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Scientists warn vital food source may vanish from dinner plates amid supply disruptions: 'Threatening food security'
This isn't just about disappearing fish. Scientists warn vital food source may vanish from dinner plates amid supply ...
The Independent1y
Jellyfish are more appetising to deep sea creatures than we thought – and scientists don't know why
Other animals rarely bothered eating them, the idea went, so they represented a dead end in the ocean’s food web. “Historically, they were just ignored,” says Thomas Doyle, a marine ...
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Sharks might be ferocious predators, but they're no match for warming oceans, studies say
The ocean’s most feared but fascinating predators ... and benefits – could threaten species at the top of the ocean food chain, harming conservation efforts and commercial fishing.
CBS News8mon
It's a shark eat shark world. Researchers find evidence that large sharks may be hunting each other.
In the ocean food chain, large sharks generally only have to worry about keeping orcas at bay — but a new study suggests the apex predators may have to watch out for their own. This isn't the ...
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Scientists make stunning breakthrough that could solve major problem plaguing our oceans — and the solution lies in whale feces
A small team of environmental and ocean scientists in Australia, known as Whale X, may have discovered a way to remove carbon from the atmosphere efficiently, Hakai Magazine reported. The key to ...
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Greenhouse gas altering ocean food chain
Climate change may be weeding out the bacteria that form the base of the ocean's food chain, selecting certain strains for survival, according to a new study. In climate change, as in everything, ...
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A Critical Arctic Organism Is Now Infested With Microplastics
While not appetizing to you or me, Melosira arctica forms the foundation of the Arctic Ocean food chain. During the spring and summer, its individual photosynthetic cells grow quickly ...
The Washington Post6mon
Plankton are the backbone of the ocean — and may struggle with what’s coming
Warming stifles ocean circulation that bring nutrients ... in populations in fish and other larger sea creatures down the food chain, according to Schmidt. “It’d just be brutal,” she said.
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Earth's deep blue oceans are fading and changing color — and scientists aren't sure why
Earth's oceans are getting greener, scientists have found using satellite imagery. More than 56% of the Earth's oceans have changed color over the past 20 years. It's not clear exactly what's ...
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What did Megalodon eat? Anything it wanted — including other predators
“Ocean food webs do tend to be longer than the grass-deer-wolf food chain of land animals, because you start with such small organisms,” said Kast, now at the University of Cambridge, who wrote the ...
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Researchers find evidence that large sharks may be hunting each other
In the ocean food chain, large sharks generally only have to worry about keeping orcas at bay — but a new study suggests the apex predators may have to watch out for their own. This isn't the ...