カテゴリー: Oceans
Experts say the new figures dispel the notion that the country is protected from extreme temperatures and raise fears for local marine lifeNew Zealand’s sea temperatures have hit record highs, outstripping global averages threefold in one region, and p…
As the sea inundates Odisha’s coastline, livelihoods have withered with the harvest and weddings are a rarity as young women refuse to move to areas where they see no futurePhotographs by Aishwarya MohantyIn Udaykani, a coastal village in the east Indi…
Using explosives is illegal, wasteful and devastating to marine life and people’s livelihoods. Yet in Sri Lanka and around the world it’s thriving as a quick and easy route to a lucrative haulThe immediate aftermath of a blast is obvious, says Wilson P…
A series of steel artworks sitting off the coast of Nacula Island is growing coral in hope of creating more climate-resilient organismsIn the turquoise waters of Nacula Island, Fiji, steel sculptures sit on the seafloor, adorned with coral. The artwork…
For generations, mothers in Tamil Nadu have taught their daughters the dangerous trade. But while their work has brought them financial independence, few are mourning its passingWith sacks tied around their saris and well-used goggles as their only equ…
Māori tribes record changes to lands and oceans, with some food-gathering practices that have sustained communities for hundreds of years lostDanny Paruru crouches at the water’s edge, letting it wash over his hand. Behind him, at the far hill-line, th…
Scientists have captured footage of a fish swimming more than 8km underwater, setting a new record for the deepest fish ever recorded. The animal, an unknown snailfish species belonging to the genus Pseudoliparis, was filmed at a depth of 8,336 metres …
With rising seas expected to submerge the nation by 2100, official says ‘we should always be able to remember Tuvalu as it is, before it disappears’Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastWhen Tuvalu vanishes beneath rising s…
Scientists used satellite images and more than 300,000 volunteers to count Weddell seals, a key Southern Ocean indicator speciesResearchers believe they have accurately estimated Antarctica’s Weddell seal population for the first time – using images fr…
Climate change named as major driver, with up to $14bn in infrastructure at risk from higher sea levelsSea levels around New Zealand rose twice as fast in the past 60 years as they did in the first half of last century, with climate change flagged as t…
New Zealand researchers believe the isolated spruce could reveal much about the Southern Ocean, one of the world’s major carbon sinksIt is regarded as the “loneliest tree in the world” but the Sitka spruce on uninhabited Campbell Island has been keepin…
Claimants say they are experiencing serious negative impacts and demand Swiss-based Holcim pay compensationResidents of an Indonesian island threatened by rising sea levels have begun legal action against the cement producer Holcim.The claim for compen…
In the 1980s, farmers in Bangladesh went from paddies to ponds, letting salt water flood their land. Now millions are left counting the costAsadul Islam peers into his pond in south-west Bangladesh and watches as hundreds of caged crabs float past bene…
Researchers say tens of millions of sponges may have been affected by protracted marine heatwaveNew Zealand is experiencing the largest bleaching of sea sponges ever recorded, scientists say, after extreme ocean temperatures turned millions of the aqua…
Rare phenomenon of bioluminescence is caused by blooms of plankton which glow to evade or distract predatorsOn the shorelines of New Zealand’s north island, shores have been lit up by the glowing “aurora of the sea”: blooms of plankton that glow blue-g…