Some relief from the heat?
El Niño is here and could offer welcome respite to Western Australia's record-breaking high ocean temperatures. Read more from this CSIRO ECOS blog.
Clam digging closures due to acidity in warming waters in the US
An early rise in ocean temperatures and subsequent concerns about increased toxicity caused Washington to close its digging seasons, writes The Oregonian. Read the full story here.
For the first time, scientists tag a loggerhead sea turtle off US West Coast
Science Daily writes: Fifty miles out to sea from San Diego, in the middle of April, under a perfectly clear blue sky, fisheries scientists leaned over the side of a rubber inflatable boat and lowered a juvenile loggerhead sea turtle into the water. That turtle was a trailblazer -- the first of its kind ever released off the West Coast of the United States with a satellite transmitter attached. Read …
Adapting to change: coral reefs
Coral reefs around the world are adapting to climate change, according to the latest data from a study by the France-based Institute for Development Research (IRD), writes SciDev.Net. Read the full story here.
Melting Antarctic: Failure to act now on emissions could raise oceans by metres
Studies find West Antarctica’s ice sheet is melting fast. But a new look at the ancient past suggests it once pushed sea levels up by three metres, writes the Guardian. Read the full story here.
Study: Global warming to push 1 in 13 species to extinction
Global warming will eventually push 1 out of every 13 species on Earth into extinction, a new study projects, writes YAHOO News. Read the full story here.
Grim future for WA's marine forests
WA marine researchers predict a not-so-bright future for Western Australian seagrass meadows as frequency of extreme warming events sets to double-- read about this research by the University of Western Australia.
Ocean Currents Hinder Methane-Eating Bacteria
Nature World News writes: Methane comes from a variety of sources, both natural and man-made. This includes methane-munching microbes that live in rocks in the deep sea, helping to control this potent greenhouse gas. But now new research shows that ocean currents may be hindering these critical methane-eating bacteria, thus contributing to global warming. Read the full story at Nature World News here.
Reunited after twenty years: tagged tuna tells us tales of the sea
From CSIRO Snapshot: We have been reunited with an old friend. We met a long time ago, 22 years in fact, and we certainly left our mark during that first meeting. Now with a long passage of time behind us, we are keen to find where she has been all this time. We are, of course, talking about this stunning southern bluefin tuna (SBT). Tagged in 1993, the fish …
Swordfish in Tasmania?
The Mercury writes: LAST summer’s discovery of swordfish in Tasmanian waters could trigger a stampede of well-heeled recreational fishers from interstate and overseas. Fishing enthusiast Leo Miller said eastern Tasmanian waters were suddenly shaping up as one of the best fishing grounds for one of the world’s most sought after game fish. Mr Miller said he believed swordfish had always been common in Tasmanian waters, near the edge of the …