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What is happening in the Atlantic Ocean to the AMOC?

Real Climate

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is a large-scale overturning motion of the entire Atlantic, from the Southern Ocean to the high north. The conservative IPCC estimate, based on climate models which are too stable and don’t get the full freshwater forcing, is in my view outdated now. Graph by Ruijian Gou.

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How Does Climate Change Affect Fisheries?

Ocean Conservancy

Our ocean has absorbed more than 90% of the heat from human-caused global warming—it’s not surprising that this greatly impacts ocean animals and the communities that depend on them. This is especially pressing for something as economically, ecologically and culturally important as our ocean’s fisheries. Love ocean content?

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How Does Climate Change Affect Fisheries?

Ocean Conservancy

Our ocean has absorbed more than 90% of the heat from human-caused global warming—it’s not surprising that this greatly impacts ocean animals and the communities that depend on them. This is especially pressing for something as economically, ecologically and culturally important as our ocean’s fisheries. Love ocean content?

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“The Worst Marine Crisis in the Nation’s History”

Ocean Conservancy

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. It took 7,000 volunteers and hundreds of thousands of dollars to clean up a spill of a similar magnitude in Hong Kong in 2012 —and that didn’t have the complication of added chemical toxicity. Each year, roughly 139,000 metric tons of plastic pellets enter our ocean.

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Listening Sessions with a Marsh: Port Susan Bay Preserve’s Estuary Restoration

Washington Nature

by Sara Adams, freelance writer Estuaries—where a river meets the ocean—are some of Washington’s most ecologically and culturally important ecosystems. Here, The Nature Conservancy has been working to restore ecological function to the Stillaguamish delta’s estuarine habitat. © Hannah Letinich/TNC Enter: Port Susan Bay Preserve.

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Cigarette Butts are a Plague On Our Beaches

Ocean Conservancy

Walking along a breezy Florida beach is a wonderful feeling, the soft sand and gentle ocean waves enjoyed by locals and tourists alike. During Ocean Conservancy’s annual International Coastal Cleanup in 2021, over 78,000 cigarette butts were removed from coastal areas in Florida alone, with over 1.2

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Introducing the Global Ghost Gear Initiative Small Grants Recipients of 2022

Ocean Conservancy

Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative® (GGGI) engages with international leadership as well as grassroots projects around the world to combat ghost gear—abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG). Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Never miss an update.

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