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Dietary concerns Local communities are not the only ones eating fish, of course, or even most of it. Much of the world is increasingly getting its fish from enormous ships roaming the world’s oceans, harvesting as they go. Another paper in Science this week, which compares the fates of seabirds in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, suggests intensive commercial fishing may be making life on a warming planet much harder for birds. By analysing 122 datasets reporting the average number of fledglings emerging from the carefully monitored nests of 66 seabird species between 1966 and 2018, ...

How we can help coral and seabirds survive a warming world Reducing CO2 emissions is crucial, but there are hands-on ways to protect animals from inevitable warming. ByTim Vernimmen Email Global warming is not just increasing average temperatures on land, it’s heating up the oceans as well. As marine heat waves become more common, they are disrupting longstanding relationships between species that have come to depend on each other. Corals may lose the algae living inside of them, causing them to bleach, or even die, often after being hit by more than one heat wave. Large schools of fish mov...

Managing local conditions could help coral reefs persevere in the face of climate crisis

PROFILE Jos Hill directs Pew’s campaigns to protect marine life on the U.S. West Coast. This includes safeguarding coastal estuaries, salt marshes, underwater kelp forests, seagrass meadows, and other important nearshore marine habitat; ensuring sustainable fishing; and protecting sensitive corals, rocky reefs, and sponges from seabed mining. Before joining Pew, Hill was regional program director for the Coral Reef Alliance, where she designed and led collaborative wastewater management and watershed restoration programs across the main Hawaiian Islands. She also oversaw research and develo...

New satellite images show Northern California's kelp forest almost gone. Here's the reason FacebookTwitterEmail 1of7 A harbor seal swims through a Kelp Forest in Noyo Harbor, Fort Bragg, California on Monday September 13, 2020.Jon AndersonShow MoreShow Less 2of7Jon Holcomb clears purple sea uchins from the ocean floor using an urchin rake and an air lift near Fort Bragg, Calif. on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Northern California's recreational red abalone season has been closed because of dwindling populations. Funding through diving associations has been secured for professional divers to remove...