Deep sea mining licences issued
Vast new areas of the ocean floor have been opened up in an accelerating search for valuable minerals including manganese, copper and gold. In a move that brings closer a new era of deep sea mining,
Oceans and Seas
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Modeling ecological drivers in marine viral communities using comparative metagenomics and network analyses
Microorganisms and their viruses are increasingly recognized as drivers of myriad ecosystem processes. However, our knowledge of their roles is limited by the inability of culture-dependent and culture-independent
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Sediment and turbidity associated with offshore dredging increase coral disease prevalence on nearby reefs
In recent decades, coral reef ecosystems have declined to the extent that reefs are now threatened globally. While many water quality parameters have been proposed to contribute to reef declines, little
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Oceanic litter is widespread
Litter is now found in even the most remote areas of the oceans, say scientists trying to understand how much rubbish is lying at the bottom of Europe's seas. The new study, published in Plos One, shows
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Cabinet approves oceanographic research institute
'The public administration ministry will prepare a comprehensive draft and place it before the cabinet again' The cabinet yesterday refused to separately approve three proposed acts for public servants,
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Plastic debris in the open ocean
There is a rising concern regarding the accumulation of floating plastic debris in the open ocean. However, the magnitude and the fate of this pollution are still open questions. Using data from the Malaspina
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Governments should set 5-year deadline to save oceans from over-fishing - experts
Governments should set a five-year deadline to crack down on over-fishing and pollution or parts of the oceans may have to be declared off-limits to industrial fishing, an expert commission said on Tuesday.
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Proterozoic oxygen rise linked to shifting balance between seafloor and terrestrial weathering
The researchers investigate the balance between two mechanisms that remove carbon from the atmosphere and oceans over long timescales—weathering of terrestrial silicates and alteration of the ocean floor.
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How ocean acidification is affecting marine life
A new study by researchers at the University of Bristol and Plymouth Marine Laboratory has shed light on how different species of marine organisms are reacting to ocean acidification. Since the Industrial