After a week filming on board the research ship Argo in the Galapagos Islands I finally had my first opportunity to go ashore. I accompanied marine biologist, Doctor Susana Cardenas and Park ranger Alberto Proaño on a trip to Fernandina Island. They were there to tag and to take samples from 2 endemic bird species, the Galapagos flightless cormorant and the Galapagos penguin
It has been known for some time that humpback whales can communicate over great distances. The song is carried along during the humpback whale's long migrations across the oceans and researchers have now seen how local songs have migrated further across the Pacific - from the coast of Australia all the way to Ecuador, reports Vetenskapsradion.
During the summer, there have been alarming reports from the Baltic Sea that the herring is running out. The cod is long gone. The party is over. Of all the world's fish stocks, 90% are fully exploited or threatened with collapse. The oceans are running dry, but there is a sea where there is enough fish for everyone, humans and fish, whales and birds. In northern Norway, the water is teeming with life.
Legendary oceanographer, Sylvia Earle first visited the Galapagos Islands in 1966 and described it as, "the sharkiest fishiest place I've ever been." In July 2022 we return to this special place on a research boat chartered by Dr. Earle's Mission Blue foundation. The expedition is tasked with checking key environmental health indicators on the 25th anniversary of the Galapagos being declared a marine protected area
After an eventful first week in the Galapagos (link to the first article), we are now heading west. We will investigate the waters around Fernandina island in the western part of the archipelago. Here the water is significantly colder and the fauna is different. The cold, nutrient-rich ocean current comes all the way from the South Pole. It creates a completely unique underwater environment. Corals and sharks but unusually, also penguins and kelp
The challenges of wrestling fifteen flight cases loaded with film equipment and dive gear from Stockholm to the Galapagos islands are forgotten the instant we emerge from the airport into the sunshine of Baltra island
Many Norwegian children probably cried themselves to sleep on Sunday 14 August 2022. In the early hours of the same morning, the popular walrus Freya was killed on behalf of the Norwegian authorities
For me, the sea has meant beautiful beaches back home in Brazil or a cold swim in Stockholm. Not much more. But my work for Deep Sea has given me a new perspective on the oceans
The manatee is a large marine mammal that lives in springs, rivers and shallow coastal inlets, including around Florida. Humans are the only serious threat to them and recent years have been difficult, with many animals killed in boat collisions and due to debris. Now, in addition, eutrophication in the sea is threatening their food, seaweed, so as an emergency measure they have started feeding manatees in the most vulnerable place.
Sharks and rays have long been considered "silent" fish - that is, unable to produce sound. Researchers from Sweden and Australia have now shown that this is a misconception, writes SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) in a press release.
After five hectic days, the expedition has returned to the main island of Santa Cruz to exchange some scientists and crew. At the same time, the expedition is visited by journalists from CNN and Ecuador's Minister of the Environment, who will accompany them down in the expedition's submarine
An overwhelming majority of the world's glaciers are shrinking and many of them could disappear in the not-too-distant future, according to a series of new studies. This means that we may soon experience the same state as during the postglacial warm period 8,000-4,000 years ago
Most people associate walruses with the Arctic Ocean and eternal ice. So when the young walrus Freya was seen in a port on Smögen in March, many people opened their eyes. Two huge males have also been put near Stavanger and in Hammerfest on the northern tip of Norway. How unique is this?
The Faroe Islands will limit the number of dolphins that can be slaughtered, after the traditional hunting has been heavily criticised. Now no more than 500 white-sided dolphins may be killed per year
The Migration of mega shoals of sardine up the east coast of South Africa has been called the greatest shoal on earth. The wild coast on the east coast of
We are going to the northern Norwegian fjord Kvänangen approximately 20 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Fishing boats from all over the Norwegian west coast come to this particular fjord during some intense winter months to fish huge amounts of herring. But there are also other creatures that want the herring. In addition to a number of predatory fish and gulls, an unusually high number of killer whales and large humpback whales have also become increasingly numerous. Sometimes there may be conflict
Ørsted, the world's most sustainable energy company, is now planning the world's first attempt to support coral reefs by growing corals on the foundations of offshore wind turbines. Together with Taiwanese partners, the company will test the concept in Taiwan's tropical waters as early as this summer.
For decades, trawlers from Europe, China and Russia have been draining the sea off the coast of Senegal. With the fish running out, desperate poor people are scrambling to find new ways to survive. More and more people see Europe as a last resort. But that road is hard and expensive to take, and many times people end up back in Senegal again
The dumping of bottom sludge in the Sound has been defended on the grounds that it has only a negligible impact on the marine environment. But several Danish experts are now condemning the environmental impact assessment for the Lynetteholm project, which is based on a 40-year-old, American study, DR reports
Thousands of cod heads are hanging to dry on the quay off Husöy, a small island in the outer coastal strip of northern Norway. They are to be shipped to Africa, because
The Arctic and Antarctic have been 30-40 degrees warmer than normal this week, and heat records have been broken at at least one weather station. It's not a good sign when you see stuff like this happen," said University of Wisconsin meteorologist Matthew Lazzara
Mozambique plans to plant 100 million trees along its coast. The country in southeast Africa is severely beset by both tropical storms and rising water levels
Climate change is a major threat to coral reefs. But some coral species appear to be in a better position to withstand and survive in a warmer ocean – if global warming is limited to 2 degrees, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports
For the first time, we will now find out what happens during the winter, with carbon dioxide uptake and salinity and thus get more accurate data to put into different climate models to get more accurate predictions about the future
