro.au)
Our study underlines the importance of understanding the mechanisms driving these sea ice trends, particularly in regions where sea ice acts as a protective buffer against ocean processes," he said. (newswise.com)
Results from this study will change some of our long-held conceptions about mixing processes in the oceans,' says David Garrison, director of NSF's biological oceanography program, which funded the research. (nsf.gov)

Despite their slug-like reputation, these squishy creatures can actually zip along for miles on ocean currents. (nationalgeographic.com)
When they fancy a change of scene, the sea creatures balloon up and hitch a ride on ocean currents, floating and bouncing around like tumbleweeds of the sea. (nationalgeographic.com)
Sea cucumbers (also dubbed sea slugs, because of their unhurried nature) were thought to be capable of swimming long distances only during their larval stage, like most bottom-dwelling sea creatures. (nationalgeographic.com)
There exists over 1,250 species of sea cucumbers around the world, and they compromise 90% of all sea creatures forming dense populations on the sea floor. (worldatlas.com)
Sea cucumbers are nocturnal creatures that are active at night. (worldatlas.com)
The average lifespan of sea cucumber creatures is between five and ten years. (worldatlas.com)
As the R/V Sally Ride cruised through the warm Pacific waters, the researchers were often surrounded by dolphins, sharks and other small and large sea creatures. (princeton.edu)
12 assorted Underwater Sea Creatures cutouts with easel stands that are perfect for mermaid or seaside-themed parties. (yahoo.com)
Boy Sea Creatures party Girl Sea Creatures Party Pastel Collection (Same items as original sea creatures just different color) Package Contains: (1) - Large Light Blue Whale (1) Pink Coral (1) - Dark Green Seaweed (1) - Light green Seaweed (1) - Light Green Kelp (1) - Bluefish (1) - Teal Blue Turtle (1) - Coral Colored Crab (1) - Peach Jellyfish (1) - Yellow Octopus (1) - Blue With Yellow Sea Horse All dimensions are listed above. (yahoo.com)

The ocean is the cornerstone of Earth's life-support system, and we should take care of it as if our lives depend on it. (popsci.com)
Now comes David Abulafia's "The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans," which focuses on earth's three largest oceans: the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Indian. (csmonitor.com)

Healthy oceans and seas promote economic, social and environmental well-being and play an important role in the global climate system, and support communities, jobs and livelihoods, food security, human health, biodiversity, economic prosperity and way of life. (gc.ca)
The biodiversity of the deep Southern Ocean benthos. (nature.com)
The team combined a climate model, based on fossil data and our knowledge of land configuration at the time, with an ecological model that mapped biodiversity patterns in the oceans . (newscientist.com)
And the ocean is essential for nurturing biodiversity. (www.csiro.au)

Lead author Dr Rob Massom, of the Australian Antarctic Division and the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, said that reduced sea ice coverage since the late 1980s led to increased exposure of ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula to ocean swells, causing them to flex and break. (newswise.com)
Dependable and safe water supplies for Pacific island communities and ecosystems are threatened by rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, sea level rise, and increased risk of extreme drought and flooding. (cdc.gov)

Together, we create evidence-based solutions for a healthy ocean and the wildlife and communities that depend on it. (oceanconservancy.org)
Therefore, it's critical that we take action to prevent this disastrous industry from wreaking havoc on our oceans and the communities that depend on them. (greenpeace.org)

The session supports the actions of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) towards addressing challenges for sustainable development in the Arctic and its diverse regions. (copernicus.org)
Ocean Titans" anchors analysis and insight from United Nations leading representatives, policymakers, industry and academic leaders charting a new course for the "Decade of Ocean Action" to save our oceans with innovative, legislative and strategic solutions. (sea-technology.com)
The urgency to begin deep sea mining is intensified by the Two Year Rule, a provision of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). (greenpeace.org)

Cucumaria frondosa , a cold-water species living throughout the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans, and Holothuria scabra , from tropical waters in the Indo-Pacific. (nationalgeographic.com)
In the area they were sampling, the global circulation of the ocean and atmosphere brings nutrient-rich deep waters up to the surface, a process known as upwelling. (princeton.edu)
We are now eating our way further down the food chain and fishing in deeper waters, disrupting food webs and destroying fragile ocean habitats. (popsci.com)

A sea cucumber at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, Draper, Utah. (nationalgeographic.com)
Mercier, who has been researching sea cucumbers since the 1980s, investigated a trail of anecdotal evidence about cucumber bloating. (nationalgeographic.com)
Some sea cucumber species have been known to jettison their internal organs to satisfy lurking predators, before regrowing them in safety elsewhere. (nationalgeographic.com)
Sea cucumbers are named for their cucumber-like appearance. (worldatlas.com)
Some sea cucumber animals have thick muscular bodies while others have the jelly-like bodies. (worldatlas.com)
It's the sea cucumber, prized as a gastronomic delight by some cultures and beginning to yield some of its secrets to scientists. (si.edu)

The rapid decline of the Arctic sea ice in the last decade is a dramatic indicator of climate change. (copernicus.org)
In this review, we discuss the physical and ecological manifestations of Atlantification in a hotspot region of climate change reaching from the southern Barents Sea to the Eurasian Basin. (copernicus.org)
The goal of the work in the Pacific Ocean was to find and analyze the microbes that play a key role in climate change and ozone depletion. (princeton.edu)
One of the most pervasive problems in the oceans today, we dive into the science of climate change to find out what changes are we already seeing and what the prospects are for the future. (saveourseas.com)
One of the greatest fears is that with the disappearance of the Arctic sea ice in summer, and rapidly rising temperatures across the entire Arctic region, which are already melting the Siberian permafrost, the trapped methane could be suddenly released into the atmosphere leading to rapid and severe climate change. (independent.co.uk)
In Hawaii, climate change impacts, such as reduced streamflow, sea level rise, saltwater intrusion, and long periods of drought, threaten the ongoing cultivation of taro and other traditional crops. (cdc.gov)

Well, because permanent changes in ocean circulation are flushing nutrients from the depths. (moviesonline.ca)
Whereas the direct effect of ocean temperatures has been suggested to be minor, many recent studies imply changes in ocean circulation, sea ice and the biological pump to be major factors. (bsc.es)

As a result, the deep-sea habitats that provide a safe haven for many species are destroyed, including those yet to be discovered. (greenpeace.org)

Nucleotide sequence alignment of the morbillivirus phosphoprotein gene fragment isolated from northern sea otters with the corresponding region from the known phocine distemper virus (PDV) isolates and closely related canine distemper virus. (cdc.gov)
Sea otters were hunted to near extinction in the 1800s and were listed as a threatened species. (cdc.gov)
A closer look into the health of southern sea otters revealed that protozoal encephalitis was a major cause of morbidity and mortality. (cdc.gov)
Explain the different mechanisms for oocyst accumulation in the ocean where sea otters become infected. (cdc.gov)

Deep sea mining presents an imminent threat to the unique and fragile ecosystem of the Pacific Ocean and, consequently, to the world. (greenpeace.org)
The urgency to protect the Pacific Ocean and its delicate ecosystem from the looming threat of deep sea mining cannot be overstated. (greenpeace.org)
Define a keystone species and discuss what we have learned about ecosystem health and human health risks from studying sea otter health. (cdc.gov)

If the surface temperature is below 271.15 K, the water is assumed to be covered by sea ice. (meteo.fr)

Another possible explanation is the global cooling that occurred during the period, which earlier studies found reduced tropical sea surface temperatures from around 40°C to 30°C (104°F to 86°F). Now, Daniel Ontiveros at the University of Lille in France and his colleagues have found that this was probably the case. (newscientist.com)
Rising sea surface temperatures are shifting the location of fisheries. (cdc.gov)

Turtles and larger fish consider sea cucumbers a delicacy. (nationalgeographic.com)
What Do Drones Have to Do with Sea Turtles? (oceanfdn.org)
While leatherback sea turtles typically do their nesting at night, a prospective mother turtle is sometimes up so late laying her eggs that she is still on the beach at sunrise. (mongabay.com)
Since light disrupts nesting sea turtles, photographs may not be taken of nesting sea turtles at night, but sea turtles that are up under the bright morning light are free game to take photos of respectfully and without the use of flash," Black said in a statement. (mongabay.com)
There are seven distinct subpopulations of leatherback sea turtles ( Dermochelys coriacea ), two in the Pacific Ocean, three in the Atlantic, and two more in the Indian Ocean. (mongabay.com)
Coastal development is another serious threat facing sea turtles across the globe. (mongabay.com)

Our findings challenge suggestions that deep-sea diversity is depressed in the Southern Ocean and provide a basis for exploring the evolutionary significance of the varied biogeographic patterns observed in this remote environment. (nature.com)
Karen has played a major role in the development of assessments like the Second World Ocean Assessment [Link will open in a new window] and the 2016 Australian State of the Environment Report [Link will open in a new window] . (www.csiro.au)
But there have been increasing suggestions that the inverse is also important, how the animals themselves, via swimming, might impact the ocean environment. (nsf.gov)
Historically revealing, and politically attuned to the ongoing moment of decolonization, May Joseph's Sea Log brings us to the Indian Ocean and its archive of colonial affects, brilliantly meeting the necessity for understanding the geopolitical crises of climate and environment. (routledge.com)
But the impact of deep sea mining goes beyond the environment, posing an immense threat to the livelihoods of many indigenous communities who rely on the ocean for their survival. (greenpeace.org)

And then recently we've seen media highlighting the commercial fishing sector again and bringing that into public consciousness, which has led to this increased conversation around ocean, sustainability and health. (dyson.co.uk)
Speakers at the event were discussing how various ocean organisations were addressing sustainability. (www.csiro.au)

Plastic has been found in 59% of sea birds like albatross and pelicans, in 100% of sea turtle species, and more than 25% of fish sampled from seafood markets around the world. (oceanconservancy.org)
It's a rare sight, but those who are lucky enough to witness it get to watch the endangered turtle slowly make her way back to the ocean before gliding off into the open water. (mongabay.com)

They belong to the same family as starfish and sea urchins. (worldatlas.com)

Sea cucumbers are found on seafloors worldwide (this one, Cucumaria frondosa , is in Norway). (nationalgeographic.com)
Some sea cucumbers then went bottoms-up, with the heavily dilated anus floating around to the top spot. (nationalgeographic.com)
In the lab, the researcherstested the cucumbers' response to salinity levels, proximity to others, and the levels of sediment-re-creating storms, strong currents, or after trawling activities on the sea floor. (nationalgeographic.com)
When salt levels dropped too low, or sediment levels grew too high, the sea cucumbers would flee the scene. (nationalgeographic.com)
Sea cucumbers are both ecologically and commercially important, and can be found covering coastlines and lining abysses from equator to pole. (nationalgeographic.com)
Sea cucumbers are aquatic animals with elongated cylindrical bodies and leathery skin. (worldatlas.com)
Sea cucumbers belong to the kingdom Animalia, phylum Echinodermata, and class Holothuroidea. (worldatlas.com)
Sea cucumbers have a variety of means of communicating with their kind. (worldatlas.com)

Trash in the ocean has serious consequences for all of us, but there is hope. (oceanconservancy.org)
The urgency to protect the ocean and its inhabitants from the devastating consequences of deep sea mining has never been more pressing. (greenpeace.org)

The model features a weak and shallow glacial Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, expanded sea ice cover and a large increase in soluble iron fluxes in the Southern Ocean. (bsc.es)

So we asked 12 of the world's foremost ocean experts-scientists, policymakers, and a reality TV star/sea captain-how they'd do it. (popsci.com)
The first 12-episode season of SOSF-sponsored podcast Naked Oceans, from Cambridge University-based Naked Scientists, has drawn to a close. (saveourseas.com)
She is part of a global team of ocean scientists appointed as expert advisors. (www.csiro.au)
This will allow scientists to more accurately forecast the fate of the remaining ice shelves and better predict the contribution of Antarctica's ice sheet to sea level rise, as climate changes. (newswise.com)
Scientists have increasingly been thinking about how and whether the animals in the ocean might play a role in larger-scale ocean mixing, says Dabiri, the process by which various layers of water interact with one another to distribute heat, nutrients and gasses throughout the oceans. (nsf.gov)
Scientists estimate that there are hundreds of millions of tons of methane gas locked away beneath the Arctic permafrost, which extends from the mainland into the seabed of the relatively shallow sea of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf. (independent.co.uk)
Scientists deployed four highly sensitive instruments, both seismic and acoustic, to monitor the 'fountains' or plumes of methane bubbles rising to the sea surface from beneath the seabed. (independent.co.uk)

Ocean Conservancy is working with you to protect the ocean from today's greatest global challenges. (oceanconservancy.org)
Ocean Conservancy has been at the forefront of the ocean plastics challenge for more than 35 years. (oceanconservancy.org)
Ocean Conservancy is committed to keeping our beaches and ocean trash free. (oceanconservancy.org)

Dr Karen Evans is providing expert advice across Australia on how everyone can get involved in the Ocean Decade. (www.csiro.au)
They are working together to help drive the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development . (www.csiro.au)
Launched in 2021, the UN Ocean Decade [Link will open in a new window] calls on science, business, industry, government, and communities to come together to harness scientific advances to better understand, and interact with, our ocean. (www.csiro.au)
Organisations across the world are taking part in the Ocean Decade. (www.csiro.au)
Museums, art galleries, and educational and community groups are getting behind the Ocean Decade. (www.csiro.au)
They are including scientific messaging on a range of Ocean Decade-inspired clothing. (www.csiro.au)
It's inspiring to see a whole range of groups getting behind the Ocean Decade," Karen says. (www.csiro.au)
I'm helping them to exchange information about Ocean Decade activities across the country," she says. (www.csiro.au)
Karen first met the team at Piping Hot Australia at an event to raise awareness about the Ocean Decade. (www.csiro.au)
Piping Hot Australia's activities to build ocean literacy [Link will open in a new window] were formally endorsed under the UN Ocean Decade in 2021. (www.csiro.au)
This work is just one example of how Karen is using her science knowledge to influence and grow Ocean Decade-endorsed activities across Australia. (www.csiro.au)
The Ocean Decade is an important opportunity to raise widespread awareness about our oceans and the role of science," Karen says. (www.csiro.au)

One thing led to another, and I ended up providing advice on fun-facts about ocean science. (www.csiro.au)
We bring people, science and policy together to champion innovative solutions and fight for a sustainable ocean. (oceanconservancy.org)
The series showcases ocean science, supported by capacity development. (sea-technology.com)

These pages feature the great sea-going nations of the past, the globe-circling commercial empires built on fragile ships and enormous risks, and Abulafia includes a colorful cast of mostly well-known figures. (csmonitor.com)
How do they track down a mate in the enormous oceans? (saveourseas.com)
The lure of enormous profits from mining the ocean floor is driving this industry's race to the bottom. (greenpeace.org)

Sharks began cruising the oceans more than 400 million years ago and they face many threats as they continue their global wanderings today. (saveourseas.com)

However, the ocean's carbon cycle is complex and quantifying the impacts of different mechanisms on ocean carbon storage, and by extension on atmospheric CO2 changes, is not straightforward. (bsc.es)
The sea that surrounds Pacific island communities continues to rise at a rate faster than the global average, with documented impacts on agriculture, coastal infrastructure, food security, livelihoods, and disaster management in the Republic of Palau and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. (cdc.gov)
In Hawaii, sea level rise impacts on traditional and customary practices (including fishpond maintenance, cultivation of salt, and gathering from the nearshore fisheries) have been observed. (cdc.gov)

By analyzing the level of nitrogen and oxygen at different depths, the researchers were seeking to resolve exactly where and how much nitrous oxide is produced and consumed by ocean microbes. (princeton.edu)
She also sent raw data from the depth profiles - chemical and biological measurements taken at different ocean depths - gathered by the research vessel's instruments. (princeton.edu)
Each day, for example, billions of tiny krill and copepods migrate hundreds of meters from the depths of the ocean toward the surface. (nsf.gov)

Also, carbon dioxide absorption has increased ocean acidity 26% since the industrial era began. (cdc.gov)

Proposed ideas for what sparked the event include sea level rises induced by continental drift, an increase in atmospheric oxygen and even meteors. (newscientist.com)

We encourage submissions examining interactions between the ocean, atmosphere and sea ice, on emerging mechanisms and feedbacks in the Arctic and on how the Arctic influences the global ocean. (copernicus.org)
The changes of atmospheric CO2 concentrations during glacial-interglacial cycles have been attributed to various mechanisms, mostly related to changes in ocean carbon storage. (bsc.es)

The deeper parts of the Southern Ocean exhibit some unique environmental features, including a very deep continental shelf 2 and a weakly stratified water column, and are the source for much of the deep water in the world ocean. (nature.com)
World Oceans Day , 8th June, is a time to inform and educate on the effects humans have on the ocean and promote the steps towards sustainable management. (dyson.co.uk)
We call in on the Arctic and the Antarctic to find out what's going on in some of the most vulnerable parts of the oceans, and we meet some extraordinary species from the bottom of the sea at the bottom of the world. (saveourseas.com)
Fast forward to today, Dr Karen Evans is a leading voice and advisor on building ocean literacy in Australia and around the world. (www.csiro.au)
And we're not the only ones who care about ocean trash: Every day, all over the world, concerned people take the problem into their own hands by cleaning up their local waterways. (oceanconservancy.org)
The Lodge is welcoming, comfortable, and the hub of its own Sea Island world. (seaisland.com)
The brainchild of Knut U. Kloster, MS The World is remarkable and globally unique condo at sea. (toptenz.net)
As the only community foundation for the ocean, The Ocean Foundation's mission is to support, strengthen, and promote those organizations dedicated to reversing the trend of destruction of ocean environments around the world. (oceanfdn.org)
The World Ocean Council has a new online video series called "Ocean Titans" that highlights those who are redefining industry best practices for a sustainable blue economy. (sea-technology.com)
DB SCHENKER connect is a digital platform developed for connecting you to the world of ocean logistics. (dbschenker.com)

When oceanographer Bess Ward was granted research time aboard the R/V Sally Ride during the middle of the spring semester, she had to figure out how to teach GEO 428, "Biological Oceanography," from the Pacific Ocean. (princeton.edu)
Oceanographer Bess Ward analyzes data in real time as samples are gathered from the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Mexico. (princeton.edu)
The Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean, off the western coast of Mexico, is the most accessible of the three upwelling regions, Ward said. (princeton.edu)
Noting that the two States had exhausted diplomatic means to resolve their maritime boundary disputes, Costa Rica requested the Court to determine the complete course of a single maritime boundary between all the maritime areas appertaining, respectively, to Costa Rica and to Nicaragua in the Caribbean Sea and in the Pacific Ocean, on the basis of international law. (icj-cij.org)
In particular, it decided that the maritime boundary between the two States in the Caribbean Sea shall follow the course set out in paragraphs 106 and 158 of the Judgment, and that the maritime boundary between Costa Rica and Nicaragua in the Pacific Ocean shall follow the course set out in paragraphs 175 and 201 of the Judgment. (icj-cij.org)
Here we explore the dangers of deep sea mining and why Greenpeace Aotearoa is taking action to prevent this industry from wreaking havoc on the Pacific Ocean and the people who depend on it. (greenpeace.org)
Mining companies are aggressively pursuing deep sea mining activities in the Pacific Ocean , despite the substantial risks and environmental concerns. (greenpeace.org)
Immediate action must be taken to prevent irreversible harm to the Pacific Ocean and the people whose lives depend on it. (greenpeace.org)
Dermochelys coriacea (East Pacific Ocean subpopulation). (mongabay.com)
For several 100 years people had been seeking for a sea way north of the Atlantic along the Siberian cost to the Pacific Ocean. (lu.se)

Hot off the press, a new report launched at a meeting on the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan reveals how many MPAs there are globally, where they are, and how much of the ocean they cover. (saveourseas.com)
And it is a sea highway for the transport of goods globally. (www.csiro.au)

The findings verified that swimming animals are capable of carrying bottom water with them as they migrate upward, and that the movement indeed creates an inversion that results in ocean mixing. (nsf.gov)

Migrations by sea have transformed modern conceptions of mobility and belonging, disrupting notions of how to write about movement, memory and displaced histories. (routledge.com)

Many participants noted the growing accumulation of plastic waste in the oceans. (gc.ca)

Abyssal faunas tended to have stronger links to other oceans, particularly the Atlantic, but mainly in taxa with good dispersal capabilities, such as the Foraminifera. (nature.com)
Phylogenetic relationships of deep-sea foraminifera. (nature.com)

Sea ice acts as a protective buffer to ice shelves, by dampening destructive ocean swells before they reach the ice shelf edge," Dr Massom said. (newswise.com)
This destructive mining process involves excavating the ocean floor to extract valuable minerals, such as copper, cobalt, and manganese. (greenpeace.org)

Apparel companies like Piping Hot Australia are doing their part to build ocean literacy too. (www.csiro.au)
These could help improve ocean literacy for people purchasing their products. (www.csiro.au)

Surprisingly, the large circulation and sea ice changes only have minor effects on atmospheric CO2 due to their compensating effects on different ocean carbon components. (bsc.es)
Samar is an oceanographer whose research broadly concerns the ocean's role in the global carbon cycle, and in particular the complex interplay between climate, ocean circulation and biogeochemistry. (bsc.es)

The industrial impact on our oceans and drive to sustainable fishing caught Dan Watson's eye, the 2012 winner of the James Dyson Award , when studying at university. (dyson.co.uk)

Find out ways to be a part of the ocean conservation community, because the ocean needs all of our passion and resources. (oceanfdn.org)
This limits the ability of governments and observers such as Greenpeace International and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition to engage in meaningful debate about how to proceed. (greenpeace.org)

The ocean supports the livelihoods of many people across the globe. (www.csiro.au)

In an exclusive interview with The Independent, Igor Semiletov of the International Arctic Research Centre at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, who led the 8th joint US-Russia cruise of the East Siberian Arctic seas, said that he has never before witnessed the scale and force of the methane being released from beneath the Arctic seabed. (independent.co.uk)
In late summer, the Russian research vessel Academician Lavrentiev conducted an extensive survey of about 10,000 square miles of sea off the East Siberian coast, in cooperating with the University of Georgia Athens. (independent.co.uk)

The Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior, studied the use of manganese sea nodules for catalytic oxidation in air of 1 pct carbon monoxide, 1 pct propane, and 1 pct methane. (cdc.gov)

The Sea of Okhotsk formed within the past two million years through the combined action of repeated glaciation. (britannica.com)
And 14 years on, we head to the south coast of Wales to find some of the survivors of the Sea Empress Oil Spill. (saveourseas.com)
However, with the melting of Arctic sea ice and permafrost, the huge stores of methane that have been locked away underground for many thousands of years might be released over a relatively short period of time, Dr Shakhova said. (independent.co.uk)

Following protection, sea otter populations failed to recover at predicted rates. (cdc.gov)

These features suggest that deep-sea faunas around the Antarctic may be related both to adjacent shelf communities and to those in other oceans. (nature.com)
But where there is loss of sea ice, storm-generated ocean swells can easily reach the exposed ice shelf, causing the first few kilometres of its outer margin to flex. (newswise.com)
While ice shelf disintegration doesn't directly raise sea level because they are already floating, the resulting acceleration of the tributary glaciers behind the ice shelf, into the Southern Ocean, does. (newswise.com)
Study co-author, Dr Phil Reid, from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, said the research identifies a previously under-appreciated link between sea ice loss and ice shelf stability. (newswise.com)
The discovery comes after the international research team, from Australia, the United States and New Zealand, combined satellite images and surface and ocean wave data with modelling, to analyse five major ice shelf disintegrations, between 1995 and 2009. (newswise.com)
Removal of the ice shelf buttressing effect also caused a 3- to 8-fold increase in the discharge of glacial ice, behind the shelf, into the ocean, in the year following disintegration. (newswise.com)
Antarctic Ice shelf disintegration triggered by sea ice loss and ocean swell. (newswise.com)

They are soft-bodied sea animals with close to twenty tentacles at the mouth area. (worldatlas.com)
In a Valentine's Day special, we reveal some of the unusual mating habits of ocean animals. (saveourseas.com)
The ocean's smallest swimming animals, such as jellyfish, can have a huge impact on large-scale ocean mixing, researchers have discovered. (nsf.gov)
The perspective we usually take is how the ocean--by its currents, temperature, and chemistry--is affecting animals,' says John Dabiri, a Caltech bioengineer who, along with Caltech graduate student Kakani Katija, discovered the new mechanism. (nsf.gov)
He says that oceanographers had previously dismissed the idea that animals might have a significant effect on ocean mixing, believing that the viscosity of water would cancel out any turbulence created, especially by small planktonic, or drifting, animals. (nsf.gov)
There are enough of these animals in the ocean,' Dabiri says, 'that the global power input from this process is as much as a trillion watts of energy, comparable to that of wind forcing and tidal forcing. (nsf.gov)

Snelgrove, P. V. R. & Smith, C. R. A riot of species in an environmental calm: the paradox of the species-rich deep sea floor. (nature.com)

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