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Why Do Jellyfish Blooms Happen? Nomura's Jellyfish Damage and the Links to Overfishing, Warming and Eutrophication
Marine Environmental Issues

Why Do Jellyfish Blooms Happen? Nomura's Jellyfish Damage and the Links to Overfishing, Warming and Eutrophication

2026-08-11

Why Do Urchin Barrens Happen? The Loss of Kelp Forests and the Global Fight to Restore Them
Marine Environmental Issues

Why Do Urchin Barrens Happen? The Loss of Kelp Forests and the Global Fight to Restore Them

2026-08-11

What Is a Golden Tide? Why Massive Sargassum Blooms Bury Coastlines and How the Seaweed Could Become a Resource
Marine Environmental Issues

What Is a Golden Tide? Why Massive Sargassum Blooms Bury Coastlines and How the Seaweed Could Become a Resource

2026-08-10

What Is Shark Finning? The Practice Decimating Sharks and the Global Rules to Stop It
Marine Environmental Issues

What Is Shark Finning? The Practice Decimating Sharks and the Global Rules to Stop It

2026-08-10

Plastic Ingestion by Seabirds: Why 90% Eat Plastic and the Stomach Disease Plasticosis
Marine Environmental Issues

Plastic Ingestion by Seabirds: Why 90% Eat Plastic and the Stomach Disease Plasticosis

2026-08-10

PFAS and the Ocean: How 'Forever Chemicals' Reach Seafood — Health Effects and the Latest Regulations
Marine Environmental Issues

PFAS and the Ocean: How 'Forever Chemicals' Reach Seafood — Health Effects and the Latest Regulations

2026-08-09

Why Do Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Outbreaks Happen? How They Devour Coral Reefs and the Front Lines of Culling
Marine Environmental Issues

Why Do Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Outbreaks Happen? How They Devour Coral Reefs and the Front Lines of Culling

2026-08-09

How Ships' Ballast Water Spreads Invasive Species: Disrupted Marine Ecosystems and Mandatory Treatment Systems Explained
Marine Environmental Issues

How Ships' Ballast Water Spreads Invasive Species: Disrupted Marine Ecosystems and Mandatory Treatment Systems Explained

2026-08-09

Three Years of ALPS Treated Water Ocean Release: Monitoring Data, IAEA Reviews and Global Reactions
Marine Environmental Issues

Three Years of ALPS Treated Water Ocean Release: Monitoring Data, IAEA Reviews and Global Reactions

2026-08-08

What Are Resin Pellets (Nurdles)? The Plastic Raw Material Spilling Into the Ocean
Marine Environmental Issues

What Are Resin Pellets (Nurdles)? The Plastic Raw Material Spilling Into the Ocean

2026-08-08

Why Does Mercury Concentrate in Fish? Bioaccumulation of Methylmercury and Safe Tuna Consumption
Marine Environmental Issues

Why Does Mercury Concentrate in Fish? Bioaccumulation of Methylmercury and Safe Tuna Consumption

2026-08-08

Fishing Net Recycling: How Old Nets Are Reborn as Clothing and Car Parts
Marine Environmental Issues

Fishing Net Recycling: How Old Nets Are Reborn as Clothing and Car Parts

2026-08-07

What Washes Up on Japan's Beaches: 93% Plastic, Its Sources, and the Science of Beach Cleanups
Marine Environmental Issues

What Washes Up on Japan's Beaches: 93% Plastic, Its Sources, and the Science of Beach Cleanups

2026-08-07

Plastic Flowing from Rivers into the Ocean: The Reality of 2 Million Tonnes a Year and How to Stop It at the River
Marine Environmental Issues

Plastic Flowing from Rivers into the Ocean: The Reality of 2 Million Tonnes a Year and How to Stop It at the River

2026-08-07

Where Nitrogen and Phosphorus Enter the Sea: Watershed Nutrient Loading and How to Cut It
Marine Environmental Issues

Where Nitrogen and Phosphorus Enter the Sea: Watershed Nutrient Loading and How to Cut It

2026-08-06

How Albatrosses Fly Thousands of Kilometers Without Flapping: The Physics of Soaring and a Story of Recovery
Marine Biology

How Albatrosses Fly Thousands of Kilometers Without Flapping: The Physics of Soaring and a Story of Recovery

2026-08-05

What Is Deep-Sea Gigantism? Four Hypotheses for Why Giant Isopods and Colossal Squid Grow So Large
Marine Biology

What Is Deep-Sea Gigantism? Four Hypotheses for Why Giant Isopods and Colossal Squid Grow So Large

2026-08-04

How Do Manta Rays Eat Plankton? The Science of Non-Clogging "Ricochet Separation"
Marine Biology

How Do Manta Rays Eat Plankton? The Science of Non-Clogging "Ricochet Separation"

2026-08-03

Why Are Nudibranchs So Vividly Coloured? Warning Signals, Stolen Toxins and Solar-Powered Bodies
Marine Biology

Why Are Nudibranchs So Vividly Coloured? Warning Signals, Stolen Toxins and Solar-Powered Bodies

2026-08-01

How Remoras Stick to Sharks: The Suction Disc Explained and the Parasite-or-Partner Question
Marine Biology

How Remoras Stick to Sharks: The Suction Disc Explained and the Parasite-or-Partner Question

2026-08-01

What Is a Hydrothermal Vent? Life Without Sunlight and the Origin of Life
Marine Biology

What Is a Hydrothermal Vent? Life Without Sunlight and the Origin of Life

2026-08-01

Diel Vertical Migration of Plankton: Earth's Largest Migration Moves Ocean Carbon and Climate
Marine Biology

Diel Vertical Migration of Plankton: Earth's Largest Migration Moves Ocean Carbon and Climate

2026-07-31

Groupers Invite Morays to Hunt: The Science of Fish Gestures and Interspecies Cooperative Hunting
Marine Biology

Groupers Invite Morays to Hunt: The Science of Fish Gestures and Interspecies Cooperative Hunting

2026-07-31

魚はなぜ群れるのか|イワシの巨大な群れを生む3つのルールと省エネの科学
Marine Biology

魚はなぜ群れるのか|イワシの巨大な群れを生む3つのルールと省エネの科学

2026-07-31