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In 1988, scientists began quantifying the ocean's global productivity. 38 years later, microscopic phytoplankton produce roughly 50% of Earth's oxygenScientists began measuring the ocean’s global productivity in 1988, revealing a hidden force behind Earth’s oxygen cycle. Nearly four decad...- In 1970s, silver carp were brought to the US for aquaculture. Now the jumping fish threaten a $20 billion Great Lakes industryInvasive silver carp are rapidly approaching the Great Lakes, raising alarm over potential ecological and economic damage. The recent detec...
- In June 2026, El Niño weakened Pacific trade winds, shutting down nutrient-rich upwelling; satellites then watched phytoplankton decline, threatening anchovies and seabirds as the ocean food chain began to unravelEl Niño has returned to the Pacific Ocean in June 2026, impacting marine ecosystems. Weakened trade winds are reducing nutrient upwelling, ...
- Since 2016, the Netherlands has used 37.2 million tonnes of lakebed sediment to build seven wildlife islands covering 1,300 hectaresIn the Markermeer region of the Netherlands, innovative artificial islands have been crafted using dredged materials from the lakebed. The ...
- Why are so many dolphins washing up on South Australian beaches? Long-term data point to a devastating algal bloomIn 2025 and 2026, South Australia faced a troubling harmful algal bloom, resulting in unprecedented dolphin fatalities— the highest in more...
- In 1989, a Japanese oyster farmer began planting trees in the mountains to save his dying bay; the river cleared, and marine life returnedJapanese oyster farmer Shigeatsu Hatakeyama restored his bay by planting trees. Healthy forests upstream provided essential nutrients for o...
- China's rivers and lakes defied a global oxygen crisis across 17 years, and nearly 1,300 sites, and the surprise is that it had nothing to do with slowing down climate changeFreshwater ecosystems worldwide are facing declining oxygen levels, a critical issue for aquatic life. However, a recent study in China rev...
- 12 scientists will drift across the Arctic, locked inside sea ice for 8 months to watch an ocean survive its darkest, coldest seasonA daring expedition is underway as 12 individuals will spend eight months adrift in the Arctic Ocean, encased in ice. This mission, Tara Po...
- In 1988, cargo ships accidentally brought zebra mussels to the US in their ballast water, and they devastated the Great Lakes, but a 2026 study finds that after 20 years in Kansas lakes, they barely changed the fish or the waterA new study reveals that zebra mussel invasions in Kansas reservoirs over two decades have had minimal impact on water quality and fish pop...
- What Scientists Found Beneath the Southern Ocean Changes Climate ScienceScientists have uncovered new details about iron from Antarctic icebergs. This iron, once thought to boost ocean life and absorb carbon, is...
- Climate change has shifted colour of over half of world's oceans: StudyOver half of the world's oceans have changed significantly in colour over the last two decades, with evidence suggesting human-caused clima...
- Climate change turning US mountain lakes green with algaeGlobal warming is turning clear mountain lakes green in the western United States because of an increase in algae blooms "without historica...
- NASA to study tiny sea creatures to understand Earth's climateWashington, April 11 (IANS) In a first, a team of scientists from NASA are on a research mission to study phytoplankton -- the tiny sea cre...
- Global fisheries to be 20% less productive in 2300: StudyThis bleak future will be characterised by 9.6 degrees Celsius increase in mean surface air temperature, nearly 10 times the warming we hav...
- Global warming may explain Arctic's green iceNew York, March 31 (IANS) Global warming may be responsible for massive blooms of phytoplankton growing under Arctic sea and more blooms in...
- NASA space laser maps polar ocean plants key to lifeWashington, Dec 22 (IANS) A NASA satellite instrument orbiting Earth that can see through fog, clouds and darkness has given scientists the...
- El Nino's impact may disrupt marine food chain: NASAEl Nino years can have a big impact on phytoplanktons - the tiniest plants in the ocean - disrupting the marine food chain, NASA scientists...
- Global warming could cause fall in oxygen, mass mortalityEarth's oxygen could dramatically fall due to change in ocean temperature of just several degrees, thereby resulting in mass mortality, sci...
- Climate change will upset vital ocean chemical cyclesThe new research means that ocean warming will impact plankton, and in turn drive a vicious cycle of climate change.
- Tossing iron powder into ocean to fight global warmingIndian scientists, along with their foreign counterparts are embarking on an expedition to find whether tossing iron powder into the ocean ...
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