Category: Ocean Awareness

Ocean Absorbing 89% of Climate Warming According to an International Team of Scientists Led by Mercator Ocean International

Ocean Awareness

4/28/2023 - By ecomagazine.com. A new study shows that 89% of the excess heat built up in the Earth system from 1960-2020 has been absorbed by the Ocean. An international team of 70 researchers from 15 countries led by Mercator Ocean International’s Karina von Schuckmann revealed their results today in a paper… SEE MORE

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Suzuki Marine USA’s 800-Mile Sustainable Fuel Journey to Promote Eco-Friendly Boating

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4/18/2023 - Tampa, FLA. — Suzuki Marine USA will embark on an important journey beginning Tuesday, April 18, setting out from Jacksonville, Florida on a nearly 800-mile journey by water to Washington D.C., where the 259 Sea Pro center console will be highlighted in an on-the-water display during the 2023 American Boating… SEE MORE

Most of World’s Salt Marshes likely to be Underwater by 2100, Study concludes

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4/15/2023 - By Emily Greenhalgh. WOODS HOLE, MASS. -- Cape Cod’s salt marshes are as iconic as they are important. These beautiful, low-lying wetlands are some of the most biologically productive ecosystems on Earth. They play an outsized role in nitrogen cycling, act as carbon sinks, protect coastal development from storm surge,… SEE MORE

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Inbreeding Contributes to Decline of Endangered Killer Whales

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4/10/2023 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. New genome sequencing shows Southern Residents are highly inbred. The small size and isolation of the endangered population of Southern Resident killer whales in the Pacific Northwest have led to high levels of inbreeding. This inbreeding has contributed to their decline, which has continued as surrounding killer whale populations… SEE MORE

Is It a Seal or a Sea Lion?

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4/6/2023 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. Seals and sea lions are both pinnipeds, but there are distinct characteristics to tell them apart. Seals and sea lions, along with walruses, belong to a group of marine mammals called “pinnipeds.” Pinniped means fin or flipper-footed in Latin. These animals spend the majority of their time in… SEE MORE

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Worried about Sea Level Rise? Look for the Lichens.

3/22/2023 - By Ian Rose. One of the great infrastructure challenges of the next few decades is to figure out which coastal sites should be abandoned and which can be saved. Lichens can help. [caption id="attachment_45020" align="alignnone" width="512"] Lichen on rock via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] The clock is ticking for many low-lying coastal areas.… SEE MORE

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Ocean treaty: Historic Agreement Reached After Decade of Talks

3/21/2023 - By Esme Stallard. Nations have reached a historic agreement to protect the world's oceans following 10 years of negotiations. The High Seas Treaty aims to help place 30% of the seas into protected areas by 2030, to safeguard and recuperate marine nature. [caption id="attachment_45036" align="alignnone" width="512"] Green Sea Turtle grazing via… SEE MORE

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Going Electric

3/18/2023 - By soundingsonline.com As more builders introduce new models with electric propulsion, DIY types are converting their old boats with their own hands. When Dave and Danielle Baker and their two young children pull up to a marina and begin maneuvering into a slip, they often get wondering stares from people… SEE MORE

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How Will Changes in Habitat Affect Fish in and Near the Chesapeake Bay?

3/14/2023 - By fisheries.noaa.gov NOAA-funded research has explored how different species, including the commercially important summer flounder and black sea bass, may change their habitat use due to climate change. In the Mid-Atlantic Bight—the coastal and estuarine waters from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina—water temperature is increasing at twice… SEE MORE

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NOAA Explains: Why Electronic Charts are Better Than Paper

3/11/2023 - By noaa.gov NOAA Ocean Podcast: Episode 46 NOAA is moving into the digital age by phasing out paper nautical charts over five years. In this episode, we talk with NOAA Corps Capt. EJ Van Den Ameele, chief of Coast Survey's marine chart division, to learn how this transition will affect… SEE MORE