#oceans

Boost & Share today’s blogpost… Oceans and their marine food web are in jeopardy. Warming, acidifying seas. Overharvested fish and krill. Bottom trawling flattening the seabed. Plastics in the water, the salt and us. Humans caused it. Humans can end it. My new post, "Our Oceans," has eight actions. Remember when you vote… WordPress: https://srplus.wordpress.com/2026/11/03/our-oceans-choose-sustainability-or-not/ Substack https://srplusenvironmentaladvocacy.substack.com/p/our-oceans Wake Up. Speak Up. Be Heard. sr+ 🌊🐬 #Oceans #Overfishing #Microplastics #Environment #VoteEnvironment

A key Southern Ocean water layer has turned saltier, denser and deeper since 2016 as Antarctic meltwater input fell, research suggests, with possible implications for ocean carbon storage, deep-ocean heat and global currents. https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/antarctic-meltwater-engine-sputters-as-key-ocean-layer-reverses/ #Oceans #Antarctic #AAIW #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Environment #Ocean #AMOC

PRESS RELEASE: Activists aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise have placed giant boulders to block bottom trawling across 116 km² of the Southern North Sea Marine Protected Area. The UK government must ban destructive fishing in ALL protected waters. #ProtectTheOceans #trawling #overfishing #oceans #marinelife

Another oil spill, this time off Umm Al Quwain in the UAE. How long will marine life and coastal communities keep paying for our dependence on oil? Governments must get moving on renewables. Protect the Gulf’s waters and the people who depend on them. #oilspill #uae #fossilfuels #protecttheoceans #oceans #marinelife

The current rate of progress will take 265 YEARS to fully protect 30% of the ocean. The deadline is 2030, not 2291. Governments must stop letting industrial fishing fleets plunder our ocean for profit. Deliver real ocean sanctuaries NOW. #ProtectTheOceans #oceans #ocean #COP17 #CBD #marinelife #oceanprotection #overfishing

Satellite data reveal massive scale of routine #oil pollution in #oceans. See the map 🚨 Oil slicks from ships and offshore oil platforms cover nearly 1.6 million square kilometers (618,000 square miles) of the ocean surface each year, an area slightly larger than the nation of Mongolia. https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/satellite-data-reveal-massive-scale-of-routine-oil-pollution-in-oceans-see-the-map/ #pollution #Satellite #Greenpeace #nature

🚨 OCEAN HEAT: Last year, our seas absorbed heat equal to almost 40 TIMES all energy humanity used. With 84% of global coral reefs struck by bleaching-level heat stress, fossil fuel corporations and industrial meat and dairy are cooking our living ocean for profit. Protect our oceans NOW. #oceans #marinelife #heat #extremeheat #climatechange #climatecrisis #climate #protecttheoceans

As if our oceans aren't already facing record heat, plastic waste, and industrial exploitation… now governments and arms dealers want to turn the seabed into the next battlefield. The ocean is a living ecosystem that sustains all life, not a playground for war and corporate profit. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/19/underwater-war-sea-drones-defense-tech.html #oceans #war #military #protecttheoceans #peace #marinelife

10/ 2. The "Olive Oil" Cell Membranes

At 5 kilometers deep, the ocean is not only heavy but freezing cold. Under those conditions, the fats in normal animal cell membranes would pack tightly together and turn solid, like a stick of butter left in the fridge. To prevent their cells from turning into stiff, brittle walls that would easily rupture, deep-sea creatures build their cell membranes with massive amounts of unsaturated fatty acids.

#oceans #biology #MarineLife

Thousands of sea turtles reach Mexico in yearly migration threatened by climate crisis – video https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2026/sep/15/thousands-of-sea-turtles-reach-mexico-in-yearly-migration-threatened-by-climate-crisis-video #SeaTurtles #oceans #OceanHealth #ClimateChange #BigOilKnew #PhaseOutFossilFuels

Most of the world’s marine protected areas fail to safeguard marine life in practice. The reasons for this are complex and vary from place to place. #biodiversity #marine-reserves #oceans #ecosystems

BREAKING: A new report warns global coral cover is now well below normal levels and facing IRREVERSIBLE decline as fossil fuel heating bakes our seas. END the fossil fuel era before the damage becomes permanent. #oceans #protecttheoceans #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #fossilfuels #coral #marinelife

🎣Call for papers! We're excited to announce that submissions are open for our upcoming special issue on deep #sea #biodiversity. 🐋Submission deadline: January 31, 2027 🐋Visit our website for all the details! https://jse.ac.cn/EN/news/news1093.shtml@WileyEcology #JSE #ecology #oceans

Stone Crab on Blue Watercolor: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/stone-crab-art-colorful-beach-tropical-artwork-coastal-blue-sharon-cummings.html #blue #crab #crabs #stonecrab #sea #ocean #oceanlife #oceans #sealife #beach #beachvibes #beachhouse #beaches #beachy #coastal #coastalliving #tropical #watercolor #collage #SharonCummingsArt #buyintoart #seafood

World's seas have hit hottest temperature on record for July, say scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/10/global-seas-hottest-temperature-july-scientists #Environment #Oceans #Science

Baywatch honors teenage lifeguard hero who saved boy in viral video By Ramon Antonio Vargas Ryder Williams, 16, presented with distinctive red jacket by star of TV rescuer reboot, Stephen Amell https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/08/baywatch-ryder-williams-lifeguard #California #USnews #Oceans #WestCoast #Baywatch #TheGuardian #RamonAntonioVargas

🦈🦈🦈 Cue the theme from "Jaws" 🦈 Other than the note about bull sharks moving north as climate change warms the oceans (not a small thing), this is an interesting story about an apex predator (SCARY —hysteria!! 😨 🦈🦈) and a healthy ecosystem, as I read it — with a summer movie theme that's tough to ignore. 🦈 😉 🦈 "Huge great white spotted traveling off US and Canada as shark sightings surge" DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER!! 😉🦈 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/31/great-white-shark-us-canada-coasts #sharks #oceans #nature

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Rivers are how plastic gets to the ocean. Stop it there, and you stop it for good. The Great Bubble Barrier, a Dutch company, built a technology to do exactly that. A perforated tube runs across the bed of a waterway and connects to an air pump. The pump […] The post The Great Bubble Barrier: bubble curtains are intercepting 86 percent of river plastic first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.

The ocean isn’t just overheating, it’s LOSING ITS BREATH. Scientists say global waters have already lost around 2% of their oxygen, pushing marine life towards an “unsafe space” with potentially irreversible impacts. Protect the oceans, stop new oil and gas. #ProtectTheOceans #oceans #heat #marinelife #ocean #fossilfuels #climatechange

(Posting in my personal capacity.) #SeaTurtle nesting season is underway in the #OBX, #NorthCarolina. @HatterasIslandOceanCenter Manager, Shirley Wicker, explained to me the #turtles’ life cycle and how to protect them. #endangeredspecies #threatenedspecies #oceans #science #environment