August 14, 2020 By Oliver Whang The New York Times
Mapping currents in the Southern Ocean is vital to monitoring climate change, but hard to conduct. So scientists turned to seals for help.
How 14 Elephant Seals Assisted an Antarctic Ice Study
Furry Engineers: Sea Otters in California’s Estuaries Surprise Scientists
August 14, 2020 By Isabelle Groc The Guardian
It is not just at sea that North America’s smallest marine mammals with a huge appetite are benefitting the ecosystem.
Arctic Summer Sea Ice Could Disappear as Early as 2035
August 13, 2020 By Alejandra Borunda National Geographic
Last month, less sea ice covered the Arctic Ocean than in any other July since scientists began keeping track of it with satellites in 1979, marking another step toward a devastating and planet-reshaping inevitability: an ice-free summer for the Arctic Ocean.
DARPA’s Ocean Of Things Is An All-Seeing Eye On The High Seas
August 13, 2020 By David Hambling Forbes
DARPA has awarded a contract for the next phase of development of its Ocean of Things (OoT), a project to seed the seas with thousands of floating sensors, monitoring everything that passes from aircraft to submarines.
They Outlived Dinosaurs, But Can Glass Sponge Reefs Survive Man-Made Warming?
August 11, 2020 By Francesca Edralin Mongabay
Glass sponge reefs may have outlived the dinosaurs, but they may not survive much longer. In May, Stevenson and her colleagues published a study in Scientific Reports that warns that the impacts of climate change will likely weaken glass sponges’ skeletal strength and filter-feeding ability.