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![a large yellow instrument the size of a car goes into the ocean off of the side of a ship with crew in orange vests surrounding it]()
![a large yellow instrument the size of a car goes into the ocean off of the side of a ship with crew in orange vests surrounding it]()
Outrage rescued an important ocean research program. Crucial ones remain at risk.
Senators saved a network of ocean sensors from "supreme stupidity." But other cutting-edge efforts are running out of funding, too.
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![A scuba diver swims among tall green plants in the ocean]()
![A scuba diver swims among tall green plants in the ocean]()
Efforts to save kelp forests from ocean warming are ramping up
Scientists are working to bolster heat-stressed kelp by attacking the urchins that prey on them and transplanting hardier kelp varieties.
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![A farmer wearing a blue hat, blue zip-up jacket, and black track pants walks in front of his corn crop in Harare, Zimbabwe]()
![A farmer wearing a blue hat, blue zip-up jacket, and black track pants walks in front of his corn crop in Harare, Zimbabwe]()
The ‘super El Niño’ is here. What happens next could upend food systems worldwide.
How the cyclical weather pattern interacts with climate change could spark hunger around the world.
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![Massive ship with multiple containers]()
Trump is trying to kill a carbon tax on global shipping. He may not succeed.
The U.S. has threatened countries that support the tax with visa restrictions, tariffs, and port fees. But a slim majority of U.N. nations are still backing it.
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![illustration of a beach scene with people wading and swimming in the ocean, with a gloved hand holding a Petri dish with 6 oysters on the half shell]()
![illustration of a beach scene with people wading and swimming in the ocean, with a gloved hand holding a Petri dish with 6 oysters on the half shell]()
A deadly bacteria is creeping up the Atlantic Coast. How worried should you be?
Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio. Scientists are trying to stay one step ahead.
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![A man stands on sandbags next to a building as waves lap behind him]()
![A man stands on sandbags next to a building as waves lap behind him]()
A more troubling picture of sea level rise is coming into view
Scientists have uncovered a “blind spot” in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are at risk of inundation.
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Deep-diving robots help crack the mystery of Antarctica’s vanishing sea ice
A decade ago, southern sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists say the culprit was a "very violent release" of deep, pent-up heat.
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![overhead view of sea ice floating in a bay near Greeland]()
![overhead view of sea ice floating in a bay near Greeland]()
Oceans are absorbing the Earth’s excess energy. That’s bad news for food systems.
As the planet traps more energy than it releases, the pathways for global food production are being upended.
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![North Atlantic right whale and her calf]()
![North Atlantic right whale and her calf]()
Ocean speed limits protect endangered right whales. Trump wants to weaken them.
NOAA wants to replace a longstanding rule with technology scientists say is unproven.
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![ALASKA, UNITED STATES - 2012/01/01: Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breeching in Icy Strait near Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)]()
![ALASKA, UNITED STATES - 2012/01/01: Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breeching in Icy Strait near Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)]()
Indigenous concerns surface as Trump calls for seabed mining in Alaskan waters
“It really feels like another false solution.”
