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The Ocean Conservancy News
- Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:00:00 +0000: Providing Climate Science to Inform International Policy - Ocean Conservancy
Reflections on lending testimony to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
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- Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:00:00 +0000: 4 Reasons Why a Government Shutdown is Bad for Our Ocean - Ocean Conservancy
A government shutdown will severely limit NOAA from helping our ocean, communities and marine wildlife
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- Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0000: What is a Dragonet? - Ocean Conservancy
No, they’re not baby dragons … but mandarinfish are just as cool
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- Thu, 21 Sep 2023 20:00:00 +0000: Meet the Giant Isopod of the Deep Sea - Ocean Conservancy
Get to know and love the giant roly-poly bugs of the ocean floor
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- Fri, 08 Sep 2023 21:00:00 +0000: How is Ocean Warming Impacting the Shipping Industry? - Ocean Conservancy
As the ocean warms, rough—and expensive—seas ahead for shipping
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The Open Channels News
- Sat, 12 Jun 2021 12:24:24 +0000: Artificial light may be changing marine ecosystems - News | OCTO: Open Communications for the Ocean
Editor’s note: Artificial light at night (ALAN) – whose undesirable effects are more colloquially referred to as light pollution – has long been known to affect sea turtles. Numerous studies document that adult sea turtles avoid nesting on artificially-lit beaches and artificial lights on land draw newly-hatched sea turtles away from the ocean, leading to […] - Sat, 12 Jun 2021 11:46:42 +0000: Latest News and Resources for Ocean Planners and Managers - News | OCTO: Open Communications for the Ocean
Study shows few downsides to incorporating climate change in ocean planning Researchers map ocean areas that can protect biodiversity, help fisheries, AND provide carbon benefits Most ocean use revenues go to small number of corporations New satellites will track global carbon and methane emissions Climate change already making equator too warm for many marine species […] - Sat, 12 Jun 2021 10:54:48 +0000: The EBM Toolbox: Resources for the sustainable financing of marine protected areas - News | OCTO: Open Communications for the Ocean
An update to this Skimmer article was published in January 2022 as an OCTO blog Resources for the sustainable financing of marine protected areas. - Fri, 11 Jun 2021 23:41:23 +0000: Perspective: Marine ecosystem-based management and wicked problems require incrementalism, not command and control - News | OCTO: Open Communications for the Ocean
By Jon Hare, NOAA Fisheries Editor’s note: Jon Hare is the Science and Research Director of NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, in the US. He oversees science related to NOAA Fisheries mission in the Northeast region (Maine to North Carolina) including marine fisheries, aquaculture, protected species, habitat, and ecosystem science. NOAA […] - Wed, 24 Mar 2021 03:18:58 +0000: How much did the COVID-19 pandemic quiet the oceans? - News | OCTO: Open Communications for the Ocean
Editor’s note: Anthropogenic noise in the ocean – from ships, sonar, construction, oil wells, windfarms, seismic surveys, and other activities – harms marine animals ranging from marine mammals to fish to invertebrates. Ocean noise has been documented to: Increase egg and larval mortality, cause developmental delays, slow growth rates, and increase bodily malformations Cause temporary […]
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution News
- Mon, 25 Sep 2023 13:10:18 +0000: New Study Definitively Confirms Gulf Stream Weakening - News Releases – Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionThe Gulf Stream – which is a major ocean current off the U.S. East Coast and a part of the North Atlantic Ocean circulation – plays an important role in…
- Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:12:36 +0000: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Heather Benway Receives AGU Honor - News Releases – Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionHeather Benway, a senior research specialist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is the recipient of the 2023 Ocean Science Award from the American Geological Union (AGU).
- Thu, 21 Sep 2023 18:43:27 +0000: Innovative Techniques Provide New Means to Monitor Coral Reef Health - News Releases – Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionThese new techniques, which look at microbes and dissolved metabolites of reefs, offer a new means to examine reef features and have broad conservation applications.
- Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:26:28 +0000: WHOI tapped by NSF to lead OOI Program Management for an Additional Five Years - News Releases – Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionThe OOI collects and serves measurements from more than 900 autonomous instruments on the seafloor and on moored and free-swimming platforms.
- Fri, 08 Sep 2023 12:20:17 +0000: WHOI chemist given prestigious award - News Releases – Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionThe award recognizes individuals who “materially increase the public’s knowledge of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related fields.”
