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The Sargasso Sea has become warmer and saltier, and the loss of oxygen and ocean acidification is accelerating

Posted on: October 16, 2020 1:35 PM by: Nicholas R Bates

Category: Journal, Ocean Biogeochemistry, Environmental Monitoring, Climate Change, Time-series, In the News

Source: Springer Nature, Sustainability Community

The subtropical oceans are getting warmer and saltier, losing oxygen, and gaining carbon dioxide, and in the recent decade, these changes have accelerated.

Long-term data show a recent acceleration in chemical and physical changes in the ocean

Posted on: October 16, 2020 1:27 PM by: Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences

Category: Journal, Ocean Biogeochemistry, Climate Change, Time-series, In the News

Two open-ocean hydrographic stations record 40 years of change in the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean

Planktonic sea snails and slugs may be more adaptable to ocean acidification than expected

Posted on: October 02, 2020 9:35 AM by: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Category: Journal, Ocean Biogeochemistry, Environmental Monitoring, Climate Change, In the News

Source: EurekAlert

An evolutionary study finds that pteropods, or "wing-footed" sea snails and slugs, have faced acidified oceans in the past - and survived.