US Rescinds Plan To Dismantle Ocean Observatories Initiative
The National Science Foundation has reversed its idiotic order in May to dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative.
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Ocean Cleanup Targets Plastic Trash In Southern California
Ocean Cleanup is collecting plastic trash from 10 rivers around the world as it seeks to clean up the world’s oceans.
"Topographic map of the Nordic Seas and subpolar basins with surface currents (solid curves) and deep currents (dashed curves) that form a portion of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Colors of curves indicate approximate temperatures." Courtesy of R. Curry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Science/USGCRP (CC BY 3.0 license)
US Will Dismantle The Ocean Observatories Initiative
The US administration is shutting down an important ocean research operation and removing its sensors from the water.
ChatGPT generated image of offshore wave generation unit AI inference engine communicating with low-earth orbit satellites
The Ocean Is Not A Server Rack: Panthalassa, Peter Thiel, And Wave-Powered AI Compute
I have been seeing LinkedIn posts about Panthalassa’s wave-powered AI data-center concept recently, and the reaction they’ve been getting is familiar. Big funding round. AI power bottleneck. Ocean energy. No grid connection. No land constraint. Autonomous machines. A new category. It had all the ingredients of a story built to … [continued]
Why Should You Care About Changes In Atlantic Ocean Currents?
What is causing a critical Atlantic Ocean current system to weaken much sooner than generally predicted? You guessed it: global climate change. Data accumulated in an April 2026 study, published in Science Advances, points to likely catastrophic consequences for Europe, Africa, and the Americas as a result of these Atlantic … [continued]
"Heavy snow falls on a docked commercial fishing boat in the small New England town of Westport, Massachusetts." by Jeff Golenski is marked with CC0 1.0.
The New England Fishing Industry Is Helping Scientists To Understand Ocean Changes
For decades, fishing studies typically employed one-on-one mapping exercises, guided by a facilitator who helped fishing industry participants to draw polygons or mark points on a digital or a paper map of an area of interest. Such ocean mapping has a strong temporal component, as it is intended to gather … [continued]
Should We Dam The Bering Strait To Keep The AMOC From Collapsing?
A study from the Netherlands suggests building a dam across the Bering Strait could stabilize the AMOC. Is that a good idea?
Geoengineering The Gulf Of Maine
Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute are studying ways to reduce ocean acidification near Cape Cod.
A dumbo octopus swimming in the Atlantis II Seamount Complex, a group of underwater mountains in the North Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the United States | Credit:NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Exploring Atlantic Canyons and Seamounts 2014
The Trump Administration Is Racing to Launch the Deep-Sea Mining Industry, Despite Huge Risks and…
This would destroy deep-sea habitats and the ecosystems they support. By Rebecca Loomis, Staff Attorney, Nature, NRDC The Trump administration is supporting a new and highly destructive deep-sea mining (DSM) industry in our ocean, despite immense environmental risks and broad international opposition. Early in his second term, President Trump issued … [continued]
Seaweed Blooms Suggest The Ocean Is Geoengineering Itself
Two studies published this year put a spotlight on how changes in the ocean are affecting the planet and the global economy.
