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9 Best Articles in 2020
The New York Times
How the Internet Travels Across Oceans
The New York Times
5 min read · 155 saves · 2019-03-11 · Hundreds of thousands of miles of cable connect continents to support our insatiable demand for communication and entertainment. Companies have typically pooled their resources.…
Quanta Magazine
The Hunt for Earth’s Deep Hidden Oceans
Quanta Magazine
7 min read · 45 saves · From 2018 · Water-bearing minerals reveal that Earth’s mantle could hold more water than all its oceans. Researchers now ask: Where did it all come from?
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The New York Times
Major Climate Report Warns of Severe Damage to the World’s Oceans
The New York Times
7 min read · 68 saves · 2019-09-25 · Brad Plumer · Climate change is severely straining the world’s oceans, creating profound risks for coastal cities and food supplies, a U.N. report finds.
Bloomberg
No, Bitcoin Won't Boil the Oceans
Bloomberg
5 min read · 123 saves · From 2017 · Concerns about the cryptocurrency's energy use are overblown.
World Economic Forum
90% of plastic polluting our oceans comes from just 10 rivers
World Economic Forum
3 min read · 29 saves · From 2018 · The world has become increasingly alarmed at the amount of plastic in its oceans. But where does all this plastic waste come from?
The Guardian
A sea change: how one small island showed us how to save our oceans
The Guardian
5 min read · 78 saves · From 2018 · Sandra Laville · Experts suggest that only 13% of the planet’s oceans are still in their natural, wild state, while the rest has been significantly impacted by…
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BBC News (World)
Oceans running out of oxygen say scientists
BBC News (World)
2 min read · 25 saves · 2019-12-07 · A warmer world means oceans are able to hold less dissolved oxygen, which is bad news for many fish.
The Washington Post
Startling new research finds large buildup of heat in the oceans, suggesting a faster rate of global…
The Washington Post
5 min read · 32 saves · 2018-10-31 · More than 90 percent of global warming ends up in the oceans.
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Guardian Environment
How our warmer oceans are contributing to climate breakdown
Guardian Environment
2 min read · 33 saves · Sep 28th · John Abraham · A more stable ocean sounds idyllic, but it creates a dangerous feedback loop for our warming planet
Gizmodo
The Oceans Are Turning Into a Layer Cake
Gizmodo
2 min read · 12 saves · Sep 28th · The oceans are facing a host of maladies, from acidification to sea level rise. Turning them into a ginormous liquid layer cake may sound…
ScienceAlert
Ice Sheet Melting Is Perfectly in Line With Our Worst-Case Scenario, Scientists Warn
ScienceAlert
2 min read · 27 saves · Sep 1st · The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, which hold enough frozen water to lift oceans 65 metres, are tracking the UN's worst-case scenarios for sea…
Newsweek
The Oceans Appear to Be Stabilizing. Here's Why it's Very Bad News
Newsweek
3 min read · 12 saves · Sep 28th · Michael E. Mann · A more stably stratified ocean potentially favors more intense, destructive hurricanes—and that's not all.
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The New York Times
World’s Oceans Are Losing Oxygen Rapidly, Study Finds
The New York Times
2 min read · 17 saves · 2019-12-07 · A new report found that oxygen levels in the world’s oceans declined by 2 percent over 50 years, threatening marine life around the planet.
Guardian Environment
Oceans can be restored to former glory within 30 years, say scientists
Guardian Environment
4 min read · 124 saves · Apr 1st · Major review reports recovery of marine life but a redoubling of efforts is still needed
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Guardian Environment
Ocean temperatures hit record high as rate of heating accelerates
Guardian Environment
3 min read · 96 saves · Jan 13th · Damian Carrington · Oceans are clearest measure of climate crisis as they absorb 90% of heat trapped by greenhouse gases
The Atlantic
The Oceans We Know Won’t Survive Climate Change
The Atlantic
7 min read · 23 saves · 2019-09-25 · Sea-level rise will become unmanageable, and life will flee the world’s tropical oceans, if carbon pollution keeps rising, a new report from the UN…
The Indian Express
Ocean Warming Is Accelerating Faster Than Thought, New Research Finds
The Indian Express
1 min read · 73 saves · 2019-01-10 · An analysis concluded that Earth’s oceans are heating up 40 percent faster on average than a United Nations panel estimated five years ago, a…
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xkcd: Lakes and Oceans
XKCD Comic
10 saves · From 2016 · This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. This means you're free to copy and share these comics (but not to…
World Economic Forum
Here are 5 of the biggest threats to our oceans, and how we can solve them
World Economic Forum
3 min read · 18 saves · From 2018 · For a healthy planet, we need healthy oceans. Yet they are under threat. The time to act on this is now.
The Washington Post
Scientists have just detected a major change to the Earth’s oceans linked to a warming climate
The Washington Post
3 min read · 14 saves · From 2017 · The oceans are losing oxygen, posing growing threats to marine life.
Guardian Environment
Oceans suffocating as huge dead zones quadruple since 1950, scientists warn
Guardian Environment
5 min read · 32 saves · From 2018 · Areas starved of oxygen in open ocean and by coasts have soared in recent decades, risking dire consequences for marine life and humanity
