Ocean Warming

Ocean warming refers to the long-term increase in ocean temperatures caused primarily by the oceans absorbing excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere. The oceans absorb most of the additional heat in the climate system, leading to changes in marine ecosystems, ocean circulation and weather patterns. Ocean warming contributes to coral bleaching, marine heatwaves, sea level rise and shifts in species distribution, and is a major indicator of ongoing climate change.

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Coral reefs can survive climate change if carbon emissions are cutClimate

Coral reefs can survive climate change if carbon emissions are cut

A new study by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi's Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) suggests that curtailing carbon emissions could be key to helping…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskSeptember 25, 2024 Full article
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Fiji coral study reveals Pacific’s highest temperatures in over 600 yearsScience

Fiji coral study reveals Pacific’s highest temperatures in over 600 years

International study uses data obtained from the analysis of the honeycomb coral Diploastrea heliopora to reconstruct sea surface temperatures of the Fijian archipelago. The sea…
SourceSourceSeptember 18, 2024 Full article
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Sharks are abandoning stressed coral reefs as oceans warmScience

Sharks are abandoning stressed coral reefs as oceans warm

Grey reef sharks are being forced to abandon coral reefs due to rising ocean temperatures, according to new research. The study, published in Communications Biology,…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreSeptember 9, 2024 Full article
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Weathering the storm: the influence of rain on sea turtle hatchlingsClimate

Weathering the storm: the influence of rain on sea turtle hatchlings

Sea turtles, after laying their eggs and covering them with sand, leave their offspring to develop and hatch without any parental care. The odds of…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreAugust 29, 2024 Full article
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How the ocean twilight zone shapes marine life amid global warmingScience

How the ocean twilight zone shapes marine life amid global warming

Global warming's impact on marine ecosystems is a pressing issue, particularly its effects on phytoplankton, the microscopic organisms essential for maintaining marine food chains. While…
Adrian AlexandreAdrian AlexandreAugust 26, 2024 Full article
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Great Barrier Reef ocean temperatures hit 400-year record: studyScience

Great Barrier Reef ocean temperatures hit 400-year record: study

Sydney, Australia | AFP | Muser NewsDesk For the past decade, water temperatures along Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef have been the warmest in 400…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2024 Full article
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Shark hatching success drops from 82% to 11% in climate change scenarioScience

Shark hatching success drops from 82% to 11% in climate change scenario

By Society for Experimental Biology New experimental research shows that the combined effects of ocean warming and acidification could lead to a catastrophic decrease in…
SourceSourceJuly 3, 2024 Full article
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Underwater mountains have a big impact on ocean circulationClimateScience

Underwater mountains have a big impact on ocean circulation

By University of Cambridge Colossal undersea mountains, towering up to thousands of metres high, stir up deep sea currents: impacting how our ocean stores heat…
SourceSourceJune 26, 2024 Full article
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How heatwaves are affecting Arctic phytoplanktonClimate

How heatwaves are affecting Arctic phytoplankton

Experiments conducted at the AWIPEV Station in Svalbard on this increasingly common phenomenon The basis of the marine food web in the Arctic, the phytoplankton,…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article
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Global coral bleaching event expanding to new countries: scientistsNews

Global coral bleaching event expanding to new countries: scientists

Washington, United States | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The massive coral bleaching episode signaled by US authorities last month is expanding and deepening in reefs…
SourceSourceMay 17, 2024 Full article