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Deep ocean in deep trouble as Antarctic ice melts
Melting ice will affect critical Antarctic ocean currents and threaten fish stocks around the world, new study finds.
Category: Oceans
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An ocean like no other: the Southern Ocean’s ecological richness and significance for global climate
The Southern Ocean, also called the Antarctic Ocean (or even the Austral ocean), is like no other and best described in superlatives. Here’s everything you need to know about why it’s so bloody important.
Oceans
Death by vinegar: New weapon against coral-eating starfish
Outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish can be reduced using household vinegar, as the new control technique becomes available across the Great Barrier Reef.
Oceans
The silencing of the seas: how our oceans are going quiet
The oceans are filled with sounds produced by animals. However, a recent study shows that ocean sounds are diminishing due to nutrient pollution and ocean acidification.
Oceans
Alien oceans: what lies beneath
Over the past 50 years space exploration has revealed that oceans exist on the moons of other planets in our Solar System. But what exactly – if anything – lives beneath the surface of these otherworldly seas?
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Vast numbers of ocean species are unknown
Somewhere between one- and two-thirds of all species in the world’s oceans are still unknown to science, says study.
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Tasman Sea a “hotspot” for ocean warming
The temperature of waters east of Tasmania are rising rapidly, as balmy ocean currents shift toward the poles.
Oceans
State of our oceans
Just as the ocean is revealing its mysteries, we’re finding out how delicate its many ecosystems are.