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Ukraine War: Russia Leads in Ground War - But at Sea It’s a Different Story

Published Jul 19, 2024 5:30 PM by The Conversation

Posted in: Government

[By Basil Germond] The past few days have marked a significant moment in the maritime war between Russia and Ukraine. On Monday...

Deep sea coral (NOAA file image). The zone where carbonate-containing life forms like these dissolve in deep water is set to expand by about 14 million square miles.

Acidification Will Put 10% of Seabed Off-Limits for Creatures With Shells

Published Jul 14, 2024 7:26 PM by The Conversation

Posted in: Environment

[By Mark John Costello and Peter Townsend Harris] In the deepest parts of the ocean, below 4,000 meters, th...

Reef at Ningaloo Marine Park (John Turnbull / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Study: Most Marine Parks Are Not Protecting Wildlife

Published Jun 30, 2024 4:38 PM by The Conversation

Posted in: Environment

[By Peter J.S. Jones and Rick Stafford] The radio crackles into life on a small boat off an idyllic beach in Ningaloo...

This year's NOAA preseason forecast is the highest ever for activity, including a range of up to 25 named storms. Dark blue represents lower bound, light blue represents upper bound of estimate (The Conversation / CC BY ND)

Hurricane Forecast Points to a Dangerous 2024 Atlantic Season

Published May 26, 2024 9:12 PM by The Conversation

Posted in: Environment

[By Jhordanne Jones] The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1, and forecasters are predicting an exce...

Climate Change May Be Fueling a Resurgence of Piracy Across Africa

Published May 24, 2024 4:07 PM by The Conversation

Posted in: Shipping

[By Selina Robinson] In the churning waters off Nigeria, armed pirates in small skiffs speed towards a cargo ship. They...

Why U.S. Offshore Wind Power is Struggling

Published May 10, 2024 3:08 PM by The Conversation

Posted in: Offshore

[By Christopher Niezrecki] America’s first large-scale offshore wind farms began sending power to the Northeast...

Ocean surface during a storm somewhere in the Southern Ocean. Alessandro Toffoli

Rogue Waves are Much More Common Than Anyone Thought

Published Apr 14, 2024 5:27 PM by The Conversation

Posted in: Tugs & Salvage

[By Alessandro Toffoli] Rogue waves are giant colossi of the sea – twice as high as neighboring waves – t...

Another day, another record: global average sea surface temperatures have outpaced all prior-year records since last March (UMaine / Climate Change Institute / CC BY 4.0)

What We Know (And Don't Know) About the Ocean's Soaring Surface Temps

Published Apr 10, 2024 8:20 PM by The Conversation

Posted in: Environment

[By Alex Sen Gupta et al.] Over the last year, our oceans have been hotter than any time ever recorded. Our inst...

Factory trawler off Ghana (File image courtesy EJF)

Chinese Trawlers and Warming Waters Fuel West African Fishery Crisis

Published Apr 9, 2024 9:17 PM by The Conversation

Posted in: Environment

[By Robert Paarlberg] Average fish catches by traditional fishing communities along the West African coast have decli...

What Impact Will the Baltimore Bridge Collapse Have on Supply Chains?

Published Mar 31, 2024 6:41 PM by The Conversation

Posted in: Business

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, has put a spotlight on the Port of Baltimore, one o...