Lost At SeaOceans May Be Losing Their Memory "We discovered this phenomenon by examining the similarity in ocean surface temperature from one year to the next as a simple metric for ocean memory." By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Biting TruthSharks May Be Attacking Humans Because We Look Like Their Prey: Study Otherwise historically portrayed as killing machines, the great white shark may mistake people for a seal or other prey animal. By Saumya Kalia
Nature's GPSScientists Discover How Sharks Use the Earth’s Magnetic Field to Navigate Oceans Sharks may have a “magnetic map” in their heads telling them their geographic location, experts say. By Devrupa Rakshit
Ocean OutlawsFishing Vessels Are Using Banned Nets in the Indian Ocean, a Greenpeace Investigation Finds Driftnets were banned by the United Nations three decades ago due to the damage they cause to fish and other marine life. By Devrupa Rakshit
This StingsAn Ocean Heatwave Is Causing Mass Jellyfish Die‑Offs "A changing climate creates new winners and losers in every ecosystem." By Aditi Murti
Trawling For TroubleFishing by Dragging Nets Over the Ocean Floor Releases as Much Carbon as Air Travel: Report The report offers a blueprint for the most effective ways to protect the ocean from such activities. By Liesl Goecker
Gone With The WavesAncient Earth Was a Big, Blue Water World, New Evidence Says "...the long‐held assumption that the surface oceans' volume remained nearly constant through geologic time may need to be reassessed." By Saumya Kalia
Slow DeclineVitamin B1 Deficiency Is Killing Wildlife Around the World Scientists can't pinpoint what is causing these deficiencies, but they are sure humans are to blame. By Liesl Goecker
Deep Sea DiscoveryScientists Discover Microbes at Ocean Temperatures Thought To Be Inhospitable To Life Researchers say their findings could help reimagine where we look for extraterrestrial life. By Devrupa Rakshit
Most VulnerableIf Water Temperatures Continue to Rise, Habitats Will Be Unlivable for 60% of Fish Species by 2100: Study Freshwater fish — an important source of protein in the global food supply — could find themselves struggling to procreate and survive. By Rajvi Desai
One Last ShotNeon Colors Help Corals Fight Bleaching, New Research Says Some corals glow bright after a warm ocean spell, rather than bleaching and dying, as a final effort to help attract algae. By Aditi Murti
Move Over Blue WhalesScientists Have Found the Longest Marine Organism on Australia’s Western Edge Known as a siphonophore Apolemia, it looks like an "incredible U.F.O," a researcher said. By Aditi Murti
Eco DisasterWarming Waters Leave Great Barrier Reef on Verge of Mass Coral Death It would be the third such mass coral bleaching to hit the world's largest reef system in five years. By Liesl Goecker
School's OutSome Areas of the Ocean Now Have Seven Times More Plastic Than Baby Fish "A single thread [of plastic] in the stomach of a larval fish is potentially a killer." By Pallavi Prasad
Just Keep SwimmingRising Sea Levels Likely to Wipe Out the Homes of 300M People by 2050 Most of Mumbai, and other coastal Asian cities, will be submerged. By Liesl Goecker
Dead Water BodiesClimate Change Is Making Extreme, Once‑in‑a‑Century Flooding an Annual Event: UN Report A change in ocean chemistry is also endangering marine ecosystems, reducing seafood supplies. By Aditi Murti
Glow In The DarkChennai’s Newly Bioluminescent Beach Does Not Bode Well for Its Marine Life Experts say the high concentration of glowing phytoplankton off the coast is a sign of environmental damage. By Liesl Goecker
Shell-ShookReusing Seafood Shells Could Be the Solution to Curbing Plastic Production, Ocean Waste Chitin, a tough material found in crustacean shells, has plastic-like properties and degrades within a few months. By Aditi Murti