August 26, 2020 By Priyanka Runwal The New York Times
A species of insect tags along with elephant seals as they spend months at sea, enduring the crushing pressure changes of the mammals’ dives.
August 25, 2020 By Paul Voosen Science Magazine
Arctic sea ice is itself an endangered species. Next month its extent will reach its annual minimum, which is poised to be among the lowest on record. The trend is clear: Summer ice covers half the area it did in the 1980s, and because it is thinner, its volume is down 75%. With the Arctic warming three times faster than the global average, most scientists grimly acknowledge the inevitability of ice-free summers, perhaps as soon as 2035. “It’s definitely a when, not an if,” says Alek Petty, a polar scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
August 24, 2020 By Greg Mercer The Globe and Mail
A new network of underwater microphones that listen for the whooping call of right whales may be helping save the solitary giants’ lives in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but they’re also forcing some fishermen to return to shore with half-empty boats.
August 25, 2020 By Julien Gignac The Narwhal
New study shows increased precipitation and ice melt caused by climate change have left Arctic waters less salty, and repercussions will be felt much farther south.
August 24, 2020 By Elissaveta M. Brandon Smithsonian Magazine
Off the coast of Curaçao, at a depth of 60 feet, aquanaut Fabien Cousteau is looking to create the world’s largest underwater research habitat.