From @ScienceAlert: Baleen whales undertake some of the longest yearly migrations, with humpbacks travelling up to 8,300 km (about 5,150 miles) from Antarctica to warmer wintering grounds. With them, the whales shuttle resources from nutrient-rich polar regions to the less resourced warmer regions of the oceans. Amazingly enough, a huge amount of this nutrient distribution comes from whale urine, which disperses nitrogen and other elements through the ocean when nature inevitably calls.
#oceans
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Failings with the most basic services in British society, such as water and sewage, have been harming the broader U.K. economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/03/15/britain-sewage-contamination/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #uk #fish #fishing #water #oceans #pollution
#Oceans last year reached their highest levels in three decades — with the global #SeaLevel rate rising higher than expected, according to a NASA-led analysis published Thursday. The unexpected rise in global levels is alarming, particularly for regional impacts around coastal cities, many of which are already experiencing more damaging #flooding.
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #climate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/14/sea-level-rise-unexpected-increase-2024-nasa/
The Washington Post · Global sea level rose higher than expected last year. Here’s why.
@greenpeace is team Orange Roughy
The deep sea fish are having a hard time, fished by NZ bottom trawlers with numbers in decline.
They deserve some love (and more protection)
Vote roughy FISH of the YEAR!
Voting closes March 16!
https://www.mountainstosea.org.nz/fishoftheyear/vote
Very nice study @Palaeo3 by Petrizzo et al. reviewing and synthesizing #extinction of several shallow #marine #organisms during Ocean Anoxic Event 2, a period ~94 million years ago with widespread #oxygen depletion in Earth's #oceans with lessons for the future
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018225001762
ExtremeTech: The Ocean’s Great ‘Conveyor Belt’ Is Slowing: Study…
The current responsible for regulating Earth's #climate and swapping nutrients between #oceans is expected to be 20% incapacitated by 2050, triggering far-reaching consequences for humans and wildlife alike... #oceancirculation
for much deliberation · ExtremeTech: The Ocean’s Great ‘Conveyor Belt’ Is Slowing: Study…The current responsible for regulating Earth’s #climate and swapping nutrients between #oceans is expected to be 20% incapacitated by 2050, triggering far-reaching consequences for humans and…
ExtremeTech: The Ocean’s Great ‘Conveyor Belt’ Is Slowing: Study…
The current responsible for regulating Earth's #climate and swapping nutrients between #oceans is expected to be 20% incapacitated by 2050, triggering far-reaching consequences for humans and wildlife alike... #oceancirculation
for much deliberation · ExtremeTech: The Ocean’s Great ‘Conveyor Belt’ Is Slowing: Study…The current responsible for regulating Earth’s #climate and swapping nutrients between #oceans is expected to be 20% incapacitated by 2050, triggering far-reaching consequences for humans and…
I’ve found several amazing Bluesky custom feeds and starter packs around marine biology so I’ve created a Save Our Oceans @surf feed that combines them all and I am really enjoying it.
If you’re testing Surf, check it out here. If not yet in the beta, you can join the waitlist on the link below and use my referral code: Surf+JeJord.
https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jngxfy5tsbss80rre65ewy5a
surf.socialSave our Oceans by Jessica Jordan on SurfSurf - Oceanographers, experts and organizations fighting to protect our oceans.
Earth’s Strongest Ocean Current Could Slow by 20% as Antarctica Melts : ScienceAlert…
Flowing clockwise around Antarctica, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the strongest ocean current on the planet. It's five times stronger than the Gulf Stream and more than 100 times stronger than the Amazon River... #AntarcticCircumpolarCurrent #antarctica #oceans #climatechange
for much deliberation · Earth’s Strongest Ocean Current Could Slow by 20% as Antarctica Melts : ScienceAlert…Flowing clockwise around Antarctica, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the strongest ocean current on the planet. It’s five times stronger than the Gulf Stream and more than 100 times stro…
Found in the Midnight Zone: they're tiny, blobby, butt-shaped, and glow in the dark. What the heck are they? Scientists are still figuring them out.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/pigbutt-worm-ocean-mystery
www.nationalgeographic.com · Behold the pigbutt worm, mystery of the deep
A new study analyzing organs from deceased individuals found plastic particles accumulating primarily in the brain, with the highest concentrations in recent autopsies, raising concerns about long-term exposure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/03/world/plastic-in-your-brain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #pollution #oceans #waste #plastic #health
The Japan Times · You might have plastic in your brain. Don’t panic — yet.