Fisheries
Which fish species in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic are most vulnerable to climate change?
Certain fish species in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic may be more vulnerable or resilient to climate change than others.
Fisheries
Climate change and reproductive biocomplexity in fishes: Management approaches for fisheries and aquaculture
Focusing on the biocomplexity of fish reproduction in response to climate change, adaptive strategies can help mitigate reproductive risks.
Responsibility
Creatures great and small: Study says warming Arctic Ocean a threat to zooplankton, right whales
With ocean warming, sea creatures and commercial fishing fleets are migrating northward – potentially endangering Pacific right whales.
Fisheries
NOAA confirms link between snow crab decline and marine heatwave
Starvation is most likely the cause of a mass mortality event during the eastern Bering Sea marine heatwave, according to NOAA scientists.
Responsibility
Study: Global warming above 2 degrees-C will lead to ‘irreversible loss in marine ecosystem habitability’
CSIRO determines that global warming above 2 degrees-C will decrease viable ocean habitats and will affect fishing grounds and productivity.
Responsibility
Study: Ocean acidification research is robust despite ebbs and flows
A study of almost 25 years of ocean acidification research concludes that experts in the field can have confidence in their research.
Responsibility
Equipping fish with sensors may improve climate change monitoring and weather forecasting
Researchers say sensors on fish can provide localized and timely data on environmental conditions impacted by climate change.
Fisheries
Some fish species are shrinking. Is global warming to blame?
Some fish species are shrinking but future research must determine if overfishing, global warming and food availability are responsible.
Responsibility
TNC: New markets for seaweed aquaculture hold promise, but cost challenges inhibit growth
Seaweed farming can deliver economic and environmental benefits but is "significantly cost-disadvantaged," concludes a new TNC report.
Innovation & Investment
Tool aims to predict effects of marine heatwaves, improve fisheries management
Scientists have developed an ocean management tool that provides real-time predictions of how top predators shift during marine heatwaves.
Fisheries
Warming ocean water a threat to predatory species, Woods Hole study determines
Tuna, billfishes and sharks in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico could lose 40 to 70 percent of their suitable habitat due to warming ocean water.
Responsibility
Sea urchins struggle with their grip due to climate change: study
Biologists say sea urchins' adhesive abilities are hampered by differing levels of water salinity caused by climate change-associated events.
Responsibility
Global trends in climate change detected in indicators of ocean ecology
Climate change effects in marine-surface microbial ecosystems may be undetected because previous studies have taken other approaches.
Responsibility
Can artificial reefs in seagrass meadows help protect the ocean against climate change?
A new study finds that artificial reefs can bolster seagrass growth in the tropics and help mitigate climate change.
Fisheries
Ocean warming increases risk of salmon bycatch in Pacific hake fishery
Ocean warming and increased frequency of marine heatwaves could lead to higher Chinook salmon bycatch rates, scientists say.
Fisheries
Thermal effects on ecological traits of salmonids
The phenotypically plastic response may preadapt offspring to perform better in the expected future thermal environment.