View in browser Current news on ocean sciences Nº 207 (12 May 2023 - 18 May 2023) Sent to 257 subscribers AboutOur PerformanceLast IssuesTop ArticlesSubscribe! ✅ 1 of 25. Shared by @bibgeo 16 MAY 2023 Fa uns 13.000 anys, el flux d’aigua del Mediterrani cap a l’Atlàntic era el doble que l’actual Universitat de Barcelona 📰 Fa uns 13.000 anys, una crisi climàtica va causar un descens global de les temperatures a l’hemisferi nord. Aquest episodi de fred intens, conegut com Younger Dryas, també va provocar una gran aridesa a tota la conca mediterrània que va impactar en tots els ecosistemes ... GENERAL OCEANOGRAPHY ✅ 2 of 25. Shared by @bibgeo 17 MAY 2023 A better way to study ocean currents MIT News 📰 A new machine-learning model makes more accurate predictions about ocean currents, which could help with tracking plastic pollution and oil spills, and aid in search and rescue. ... ✅ 3 of 25. Shared by @bibgeo 10 MAY 2023 Estas son las grandes (y sorprendentes) diferencias entre el Ártico y la Antártida La Razón 📰 Hay quien tiene perfectamente claro qué es el Ártico y qué es el Antártico o la Antártida, pero no son pocos los que, no solo confunden ambos territorios situados en los polos (el Círculo Polar Ártico y el Círculo Polar Antártico), sino que ignoran ... ✅ 4 of 25. Shared by @batidivulga 16 MAY 2023 Mary Jane Rathbun, la gran oceanógrafa del siglo XIX Mujeres con Ciencia 📰 La singladura de Mary Jane Rathbun hacia la ciencia estuvo marcada por la marejada de fondo de la incompresión y las tempestades de un machismo que la impedían avanzar, pero, pese a todo, llegó a convertirse en un referente, ... ✅ 5 of 25. Shared by @jmeesvliz 12 MAY 2023 International Sea Level Satellite Spots Early Signs of El Niño NASA - Sea Level Change 📰 The most recent sea level data from the U.S.-European satellite Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich indicates early signs of a developing El Niño across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. The data shows Kelvin waves – which are roughly 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) ... ✅ 6 of 25. Shared by hakaimagazine.com 12 MAY 2023 Marine Wonders Explained Hakai Magazine 📰 🎞️ The beach is a good place to ask questions but sometimes a terrible place to find answers—especially if you’re asking science questions and your only equipment is a pair of sunglasses and sunblock. ... MARINE ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT ✅ 7 of 25. Shared by @bibgeo 10 MAY 2023 Desvelen el procés de degradació del plàstic d'un sol ús a partir d’enzims bacterians Institut de Ciències del Mar 📰 La rigidesa, transparència i duresa del PET (tereftalat de polietilè) el converteixen en un dels plàstics més valuosos per a la fabricació d'ampolles, tota mena d'envasos i altres productes d'un sol ús. Tot i això, aquestes característiques el fan molt persistent ... ✅ 8 of 25. Shared by theguardian.com/environment 14 MAY 2023 Oceans have been absorbing the world’s extra heat. But there’s a huge payback The Guardian - Environment 📰 By the end of March, the surface temperature of the world’s oceans was above anything seen in the 40 years that satellites have been measuring it. Records were “headed off the charts” and, as the heat refused to fade for more than a month, the Earth ... ✅ 9 of 25. Shared by @PlymouthMarine 15 MAY 2023 Coastal lights trick coral reefs into early spawning Plymouth Marine Laboratory 📰 Corals exposed to artificial light at night are spawning one to three days outside of their optimum reproductive periods. This could reduce the likelihood of coral eggs being fertilised and surviving to produce new adult corals. ... MARINE BIOLOGY ✅ 10 of 25. Shared by europapress.es/ciencia/habitat 11 MAY 2023 El ruido humano es ajeno al instinto de las ballenas jorobadas Europa Press - Ciencia - Hábitat 📰 Un estudio de la Universidad de Queensland descubrió que las ballenas jorobadas cantan más fuerte cuando el viento es ruidoso, pero no tienen la misma reacción ante los motores de los barcos. ... ✅ 11 of 25. Shared by theguardian.com/environment 15 MAY 2023 Listen to a toadfish’s grunt! AI helps decode a ‘symphony’ of ocean sounds The Guardian - Environment 📰 On Goa’s coral reef in India, the marine scientists lowered their underwater microphones beneath the waves and recorded a complex cacophony of swirling currents, fish and plantlife. ... ✅ 12 of 25. Shared by europapress.es/ciencia/habitat 10 MAY 2023 Inesperado efecto en el tamaño de los peces por el calentamiento Europa Press - Ciencia - Hábitat 📰 La teoría de que los animales acuáticos como los peces encogerán debido al calentamiento global ha sido cuestionada por un estudio publicado en eLife. El estudio encontró que la contaminación del agua más cálida aumentó las tasas de crecimiento ... ✅ 13 of 25. Shared by europapress.es/ciencia/habitat 12 MAY 2023 El tiburón martillo contiene la respiración para mantenerse caliente Europa Press - Ciencia - Hábitat 📰 Los tiburones martillo festoneados contienen la respiración para mantener el cuerpo caliente durante las inmersiones profundas en aguas frías donde cazan presas como los calamares de aguas profundas. ... ✅ 14 of 25. Shared by @jmeesvliz 11 MAY 2023 As Ocean Oxygen Levels Dip, Fish Face an Uncertain Future Yale Environment 360 📰 Off the coast of southeastern China, one particular fish species is booming: the oddly named Bombay duck, a long, slim fish with a distinctive, gaping jaw and a texture like jelly. When research ships trawl the seafloor off that coast, they now catch upwards of 440 pounds ... ✅ 15 of 25. Shared by @jmeesvliz 11 MAY 2023 Like ancient mariners, ancestors of Prochlorococcus microbes rode out to sea on exoskeleton particles Massachusetts Institute of Technology 📰 Throughout the ocean, billions upon billions of plant-like microbes make up an invisible floating forest. As they drift, the tiny organisms use sunlight to suck up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Collectively, these photosynthesizing plankton ... ✅ 16 of 25. Shared by @bibgeo 12 MAY 2023 Strange herpes-like viruses proliferate in our oceans Océans Connectés 📰 Scientists from the TARA expedition are continuing to analyse the samples collected during their expeditions, with the aim of making a broader inventory of planktonic biodiversity. New viruses have just been discovered infecting plankton around the world ... ✅ 17 of 25. Shared by @bibgeo 12 MAY 2023 Observadores del Mar - Ep. 29 "Áreas Marinas Protegidas" Observadores del Mar 🎙️ Este episodio habla de áreas marinas protegidas con los invitados Pablo Rodríguez (ambientólogo y doctor en ciencias del mar); Francesca López (directora del Parque Nacional Marítimoterrestre del Archipiélago de Cabrera); Neus Matamalas ... BLUE ECONOMY & FISHERIES ✅ 18 of 25. Shared by oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu 10 MAY 2023 EU Fishing Authorisations website launched Oceans and Fisheries 📰 The European Commission has launched a new website on EU Fishing Authorisations. Users can now search for data on fishing authorisations that have been granted during the last 10 years for EU vessels fishing outside EU waters and for non-EU ... ✅ 19 of 25. Shared by industriaspesqueras.com 12 MAY 2023 Biogears, el proyecto que busca una alternativa más ecoeficiente a las cuerdas de cultivo de mejillón y algas Industrias Pesqueras 📰 El creciente interés por parte de la Unión Europea y las principales administraciones por el desarrollo sostenible de la acuicultura en zonas costeras, así como por el sector de la Bioeconomía Azul, que genera actividad económica y empleo, demanda nuevas ... ✅ 20 of 25. Shared by @jmeesvliz 10 MAY 2023 Pulling Power From the Ocean Is the Final Frontier for Renewable Energy CNET 📰 With 70% of the Earth's surface covered by oceans, wave power could arguably be one of our largest untapped energy resources. If you've ever been knocked off your feet by a big wave, you've felt a smidgeon of that power. ... MARINE GEOLOGY ✅ 21 of 25. Shared by theguardian.com/environment 11 MAY 2023 Barcelona’s beaches could vanish as authorities abandon "enhancement" The Guardian - Global Development 📰 For the 1992 Olympic Games, Barcelona rediscovered the sea. It beefed up its beachfront using thousands of tons of sand, and the area is now packed with tourists and lined with beach bars. Barcelona’s beach may be partly artificial, but it’s big business. ... ✅ 22 of 25. Shared by @batidivulga 11 MAY 2023 MÉS ENLLÀ DEL #DELTADELEBRE José Luis Casamor 🧵 Sovint es creu que els deltes són el destí final dels #sediments transportats pels #rius. Però un #delta és només un pas intermedi del llarg camí del material cap a les fondalades oceàniques. ... ✅ 23 of 25. Shared by @bibgeo 14 MAY 2023 Un dron submarino filma los fondos de la fajana formada por el volcán en la desaparecida playa del Perdido El Diario 📰 Un equipo del Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (Involcan) ha tomado imágenes de la parte sumergida del delta lávico de mayor tamaño formado durante la erupción del Tajogaite en la desaparecida playa del Perdido del municipio de Tazacorte, indica en sus redes sociales. ... SCIENCE COMMUNICATION ✅ 24 of 25. Shared by @EuropeAtlasSeas 12 MAY 2023 Map of the Week – European Maritime Day in My Country 2023 Maritime Forum 🎓 📆 👆 Have you seen the new map layer published this week in the European Atlas of the Seas? With this Map of the Week, get more insight! In parallel to the annual European Maritime Day (EMD) conference that is planned in Brest (France) on 24-25 May this year (see the Map of the Week ... ✅ 25 of 25. Shared by @GOOSocean 12 MAY 2023 GOA-ON May Webinar: Multinational efforts in the search for a global solution for the production and certification ... GOA-ON 🎓 📆 High-quality measurements of the seawater carbonate system allow us to quantify and understand the oceanic uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and monitor ocean acidification. Those seawater carbonate system measurements rely on the availability of reference ... DOCUMENT TYPE LEGEND       📰 Text & pictures          🖼️ Pictures 🎞️ Video          🎙️ Audio 🎓 Meeting / Event          📆 Upcoming 🧵 Twitter thread          👆 Interactive   How'd you feel about today's newsletter? Very Unsatisfied Unsatisfied Neutral Satisfied Very Satisfied Thank you for your valuable feedback. Do you like the newsletter? Share it! Suggest new content to include in NEREUS Interested in geology? 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