- Luka Doncic-“I thought I was gonna stay my whole career there. Loyalty is a big word for me… But I got the ocean here. I get to play for the Lakers. Not many get to say that.” https://streamable.com/j3tps8 973 comments nba
- In Graphic Detail: Cigarette Butt Research Is Lighting Up. As the world’s beaches and oceans have become one giant ashtray, research has accelerated on what many are calling a global crisis. https://hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/in-graphic-detail-cigarette-butt-research-is-lighting-up/ 2 comments environment
- Alien tech could be in the ocean, an astronomer thinks. Many dismiss the idea : NPR https://www.npr.org/2022/08/31/1119941103/astronomer-searches-ocean-extraterrestrial-meteor-alien-life-avi-loeb 182 comments space
- Human waste has become so ubiquitous in the ocean, it's becoming easier for octopuses to shelter in our trash than in seashells or coral. In areas where human tourists have collected too many sea shells, cephalopods of all ages have been forced to adapt or perish. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X22000212 6 comments science
- While many who buy faux leather often think of themselves as ethical buyers, the material could be polluting the oceans and killing fish, according to a BBC expert. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/11/faux-leather-promoted-ethical-designers-like-stella-mccartney/ 59 comments worldnews
- Human Emissions Made Ocean Heat Wave 53 Times More Likely - Three 2016 marine heat waves that killed whales, birds, corals, and shellfish from Australia to Alaska were many times more likely thanks to climate change. https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/carbon-dioxide-emissions-drive-ocean-heat-waves-global-warming/?utm_source=ehn&utm_campaign=5cb4d1fb30-rss_email_campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8573f35474-5cb4d1fb30-99389085 3 comments science
- Reason for recent spike in shark attacks: Too many people in the ocean http://readingeagle.com/news/article/reason-for-recent-spike-in-shark-attacks-too-many-people-in-the-ocean 27 comments nottheonion
- Offshore Wind Better For Atlantic Coast Than Offshore Drilling. Offshore wind energy would produce twice as many jobs and twice the energy as offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. http://cleantechnica.com/2015/01/16/offshore-wind-better-for-atlantic-coast-than-offshore-drilling/ 43 comments technology
- Sunblock poses potential hazard to sea life: When certain sunblock ingredients wash off skin and into the sea, they can become toxic to some of the ocean’s tiniest inhabitants, which are the main course for many other marine animals http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2014/acs-presspac-august-20-2014/sunblock-poses-potential-hazard-to-sea-life.html 12 comments worldnews
- Sunblock poses potential hazard to sea life: When certain sunblock ingredients wash off skin and into the sea, they can become toxic to some of the ocean’s tiniest inhabitants, which are the main course for many other marine animals http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2014/acs-presspac-august-20-2014/sunblock-poses-potential-hazard-to-sea-life.html 3 comments science
- Award-winning project finds seafood sold in Canada with high radiation levels — Many samples well over contamination limit — Believes dangerous Fukushima pollution carried across ocean http://enenews.com/award-winning-science-project-finds-high-radiation-levels-seafood-purchased-canada-many-samples-actionable-level-contamination-incredible-discovery-unexpected-be-lurking-canadian-waters-belie 30 comments worldnews
- BIOS Study Helps Confirm Ocean Acidification | The study also confirmed what many scientists have been saying for years: the surface waters of the ocean are slowly becoming less alkaline in a process called “ocean acidification.” http://bernews.com/2014/02/bios-study-helps-confirm-ocean-acidification/ 15 comments science
- Pacific Ocean takes perilous turn: "It is dissolving a tiny plankton species eaten by many ocean creatures, from auklets and puffins to fish and whales — and that had not been expected for another 25 years." http://apps.seattletimes.com/reports/sea-change/2013/sep/11/pacific-ocean-perilous-turn-overview/ 84 comments science
- Studying Water off Fukushima: "After the meltdown, many scientists estimated that most of the fallout ended up in the Pacific Ocean." http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/newsline/nuclearwatch/20130524.html 3 comments worldnews
- Ocean acidification: Some Winners, Many Losers http://www.skepticalscience.com/ocean_acidification_winners_and_losers.html 30 comments science
- Mystery man pulls car crash victim from ocean - and then disappears. How many charlatans will step forward and claim they're the hero ? http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/15/2771693.htm 8 comments worldnews
- Oceanic iron enrichment not as useful for carbon capture as many had hoped http://newscenter.lbl.gov/press-releases/2009/05/06/ocean-carbon-iron/ 3 comments science
- The Pacific Ocean Hagfish has a disgusting way of defending itself. When under attack, it oozes a suffocating slime from its many pores that envelops its predator in a fatal mass of fibrous goo. http://holy-web.blogspot.com/2008/11/hagfishs-self-defense-mechanism.html 9 comments science
- Scientists have discovered marine animals living on plastic debris in an area of the open ocean dubbed "the Great Pacific Garbage Patch". Many of the creatures are coastal species, living miles from their usual habitats, on a patch halfway between the coast of California and Hawaii. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59521211 10 comments science
- Four times as many plastic particles turned up in the deep waters of a “clean” patch of ocean than on the surface of the notorious Great Pacific Garbage Patch, finds the first study to systematically comb a section of ocean from top to bottom for these microplastics. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-deep-ocean-harbors-a-mountain-of-microplastic-pollution/ 6 comments science
- Mysterious new ocean ‘twilight zone’ full of previously unknown fish identified by scientists: Researchers say deep 'rariphotic zone' around coral reefs could provide a vital refuge for many fish species as shallower regions are threatened by climate change. https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/ocean-twilight-zone-unknown-fish-discovery-caribbean-rariphotic-scientists-curacao-a8265116.html 7 comments worldnews
- A rare marine worm goes through a prolonged phase of development as little more than a head, researchers have found. The findings suggests that many animals in the ocean likely share this trunk-less stage, and it may even shed light on the biological development of early animals. http://news.stanford.edu/2016/12/08/worm-larva-like-swimming-head/ 48 comments science
- 16 Major Cruise Lines Released Over a Billion Gallons of Sewage Into the Ocean in 2014 - Beyond 3 miles from shore, the cruise lines may dump wastewater directly into the ocean, & many of them rely on old & antiquated water-treatment systems. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/12/04/3599528/cruise-lines-sewage-2014/ 867 comments worldnews
- The Baltic Sea faces contamination by thousands of tons of corroding chemical weapons dumped on the ocean bed after the Second World War. Research carried out by marine scientists has found that thousands of shells, many containing mustard gas, have now started to leak. http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/baltic-sea-threatened-by-wartime-chemical-weapons-1-3090752 13 comments worldnews
- Twice as many fishing vessels are chasing fewer fish on the world’s oceans. Since 1950, the number of boats has gone from 1.7 million to 3.7 million, even though fish stocks have crumbled https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/twice-many-fishing-vessels-are-chasing-fewer-fish-worlds-oceans-180972294/ 11 comments worldnews
- Twice as many fishing vessels are chasing fewer fish on the world’s oceans. Since 1950, the number of boats has gone from 1.7 million to 3.7 million, even though fish stocks have crumbled https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/twice-many-fishing-vessels-are-chasing-fewer-fish-worlds-oceans-180972294/ 1578 comments science
- "The strongest El Niño [according to the Oceanic Niño index] was the 2.3 event in 1997-98...Almost every forecast predicts that this year's El Niño will climb above 2.0 -- and many are forecasting the strongest El Niño since records began in the 1950s." http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/13/weather/el-nino-2015/index.html 13 comments worldnews
- Thousands of people, including many undocumented migrants, marched in Paris and other French towns on Saturday, protesting against planned changes to the immigration law and evictions from the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230429-thousands-protest-against-french-government-s-migration-plans 4 comments worldnews
- Dead Birds Washing Up by the Thousands Send a Warning About Climate Change | A new study unravels the mystery of what caused so many of these normally resilient seabirds to starve amid an ocean heat wave fueled in part by global warming. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15012020/seabird-death-ocean-heat-wave-blob-pacific-alaska-common-murre?utm_campaign=hot%20news&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=82016644&_hsenc=p2anqtz-9t5_8fdwpzzymvfjo1tkl9k1236z1obwpir7pzd7pzkllbaosdhnsenp4zs6nx6mmaterkarxsvdkcz_tmf9jbjkiduw&_hsmi=82016644 7 comments science
- Early species developed much faster than previously thought. It took a combination of many global environmental and tectonic changes occurring simultaneously to produce rapid species diversification, including global cooling, more oxygen in the atmosphere, and more nutrients in the oceans. https://www.ohio.edu/ucm/media/news-story.cfm?newsitem=e265a41c-5056-a874-1d18c7d0b6e08254 3 comments science
- Ocean acidification may cause dramatic changes to phytoplankton. Many species may die out and others may migrate significantly as ocean acidification intensifies. http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/ocean-acidification-phytoplankton-0720 8 comments science
- In Dec. 2004, a massive tsunami devastated Indian Ocean coastlines and killed 80K people in Thailand. Many lost their lives at the beach resort. Now, the site has been reborn -- as a luxury oasis instead of the backpacker paradise it used to be. Everyone isn't comfortable with new incarnation. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,795876,00.html 3 comments worldnews
- But when the oil sank, it didn't disappear; it just joined so much else that the waves are hiding, so many other secrets we count on the ocean to keep. Like the 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico, and the network of unmonitored underwater pipe http://www.alternet.org/story/149524/naomi_klein%3A_hunting_the_ocean_for_bp%27s_missing_millions_of_barrels_of_oil?page=8 76 comments science
- Disrupting flow of wood from rivers to oceans negatively affects coastal and marine environments, according to a study. The researchers hope to bring attention to a problem many people may not be aware of, that interrupting the cascade of wood from waterways has consequences for marine environments. https://warnercnr.source.colostate.edu/disrupting-flow-of-wood-from-rivers-to-oceans-impacts-marine-environments/ 5 comments science
- There might not be as many microplastic fibres in oceans as we feared - and the majority of microfibers found in the ocean are natural https://www.newscientist.com/article/2245110-there-might-not-be-as-many-microplastic-fibres-in-oceans-as-we-feared/ 8 comments science
- In a new survey of the sub-seafloor off the U.S. Northeast coast, scientists have found a gigantic aquifer of relatively fresh water that would be roughly 15,000 square mi if on Earth's surface. It is in sediment below the ocean floor. This suggests that aquifers may lie off many coasts worldwide. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44611-7 77 comments science
- One-third of known exoplanets may be enormous ocean worlds. According to new research, many of these planets are about half water by mass. Meanwhile, Earth is only 0.02%. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/08/one-third-of-known-planets-may-be-enormous-ocean-worlds 132 comments worldnews
- WSU researchers build -300ºF alien ocean to test NASA outer space submarine - to determine how a submarine might work on Titan, the largest of Saturn’s many moons and the second largest in the solar system. The space agency plans to launch a real submarine into Titan seas in the next 20 years. https://news.wsu.edu/2018/02/07/wsu-builds-nasa-alien-ocean/ 298 comments space
- New study found that the best way to explain how the neurons were behaving, was through interaction of microscopic waves of activity rather than interaction of individual neurons. researchers showed how it creates patterns: waves of activity across many neighboring cells, like ocean waves https://www.salk.edu/news-release/an-ocean-in-your-brain-interacting-brain-waves-key-to-how-we-process-information/ 3 comments science
- A multi-national team of scientists discovered amounts of mercury in the deepest trenches of the Pacific Ocean that exceed any value ever recorded in remote marine sediments - even higher than many areas directly contaminated by industrial releases. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/au-ssa052521.php 4 comments science