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UN moves one step closer to convening high seas treaty negotiations

Mike Gaworecki 25 Jul 2017

Antarctica’s Larsen C calves giant 5,800 square kilometer iceberg

Gloria Dickie 12 Jul 2017
A male southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) among king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on Marion Island. Photo by Nico de Bruyn.

Hard but worth it: researchers fight invasives on Subantarctic islands (commentary)

P.J.N. (Nico) de Bruyn 29 Jun 2017

Field Notes: Pond turtle studies could help sea turtles survive toxic algal blooms

Elizabeth Devitt 8 Jun 2017
Sodwana Bay, South Africa. Photo by Greg Asner/www.Divephoto.org.

Can marine reserves help counteract climate change?

Kim Smuga-Otto 8 Jun 2017

Climate change may be choking the ocean’s oxygen supply, study shows

Mic Smith 5 Jun 2017

Climate change-induced bleaching decimating Great Barrier Reef

John Cannon 15 Mar 2017

Ecological trap ensnares endangered African penguins

John Cannon 10 Feb 2017

No ‘pause’ in rising global temperatures: Study confirms NOAA estimates of ocean warming

Mike Gaworecki 5 Jan 2017

Restoring seagrass under siege

Elizabeth Devitt 2 Jan 2017

Top climate stories to watch in 2017

Mike Gaworecki 29 Dec 2016

2016’s top 10 developments for the world’s oceans

Caroline Jablonicky, Douglas McCauley 28 Dec 2016

Irregular Arctic climate reduces sea ice to another record low

Ryan King 24 Oct 2016

Economic impacts of climate change on global fisheries could be worse than we thought

Mike Gaworecki 14 Oct 2016

Ocean warming is “greatest hidden challenge of our generation,” according to IUCN

Mike Gaworecki 6 Sep 2016

Rising sea levels could actually help coral reefs survive global warming: Study

Mike Gaworecki 25 Aug 2016

Climate change pledges not nearly enough to save tropical ecosystems

Jeremy Hance 16 Aug 2016
A mangrove forest in Daintree, Australia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

On World Mangrove Day, 9 things to know about these tough plants

Melati Kaye 26 Jul 2016

Warming seas causing massive die-off of Australia’s reef forests

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Jul 2016

Scientists puzzled by slowing of Atlantic conveyor belt, warn of abrupt climate change

Mike Gaworecki 27 May 2016

Abnormal Arctic ice season may signal abrupt climate change

Ryan King 19 May 2016

Five Pacific islands have already disappeared due to sea level rise

Mike Gaworecki 10 May 2016

Scientists just discovered an Amazon reef system in an area targeted for oil exploration

Mike Gaworecki 22 Apr 2016

Climate change is drying up small islands, study says

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Apr 2016

Global coral bleaching event hits Australia’s Great Barrier Reef hard

Mic Smith 1 Apr 2016

The longest global coral bleaching event in history isn’t over yet

Mike Gaworecki 25 Feb 2016

2015’s top 10 developments for the ocean

Douglas McCauley 31 Dec 2015

The week in environmental news – Dec 12, 2015

Brittany Stewart 12 Dec 2015

Arctic countries prohibit commercial fishing in North Pole

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Aug 2015

Three dead in three weeks: a blow for endangered right whales

Rebecca Kessler 4 Aug 2015

Scientists find surprising climate change refuge for reef-building corals: beneath mangroves

Sean Mowbray 16 Jun 2015

Chemical clues in fossil shells may help us understand today’s ocean acidification

Brendan Bane 4 Feb 2015

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