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Heat Stress Is Hitting Caribbean Reefs Earlier Than Ever This Year

16 May 2024 at 16:27
Scientists in the United States are reporting β€œunprecedented patterns” of surface warming, an ominous sign for coral.

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Bleached corals off Brazil this week. The world is currently experiencing a global coral bleaching event, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The Ever-Resilient Pupfish Makes a Comeback in Death Valley

9 May 2024 at 05:04
The spring population of the critically endangered species is at a 25-year high, a surprising rebound in a tiny desert cave.

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A Devils Hole pupfish in a pool of the Ash Meadows complex in the Nevada portion of Death Valley National Park.

U.S. Plan to Protect Oceans Has a Problem, Some Say: Too Much Fishing

30 April 2024 at 14:48
An effort to protect 30 percent of land and waters would count some commercial fishing zones as conserved areas.

Β© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

The primary driver of biodiversity declines in the ocean, according to researchers, is overfishing.

In Coral Fossils, Searching for the First Glow of Bioluminescence

By: Sam Jones
23 April 2024 at 19:01
A new study resets the timing for the emergence of bioluminescence back to millions of years earlier than previously thought.

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Iridogorgia, a genus of deep-sea bioluminescent coral.

Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us?

H5N1, an avian flu virus, has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock for the first time. Scientists are working quickly to assess how it is evolving and how much of a risk it poses to humans.

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Checking a dead otter for bird flu infection last year on Chepeconde Beach in Peru.

An 11-Year-Old Girl’s Fossil Find Is the Largest Known Ocean Reptile

17 April 2024 at 14:26
When Ruby Reynolds and her father found a fossil on an English beach, they didn’t know it belonged to an 82-foot ichthyosaur that swam during the days of the dinosaurs.

What’s Killing Endangered Sawfish in Florida?

16 April 2024 at 10:04
First, fish off the Florida Keys started swimming in spirals or upside down. Then, endangered sawfish started dying. Scientists are racing to figure out why.

Β© Scott McIntyre for The New York Times

Ross Boucek is a biologist with the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, a nonprofit conservation group.

Scientists Predict Most Extensive Coral Bleaching Event on Record

15 April 2024 at 14:05
Rising sea temperatures around the planet have caused a bleaching event that is expected to be the most extensive on record.

Β© Renata Ferrari/AIMS, via Reuters

Bleached coral off the Keppel Islands, Australia, at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, last month.
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