Patterns of change along the northern California coast including Redwood National and State Parks. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm and https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023JF007135 and #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #forest #trees #sun #winter Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #california #redwood #colors #landscapephotography #driftwood #coast #ocean #research #sediment #morphodynamic #tide

Patterns of change along the northern California coast including Redwood National and State Parks. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm and https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023JF007135 and #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #forest #trees #sun #winter Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #california #redwood #colors #landscapephotography #driftwood #coast #ocean #research #sediment #morphodynamic #tide

The ocean is the planet's largest ecosystem

"...The high seas were like the "wild west" because no single country had ownership or responsibility over them...You could do do whatever you want out there."

"The high seas face mounting threats from destructive fishing practices, shipping, plastic pollution, overfishing and potential deep sea mining, all compounded by climate change."

"The world's first legally binding treaty to protect oceans and marine life takes effect. The High Seas Treaty or Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions (BBNJ) Agreement, will govern about two-thirds of the planet's oceans including vast areas beyond any country's borders...Currently, only about 1 per cent of these international waters are protected."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-18/high-seas-treaty-marine-protection-in-effect/106241974
#ocean #biodiversity #conservation #OceanGovernance #BBNJ #Australia #OverFishing

The ocean is the planet's largest ecosystem

"...The high seas were like the "wild west" because no single country had ownership or responsibility over them...You could do do whatever you want out there."

"The high seas face mounting threats from destructive fishing practices, shipping, plastic pollution, overfishing and potential deep sea mining, all compounded by climate change."

"The world's first legally binding treaty to protect oceans and marine life takes effect. The High Seas Treaty or Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions (BBNJ) Agreement, will govern about two-thirds of the planet's oceans including vast areas beyond any country's borders...Currently, only about 1 per cent of these international waters are protected."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-18/high-seas-treaty-marine-protection-in-effect/106241974
#ocean #biodiversity #conservation #OceanGovernance #BBNJ #Australia #OverFishing

Greenland sharks can live 400+ years — and they aren’t blind after all. New research shows their vision genes and eye tissue stay intact for more than a century, even in the ocean’s dim twilight zone where they live.

Adapted for low light, their eyes may help locate prey — and could even offer clues for preserving human vision over the long term.

by Bobby Bascomb
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/greenland-sharks-retain-functional-vision-despite-extreme-longevity/

#news #arcticanimals #marineanimals #ocean #research #science #sharks

Greenland sharks can live 400+ years — and they aren’t blind after all. New research shows their vision genes and eye tissue stay intact for more than a century, even in the ocean’s dim twilight zone where they live.

Adapted for low light, their eyes may help locate prey — and could even offer clues for preserving human vision over the long term.

by Bobby Bascomb
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/greenland-sharks-retain-functional-vision-despite-extreme-longevity/

#news #arcticanimals #marineanimals #ocean #research #science #sharks

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/the-oceans-just-keep-getting-hotter/

"“What people often don’t grasp is that it’s taken 100 years to get the oceans that warm at depth,” he says. “Even if we stopped using fossil fuels today, it’s going to take hundreds of years for that to circulate through the ocean. We’re going to pay this cost for a very, very long time, because we’ve already put the heat in the ocean.”"

#climate #climatechange #ocean #wereallgoingtodie #climatecrisis

🌏 This is THE thing that some people really really don't seem to get:

“...it’s taken 100 years to get the oceans that warm at depth,” he says. “Even if we stopped using fossil fuels today, it’s going to take hundreds of years for that to circulate through the ocean...”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/the-oceans-just-keep-getting-hotter

#climate #ocean #globalwarming #heat #hot #weather #climatechange #oceanlife #marinelife #emissions #poles #arctic #northpole #southpole #news #update #climatescience #data #earth #humanity #science

🌏 This is THE thing that some people really really don't seem to get:

“...it’s taken 100 years to get the oceans that warm at depth,” he says. “Even if we stopped using fossil fuels today, it’s going to take hundreds of years for that to circulate through the ocean...”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/the-oceans-just-keep-getting-hotter

#climate #ocean #globalwarming #heat #hot #weather #climatechange #oceanlife #marinelife #emissions #poles #arctic #northpole #southpole #news #update #climatescience #data #earth #humanity #science