#Ocean

Deep ocean in deep trouble as Antarctic ice melts

West Australian, Other, 30/03/2023, Tracey Ferrier Australian scientists have made dire projections about what Antarctica’s melting ice will do to […]

Minderoo opens ocean research centre in UWA

Business News WA, Other, 24/11/2022, Nadia Budihardjo A research centre launched by Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation will use […]

Scientists just discovered 3 new kinds of carnivorous sponge in the deep ocean

msn.com, www.msn.com/en-us, 18/01/2021, Jacinta Bowler Even though we know the deep sea is weird, ‘carnivorous sea sponges’ still sound like […]

Climate change pushed ocean temperatures to record high in 2020, study finds

ABC Online, Other, 18/01/2021, Ben Deacon The world’s oceans absorbed 20 sextillion joules of heat due to climate change in […]

Plastic bags and food packages killing Australia’s marine animals

ABC Online, Other, 14/12/2020, David Robertson A sperm whale with 135 different plastic items in its stomach, mostly soft plastic […]

Recent climate extremes have driven unprecedented changes in the deep ocean

7thspace.com, Other, 17/11/2020 New measurements reveal a surprising increase in the amount of dense water sinking near Antarctica, following 50 […]

Scientists used a robotic submarine to find out how much plastic the ocean floor has

ThePrint, theprint.in, 08/11/2020, Natalie Marchant Plastic pollution in the ocean could be an even bigger problem than first feared, with […]

‘A confronting amount’: CSIRO study finds 14 million tonnes of plastic on ocean floor

The New Daily, Other, 05/10/2020, Samantha Dick Every drink bottle we buy, face scrub we use and chip packet we […]