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Scientists lose critical climate record as ocean observatory will go dark under Trump funding cuts

The Trump administration is dismantling a $386 million network of more than 900 ocean sensors funded by the National Science Foundation.

 

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San Francisco turns to AI to avoid collisions between ships and whales searching for food

Climate change is pushing starving gray whales into the San Francisco Bay in unusual numbers, where ship strikes killed at least 40% of the 21 whales found dead last year.

 

Such great heights: They’re tall, they’re proud — and they’re getting together

The Tall Tour is a traveling meetup drawing thousands of unusually tall people to cities across the United States, offering a rare experience: blending in.

 

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Most sunscreens harm corals. Here’s what you can do

About 25% of applied sunscreen washes off into the water, releasing thousands of tons of toxic chemicals annually in reef areas.

 

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Climate change is outpacing evolution. Scientists are using DNA to catch up

As climate change outpaces the ability of ecosystems to adapt, scientists are turning to conservation genomics to guide restoration.

 

What you need to know about desalination, a growing source of drinking water

As droughts worsen and freshwater grows scarce, desalination is expanding rapidly. More than 20,000 plants now convert seawater to drinking water worldwide.

 

Trump threatens to destroy Iran’s desalination plants. Here’s what that could mean for the Mideast

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to target Iran’s energy infrastructure, including its desalination plants.

 

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As winters warm, falling through the ice is becoming more common — and deadly

Warming winters are making ice thinner and less predictable, leading to more drownings as people fall through while fishing, hunting and recreating on frozen waters.

 

Oil built the Persian Gulf. Desalinated water keeps it alive. War could threaten both

As the Iran war widens, experts say the Middle East’s real strategic weak point may be water — not oil.

 

The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds

A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot or about 30 centimeters.

 

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In Scotland, fishing trawlers scrape the seabed despite protection promises

Scotland has designated 37% of its waters as marine protected areas, but destructive fishing methods like bottom trawling continue in most of these zones.

 

Things to know about the High Seas Treaty as it takes effect

The world’s first legally binding agreement to protect marine life in international waters takes effect Saturday.

 

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In a warming world, freshwater production is moving deep beneath the sea

Climate change is driving a global boom in desalination as regions turn to the sea for drinking water.

 

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In Alaska’s warming Arctic, photos show an Indigenous elder passing down hunting traditions

An Inupiaq elder teaches his great-grandson to hunt in rapidly warming Northwest Alaska where thinning ice, shifting caribou migrations and severe storms are reshaping life.

 

Takeaways from AP’s report on potential impacts of Alaska’s proposed Ambler Access Road

A proposed mining road in Northwest Alaska has sparked debate amid climate change impacts. The 211-mile Ambler Access Road would cut through Gates of the Arctic National Park, affecting salmon and caribou habitats.

 

Climate change is straining Alaska’s Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink

In Northwest Alaska, a proposed 211-mile mining road has divided an Inupiaq community already devastated by climate change.

 

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Takeaways from AP’s report on the growing dangers of heat on pregnant agriculture workers

Agricultural workers are already among the most vulnerable to extreme heat. For pregnant workers, those risks are higher because the body must work harder to cool down and requires more liquids, making it more easily dehydrated.

 

As heat gets more extreme, pregnant farmworkers are increasingly at risk

Agricultural workers are among the people most vulnerable to extreme heat. They toil under the hot sun and in humid greenhouses or nurseries, often with few breaks and places to adequately cool.

 

Scientists hope underwater fiber-optic cables can help save endangered orcas

Scientists from the University of Washington recently deployed a little over 1 mile of fiber-optic cable in the Salish Sea to test whether internet cables can monitor endangered orcas.

 

A primer on what the high seas treaty is and how it will work

The approval of a high seas treaty means new protections will be possible for international waters for the first time.

 

Nations ratify the world’s first treaty to protect international waters

The first treaty to protect marine diversity in international waters will come into force early next year after being ratified by the 60th nation, Morocco.

 

Warming seas threaten key phytoplankton species that fuels the food web, study finds

New research suggests that a tiny phytoplankton that is an essential part of the marine food web may decline sharply as oceans warm.

 

Rising seas could put Easter Island’s moai at risk by 2080, study warns

A new study warns that rising sea levels could threaten Easter Island’s iconic moai statues by the end of the century.

 

As octopuses dwindle in Spanish waters, suppliers look to imports and farming despite concerns

Spain is turning to farms and foreign fisheries to meet the demand for octopus as local stocks dwindle.

 

In disaster-prone Vanuatu, photos show sea animals returning to battered reefs. Can recovery happen?

OFF THE COAST OF EFATE ISLAND, Vanuatu (AP) — Beneath the turquoise waters of Vanuatu, amid a graveyard of broken coral, a moray eel peers from the branches of a staghorn colony.

 

The tiny Pacific nation of Vanuatu turns to the world court as climate disasters mount

The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is living with the daily realities of climate change, as intensifying cyclones, rising seas and saltwater intrusion reshape its coasts and disrupt life.

 

In the Arizona desert, a farm raising fish raises questions about water use

In landlocked Arizona, where the Colorado River crisis has put water use under a microscope, a new inland desert fish farm is growing barramundi — a tropical species native to Australia.

 

High Seas Treaty gains momentum as 18 new countries pledge support

A wave of new ratifications during the U.N. Ocean Conference in France has brought the High Seas Treaty closer to the 60-country threshold needed for it to enter into force.

 

The UN Ocean Conference tries to turn promises into protection

The third U.N. Ocean Conference has opened as pressure mounts for nations to turn decades of promises into real protection for the sea.

 

UN Ocean Conference sets sail off France on World Oceans Day

Dozens of research and exploration vessels have set sail off the French coastal city of Nice across across the Baie des Anges, or Bay of Angels.

 

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