Responsibility
Study: Increased rainfall from climate change threatens UK sea urchins
A new study finds that sea urchins deteriorated physically when immersed in less salty water – a risk that could occur with climate change.
Responsibility
Deep-ocean seaweed dumping for carbon sequestration called questionable, risky and not the best use of valuable biomass
Study: Without sound science on the impacts to fragile ecosystems, seaweed carbon sequestration distracts from more effective interventions.
Fisheries
How ‘local solutions’ to climate change may help food security and access to seafood
A new study finds climate change is making it harder to access seafood, but that tapping into local solutions may help enhance food security.
Responsibility
Study: Denser kelp forests are better suited to survive ocean warming
New research reveals that denser and more sheltered kelp forests can withstand serious stressors amid ocean warming.
Responsibility
Can artificial cooling, or thermal refuges, offset the impact of ocean warming on fish?
With ocean warming taking a toll on fish like migratory salmon, scientists are exploring artificial options to cool things down for them.
Responsibility
Are marine heatwaves causing Pacific cod to reproduce and hatch earlier?
Marine heatwaves trigger shift in hatch dates and early growth of Pacific cod, concludes a new study from Oregon State University.
Responsibility
High ocean temperatures helped make 2023 the hottest year ever recorded
A new study found ocean temperatures were “off-the-chart” in 2023, causing more intense weather patterns and impacting marine life.
Fisheries
Is climate change prompting juvenile sockeye salmon to grow larger?
Study explores how climate change affects the size of juvenile sockeye salmon in B.C., and how populations are adapting.
Responsibility
Study proposes ‘more realistic’ modeling for climate change impacts on marine ecosystems
A new global model pinpoints marine regions where extreme temperatures are likely to have particularly harmful effects from climate change.
Responsibility
Are aquaculture and fisheries resilient enough to withstand climate change?
With most global seafood production vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, each sector faces unique adaptability obstacles and opportunities.
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.
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.
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.