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Deep sea mining imperils ‘our greatest ally’, the Ocean
Deep sea mining imperils ‘our greatest ally’, the Ocean Nov 21, 2022By Philip Pearson Mining companies are negotiating controversial permits from the UN’s International Seabed Authority (ISA) to strip mine metallic nodules on the deep Ocean floor...
Planet Ocean: climate change and Antarctic waters
Today: Rising ocean temperatures Nov 21, 2022 By Philip Pearson ‘How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.’ This quote, beloved of oceanographers and others who care about the sea, comes from science fiction...
Today: Rising ocean temperatures
Today: Rising ocean temperatures Nov 21, 2022 By Philip Pearson The Challenger expedition provides direct evidence of rising ocean temperatures. The longest interval over which records of ocean temperatures can be compared on a global scale is the...
Today: Climate change, marine life in the acidic ocean
Today: Climate change, marine life in the acidic ocean Nov 21, 2022 By Philip Pearson Scientists at the Natural History Museum have now re-examined a clutch of Challenger’s specimens collected 150 years ago at Station 272, located in...
Beginnings: Challenger Sounding Station 272
Beginnings: Challenger Sounding Station 272 Nov 21, 2022 By Philip Pearson It’s a remarkable story, really. On 8 September 1875, Challenger reached a point in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Sounding Station number 272, where the scientists and...
Of Shanties, Forebitters and other Songs of the Sea
Of Shanties, Forebitters and other Songs of the Sea Nov 21, 2022 By Philip Pearson It is commonly known that sailors aboard the tall ships traditionally sang as they worked together to haul on an anchor or hoist a sail. But many sea shanties have...