oceans

Ocean temperatures at critical levels: it is confirmed that they rose further due to El Niño.

The ocean temperature reached critical levels last year. According to specialists, El Niño had a strong impact on recent increases. The number of marine heatwaves recorded in the summers of 2023 and 2024 was 3.5 times higher than in the...

Surprising find: the Earth’s oceans were not always blue

A recent discovery challenges the conception of the appearance of early Earth. An international team of scientists revealed that billions of years ago, the oceans were not blue as they are today, but instead had an intense green color...

Surprise at low evaporation despite higher temperatures

A recent article in Geophysical Research Letters has called into question the traditional understanding of the relationship between **global warming** and **ocean evaporation**. Researchers from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences...

Ocean fertilization by whale excrement: a crucial discovery

A research by the University of Washington confirms that whale feces contain significant amounts of iron, which could have helped fertilize the oceans in the past. The loss of whales due to commercial whaling could have had far-reaching consequences on...

Which countries are the biggest ocean plastic polluters?

Every year, the pollution of the oceans with plastics grows. Millions of tons are generated worldwide, as only a small part is recycled. After their life cycle, half of these waste materials have a second life, they are incinerated or...

A study reveals that the acidification of the North Atlantic is accelerating.

The subpolar region of the North Atlantic has experienced faster acidification rates over the last ten years compared to previous decades, revealing a change in the physical patterns of the ocean. This is what emerges from a study led by...

The ocean temperature reached critical levels in 2024.

The ocean temperature reached critical levels in 2024. With a new historical record in March of last year, it reached 21.07 degrees. This increase added to a series of rises recorded since May 2023, when the warm El Niño current...

A surprising algae could be key to cooling the Earth

Climate change could have a key enemy that could help slow it down: a type of common marine algae, with a great capacity to cool the Earth. This finding, led by researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA)...

The Ocean Cleanup and Coldplay renew their collaboration to remove plastic from the oceans.

Following the success of the Interceptor 005 in Malaysia, supported by Coldplay and christened as 'Neon Moon I', we will now deploy a second Interceptor, currently in assembly, destined for the Cisadane River in Jakarta, Indonesia: the Interceptor 020,...

Climate change and its impact on seagrass meadows

A research team from the Marine Research Institute (INMAR) at the University of Cádiz (UCA) discovered that climate change and alterations in the interactions between plants and animals are modifying carbon cycles in marine ecosystems. These changes not only...

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The stunning submerged forest of Lake Kaindy: a surreal landscape that defies expectations

Far from the conventional image of a forest, the **Kaindy Lake**, located in the **Tian Shan** mountains, southeast of...