‘God knows what’s in the water’: Los Angeles surfers in limbo as wildfire toxins linger https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/los-angeles-surfers-toxins-wildfires #Californiawildfires #Climatecrisis #USwildfires #Environment #LosAngeles #California #WestCoast #Pollution #Surfing #Oceans #USnews
#DomoicAcid can also accumulate in #shellfish & small #fish that feed on the #algae, leading to poisoning in larger #marine animals & humans who consume contaminated #seafood.
Addressing the urgent need to monitor the impact of harmful #AlgalBlooms on #MarineSpecies requires collective strategies. The destructive #California #wildfires, which have contaminated our #oceans & are threatening #MarineLife, serve as a critical call to action for collaborative efforts to protect marine environments….
Arctic Sea Ice at its peak: but the peak was a record low.
The melting will continue to indirectly impact weather in Europe.
Un riche écosystème découvert sous un iceberg géant de l'Antarctique https://reporterre.net/Un-riche-ecosysteme-decouvert-sous-un-iceberg-geant-de-l-Antarctique #Nature #Océans
Japan and eight other economies agreed Thursday to reduce this year's catch quota for saury in the northern Pacific by 10% to 202,500 tons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/28/japan/saury-catch-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fish #oceans #environment #fishing
Six Russians died on Thursday and 39 foreign tourists were rescued when a viewing submarine sank off the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada, the local governor's office said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/28/world/egypt-tour-submarine-sinks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #egypt #tourism #oceans #marineaccidents
https://www.europesays.com/1945839/ Climate change and overfishing threaten Vietnam’s ancient tradition of making fish sauce #animals #business #Climate #ClimateAndEnvironment #ClimateChange #FoodAndBeverageManufacturing #FoodAndDrink #GeneralNews #GlobalWarming #lifestyle #océans #RenatoSalvatteci #Vietnam #VietnamGovernment #WorldNews
“We discovered recently that bottom trawling, by churning up the sediments on the seafloor, releases CO2 on the scale of global aviation and that half of those underwater emissions will end up in the atmosphere”
“A fifth of EU bottom trawling happens in marine protected areas“
Conservationists and fishing industry groups in South Africa just agreed to implement no-fishing zones around six major breeding colonies of critically endangered African penguins. #environment #climate #ClimateChange #fishing #ocean #oceans https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/18/hope-for-endangered-penguins-as-no-fishing-zones-agreed-off-south-africa
Heartbreaking is right: coral bleaching in Australia
(23 Mar) Chicago-Sized Iceberg Hid Ancient Ecosystem, Scientists Reveal
Ancient sponges and corals were found on the exposed seafloor, in an area previously inaccessible to humans.
https://s.faithcollapsing.com/mr86j
Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/D4fzx ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/dnzi4
#aquatic-ecology #conservation #icebergs #oceans
U.S. President Donald Trump’s regulatory freeze has injected chaos and uncertainty into a number of lucrative American fisheries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/24/trump-regulatory-us-fishing-industry/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #republicans #donaldtrump #fishing #oceans #trade #noaa #tuna
A new study found that whales vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of climate change on ocean ecosystems. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/03/22/climate-change/whale-songs-ecosystem-barometer-study/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #whales #oceans #environment
Octopus jumps shark and goes for a ride on its back https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/octopus-shark-ride #Environment #Marinelife #NewZealand #Wildlife #USnews #Oceans #Sharks #Fish
Glaciers around the globe are disappearing faster than ever, with the last three-year period seeing the largest glacial mass loss on record, according to a UNESCO report released on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/03/21/climate-change/un-glacier-melt-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #oceans #climatechange #environment
Did you know that fish use fish ladders
Sea otters help kelp forests recover—but how fast depends on where they are
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-sea-otters-kelp-forests-recover.html
In my opinion, we definitely should NOT sacrifice the great unknown habitats of the depths of the sea so that a handful of already extremely wealthy people can become even wealthier.
But what do I know.
Science and sense: has deep-sea mining industry run out of road?
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/science-and-sense-has-deep-sea-mining-industry-run-out-of-road/
The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but scientists say we have barely scratched the surface of what lives in our seas. But new technologies are helping to change that. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/03/17/earth-science/oil-spills-new-species-tech-ocean/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #earthscience #oceans #tech #environment #oil #climatechange #pollution
