Tootfinder

Illegal fishing, other maritime threats cost Western Indian Ocean $1b a year: Report https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/illegal-fishing-other-maritime-threats-cost-western-indian-ocean-1b-a-year-report/…

Illegal fishing, other maritime threats cost Western Indian Ocean $1b a year: Report
Maritime threats in the Western Indian Ocean cost the region more than $1.1 billion annually, with illegal fishing, trafficking, piracy, migration and pollution undermining economies, ecosystems and coastal livelihoods, a new U.N. report finds.

Plans to dispose of mining waste in Norway’s Arctic Ocean worries Sšmi fishers, herders
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/plans-to-dispose-of-mining-waste-in-norways-arctic-ocean-worries-sami-fishers-herders/

Endogenic heat at #Enceladus’ north pole: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adx4338 -> The chances of life in frozen moon's ocean just got bigger, after scientists made a key discovery: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/enceladus-ocean-north-pole-energy-balance

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Toad The Wet Sprocket:
🎵 Walk On The Ocean
#NowPlaying #ToadTheWetSprocket
https://toadthewetsprocket.bandcamp.com/track/walk-on-the-ocean
https://open.spotify.com/track/2JAECj9kBYQHb8AqJ2rsxt

Great Ocean Reads Podcast
A place to dive into the world of books, stories, and the people who bring them to life...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/great-ocean-reads/

"World’s first Indigenous-led ocean reserve is one step closer to reality"
#Oceans #Environment

World’s first Indigenous-led ocean reserve is one step closer to reality | The Optimist Daily
A visionary project blending Indigenous knowledge and science could create the first marine reserve led by Pacific Island nations.

On an island in the Arctic Ocean, in a region that is warming as much as seven times as fast as the rest of the planet, the food chain is being turned upside down.
Underwater kelp forests are surging into once-frozen waters, replacing other native species.
Reindeer, cut off from traditional foraging routes over vanishing sea ice, now graze on seaweed when they cannot reach inland grasses and lichen.
And polar bears, deprived of the ice platforms they once used to hunt seals, …

Curious Reindeer and Charging Polar Bears: The Changing Wildlife at the Top of the Earth
Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international team of scientists has made some surprising discoveries.

Hello North Sea. #denmark #enbee

reduced my opps to shells and calcium carbonate, then deposited them in calm ocean conditions and watched them compact, compress, and eventually crystallise into calcite found in limestone

There are lakes under the ocean

"This startup wants to build pumped hydro storage in the ocean"
#Hydrogen #Energy
https://www.

This startup wants to build pumped hydro storage in the ocean
Sizable Energy raised $8M to build a demonstration plant that stores energy for long durations by pumping brine between inflatable reservoirs in the sea.

The Trump administration plans to allow new oil and gas drilling off the California coast for the first time in roughly four decades
The proposed lease sales in the Pacific Ocean would primarily be off Santa Barbara County, Calif.,
where a small amount of drilling is already occurring, according to two of the people familiar with the Interior Department’s draft plan

Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling
Gov. Gavin Newsom, a chief critic of the president and an opponent of oil exploration in the Pacific, called the proposal “dead on arrival.”

US military strikes 3 more boats in the Pacific Ocean, killing 8 (Piper Hudspeth Blackburn/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/12/15/politics/us-military-strikes-three-boats-pacific
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p144#a251215p144

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Frank Ocean:
🎵 Bad Religion
#FrankOcean
https://illwink.bandcamp.com/track/frank-ocean-bad-religion-illhouse-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/2pMPWE7PJH1PizfgGRMnR9

Study provides new forecasts of remote islands' vulnerability to sea level rise #environment

Study provides new forecasts of remote islands' vulnerability to sea level rise
In the summer of 2022, 20 islands in the Maldives were flooded when a distant swell event in the Indian Ocean coincided with an extremely high tide level.

honestly? real

As we rapidly push earth's systems away from a quasi-equilibrium state by simply adding more carbon dioxide, more methane, more nitrous oxide to the atmosphere, we start finding previously unrecognized interactions affecting things like the carbon sinks.
As a scientist, I am thrilled at the exiting research that is arising from these new observations.
As a person, I am terrified.

As we rapidly push earth's systems away from a quasi-equilibrium state by simply adding more carbon dioxide, more methane, more nitrous oxide to the atmosphere, we start finding previously unrecognized interactions affecting things like the carbon sinks.
As a scientist, I am thrilled at the exiting research that is arising from these new observations.
As a person, I am terrified.

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
Since 2011, millions of tons of a brown algae called Sargassum has washed onto beaches in the Caribbean. The rotting seaweed releases toxic hydrogen sulfide, smelling of rotten eggs, impacting tourism and shore access. It was initially thought Saharan iron dust was the cause, but new #science

The photography is by Arch-Exist.

"Futility is a novella written by Morgan Robertson, first published in 1898. It was revised as The Wreck of the #Titan in 1912. It features a fictional American ocean liner named Titan that sinks in the North Atlantic Ocean after striking an #iceberg. The Titan and its sinking are famous for their simila…

Hegseth and Rubio to brief members of Congress on boat strikes as questions mount – live
US military says eight killed in strikes on three boats in eastern Pacific
On Monday night, the US military said it attacked three more boats believed to have been smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing eight people

Oh neat, a carnivorous death ball sponge!
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/southern-ocean-new-species

'Death Ball' Sponge and Glowing Worms Among Creatures Discovered in Southern Ocean

looks like there'll be a #NoKings event at Sunset Dunes! cool crossover
https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/847587/
main march in SF here:

NO KINGS Ocean Beach, San Francisco · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Join us for No Kings Day Ocean Beach! Saturday, October 18 • 12:00 PM • Sunset Dunes (Upper Great Highway & Judah), SF Be part of a fun, family-friendly Resistance Festival on the westside of San Francisco. Together we’ll celebrate community and resistance with: 🎨 Art and creative expression 🎶 Live music and performances 📚 Information tables on Bay Resistance, Prop 50, voter registration and more 🤝 Family-friendly ac…

Arnaoutchot, atlantic ocean, France 2025 by me. One of my favourite place to be.
#meermittwoch #seawednesday #naturism

US military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/boat-strikes-us-military-drugs-pacific-108d10bbd3d19c34b8959602222e22e6
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p140#a251215p140

A silent ocean pandemic is wiping out sea urchins worldwide #ocean

A silent ocean pandemic is wiping out sea urchins worldwide
A sudden, unexplained mass die-off is decimating sea urchins around the world, including catastrophic losses in the Canary Islands. Key reef-grazing species are reaching historic lows, and their ability to reproduce has nearly halted in some regions. Scientists suspect a pathogen but haven’t yet confirmed the culprit. The fate of these reefs may hinge on solving this unfolding pandemic.

Dang, this missed the el-cheeto golf course in Palos Verdes.
https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/rancho-palos-verdes-cloastal-bluff-landslide-ocean

Around 400 feet of coastal bluff in Rancho Palos Verdes plummets toward the ocean
The landslide is not connected to the greater Portuguese Bend landslide, city officials said.

Boiling oceans and compressional tectonics on emerging ocean worlds
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02713-5

Boiling oceans and compressional tectonics on emerging ocean worlds - Nature Astronomy
Several moons in the outer Solar System have oceans encased beneath an ice shell. If the ice shell thins, ocean pressure decreases. Modelling shows that on Mimas, Enceladus, and Miranda, the ocean can boil. On larger bodies, instead, compressional forces form tectonic features.

DTO-BioFlow is using AI to analyze decades of marine biodiversity records, revealing insights that support ocean monitoring, conservation, and restoration. 💙
https://dto-bioflow.eu/news/using-deep-learning-unlock-decades-mari…

Playing the new Hot Ocean single 'Lavanderia' LOUD, as it's meant to be played
#LosAngeles

There hasn't been nearly enough coverage of this.
Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone — Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/…

Stratigraphic Evidence of Backwater Morphodynamics and Lowland River Deltas in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars: #Mars Once Have an Ocean? New Research Suggests Yes: https://news.uark.edu/articles/80081/did-mars-once-have-an-ocean-new-research-suggests-yes

Lately, my life has become an ocean of words—nothing but words, words, words to the vast horizon. This has me longing to just look, just see.
https://salrandolph.substack.com/p/just-seeing-vija-celmins

Just Seeing: Vija Celmins
Vija Celmins repeating ocean surfaces

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
The Ocean Blue:
🎵 Between Something and Nothing
#TheOceanBlue
https://theartsmixof.bandcamp.com/track/the-ocean-blue-between-something-and-nothing-the-art-mix-pnd
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Nm7gI6fbdeUMWSA1YSpEk

Lots of people enjoying Sunset Dunes. The coast belongs to us all!

Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT run on expensive chips in data centers, consuming lots of electricity and generating lots of heat.
I just tested an LLM on my iPhone, totally offline, running on its battery with room air cooling it.
Surprisingly, results were good, despite iPhone processors not being designed for LLMs.
This local AI approach has promise for certain things, without the boiling the ocean and using a city’s worth of power.

Skill of Long-Range Forecasts of Ocean Wave Spectra from the Navy ESPC Version 2 System
W. E. Rogers, M. A. Janiga
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06484 https://

Skill of Long-Range Forecasts of Ocean Wave Spectra from the Navy ESPC Version 2 System
We report the outcome of evaluations of the skill of long-range forecasts from the ocean wave model component of the Navy's global coupled modeling system. Specifically, the model output is taken from a single member of the ensemble system, and we evaluate the skill of predicting seven model "wave height" parameters, computed from: energy in four frequency bands, energy in all bands combined, swell energy, and wind sea energy. The model is evaluated using two methods of "ground truth". The firs…

Magma ocean interactions can explain JWST observations of the sub-Neptune TOI-270 d
Matthew C. Nixon, R. Sander Somers, Arjun B. Savel, Jegug Ih, Eliza M. -R. Kempton, Edward D. Young, Hilke E. Schlichting, Tim Lichtenberg, Luis Welbanks, William Misener, Anjali A. A. Piette, Nicholas F. Wogan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07367

Magma ocean interactions can explain JWST observations of the sub-Neptune TOI-270 d
Sub-Neptunes with substantial atmospheres may possess magma oceans in contact with the overlying gas, with chemical interactions between the atmosphere and magma playing an important role in shaping atmospheric composition. Early JWST observations have found high abundances of carbon- and oxygen-bearing molecules in a number of sub-Neptune atmospheres, which may result from processes including accretion of icy material at formation or magma-atmosphere interactions. Previous work examining the e…

Just back from 4 days in the Great Otway National Park, Victoria. Stunning place, and we mostly managed to stay dry in the wettest part of the state. Here’s photos from a walk along the coastal path. #bushwalking #straya

A Sentinel-3 foundation model for ocean colour
Geoffrey Dawson, Remy Vandaele, Andrew Taylor, David Moffat, Helen Tamura-Wicks, Sarah Jackson, Rosie Lickorish, Paolo Fraccaro, Hywel Williams, Chunbo Luo, Anne Jones
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21273

A Sentinel-3 foundation model for ocean colour
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Foundation models (FMs), pre-trained on massive unlabelled datasets, have the potential to drastically change AI applications in ocean science, where labelled data are often sparse and expensive to collect. In this work, we describe a new foundation model using the Prithvi-EO Vision Transformer architecture which has been pre-trained to reconstruct data from the Sentinel-3 Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI). We evaluate the model by fine-tuning on two downstrea…

Great Blue Heron, just hanging out on the rocks. Moonstone Beach, Cambria, California, USA. October, 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4 MC14. #moonstonebeach #cambria #greatblueheron

Crosslisted article(s) found for physics.geo-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/physics.geo-ph/new
[1/1]:
- Dynamics of motions and deformations of an arbitrary geometry flexural floe in ocean waves
Andrei Ludu

I see the universe as an endless ocean of indifference. It does not care about my existence, nor will it ever. This void frees me. In knowing that life has no inherent meaning, I am no longer bound by others’ expectations or empty promises. My words, my actions, even my name will vanish in time, and that liberates me to live solely for the moments I choose.
Existential nihilism handed me a blank page. Life’s meaning is not given; it is mine to write. This truth healed my old anxieties …

One of the neatest things to do, come at low tide, then high tide. https://mas.to/@Canadian_Eh/115664962761563504

Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇨🇦 (@Canadian_Eh@mas.to)
Attached: 1 image Hopewell Rocks: Walk the Ocean Floor in New Brunswick 🌊 At low tide, visitors to the Bay of Fundy can walk on the ocean floor around the towering Hopewell Rocks. These flowerpot-shaped formations are sculpted by the world's highest tides—a must-see marvel! 🇨🇦 #Canada #Geography #NewBrunswick #NatureWonders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell_Rocks

Ocean heatwaves are breaking Earth’s hidden climate engine #ocean

Ocean heatwaves are breaking Earth’s hidden climate engine
Marine heatwaves can jam the ocean’s natural carbon conveyor belt, preventing carbon from reaching the deep sea. Researchers studying two major heatwaves in the Gulf of Alaska found that plankton shifts caused carbon to build up near the surface instead of sinking. This disrupted the ocean’s ability to store carbon for millennia and intensified climate feedbacks. The study highlights the urgent need for continuous, collaborative ocean observation.

🫧 Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/15/record-leap-in-co2-fuels-fears-of-accelerating-global-heating

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

Sword of the Sea (Multi, XP'd on PS5) Restore a dried up ocean world to its former glory as you surf along the land on a magic sword.
From the people that brought you Abzu, The Pathless, and Journey, SotS is the latest gem in their crown of gaming goodness. If you've played any of the previous games, you already have a good idea what to expect from SotS (and should have already played it TBH 😆 )
Basically, this is Journey x Tony Hawk. You travel this world as a Wraith on …

#30DayMapChallenge 🗺️ Day 6️⃣: Dimensions
I decided to use time as my third dimension and created a simplified animated map showing the Earth’s terminator (the line dividing day and night) around the #Philippines 🇵🇭 at 6 p.m. throughout the year.
Since the Philippines is very near …

World War I Message in a Bottle Found in Australia and Delivered to Families More Than a Century Later https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/world-war-i-message-in-a-bottle-found-in-australia-and-delivered-to-familie…

World War I Message in a Bottle Found in Australia and Delivered to Families More Than a Century Later
Letters from WWI soldiers that were placed in a bottle and thrown into the ocean were recently found in Australia and delivered to relatives.

Sources and documents: Google plans to build an AI data center on Australia's remote Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with its DOD earlier in 2025 (Kirsty Needham/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

@… Godspeed to the bottom of the ocean please!

Whipped and mixed warm clouds in the deep sea
Hans van Haren (Km3NeT Collaboation)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09470 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.09470…

Whipped and mixed warm clouds in the deep sea
Turbulence is indispensable to redistribute nutrients for all life forms larger than microbial, on land and in the ocean. Yet, the development of deep-sea turbulence has not been studied in three dimensions (3D). As a disproportionate laboratory, an array of nearly 3000 high-resolution temperature sensors had been installed for three years on the flat 2500-m deep bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. The time series from the half-cubic hectometer 3D mooring-array allows for the creation of unique mo…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Jane’s Addiction:
🎵 Ocean Size
#JanesAddiction
https://startmakingsense.bandcamp.com/track/ocean-size
https://open.spotify.com/track/5lCjgHTEE7tbmzDVaCloGC

Doctoral Researcher opening: Assessment of changing trace metal fluxes in the Central and Eastern Arctic Ocean - Technische Universität Braunschweig #geology #geochemistry

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Frank Ocean:
🎵 Thinkin Bout You
#FrankOcean
https://jarreauvandal.bandcamp.com/track/frank-ocean-thinkin-bout-u-vandalized-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/7DfFc7a6Rwfi3YQMRbDMau

Field observation of soliton gases in the deep open ocean
Yu-Chen Lee, Sander Wahls
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04662 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.04662

Field observation of soliton gases in the deep open ocean
Soliton gases are large ensembles of random solitons with distinct characteristics arising from integrable system dynamics. They have been widely studied in theory and experiments, and were observed in natural lagoons. However, it remains an open question whether they occur naturally in the open ocean. Nonlinear ocean states containing solitons have been observed in the literature, but the dominance of solitons over other wave components required for a soliton gas has not been demonstrated. Our…

I'll be honest, I hear about "waves" of people coming to mastodon/Fediverse and I cringe a little.
Choose your metaphors carefully, people.
Waves go back to the ocean after wrecking your sandcastle, people
*I'm* enjoying this particular beach but I'm aware that I'm here through a sort of survivorship selection — the people who stay here with me are compatible with me because we're all the same sort of flotsam

"'Death-Ball' Sponge and Glowing Worms Among Creatures Discovered in Southern Ocean"
#Oceans #Animals
https://

'Death Ball' Sponge and Glowing Worms Among Creatures Discovered in Southern Ocean

Ah. Now there's the motion picture studio ligitiousness & just-desserts I know so well.
Warner vs Alcon. Y'all deserve each other.
✅ Matrix, Practical Magic, Ocean's Sequels: Warner Bros. Forced Into Deal
https://www.…

Warner Bros. Forced Into Shotgun Wedding for ‘Matrix,’ ‘Practical Magic’ and ‘Ocean’s 11’ Sequels
A bankruptcy court awarded Alcon the derivative rights to Village Roadshow's film library after Warners' higher bid was rebuffed. The studio is considering an appeal.

Ein neues internationales #Abkommen zum Schutz der #Hochsee tritt in Kraft: Der High Seas Treaty wurde von 60 Staaten ratifiziert, zuletzt von #Marokko.
Er ermöglicht erstmals großflächige

Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle
The global High Seas Treaty, decades in the making, will become international law. It aims to create vast maritime conservation areas.

2 dead, 9 wounded in shooting at Brown University; suspect still at large (Ocean State Media)
https://www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-and-culture/active-shooter-reported-at-brown-university
http://www.memeorandum.com/251213/p65#a251213p65

@… logistically speaking the boat makes it easier to throw computer in the ocean

The flight of the 11th #Starship itself also went completely to plan it seems: deploying all dummy 'satellites', relighting an engine and reentry and controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean despite deliberate damage and hard maneuvers. Full screencaps and four more in https://bsky.app/profile/cosmos4u.bsky.social/post/3m34hq2qcmc2q

OceanGym: A Benchmark Environment for Underwater Embodied Agents
Yida Xue, Mingjun Mao, Xiangyuan Ru, Yuqi Zhu, Baochang Ren, Shuofei Qiao, Mengru Wang, Shumin Deng, Xinyu An, Ningyu Zhang, Ying Chen, Huajun Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26536

OceanGym: A Benchmark Environment for Underwater Embodied Agents
We introduce OceanGym, the first comprehensive benchmark for ocean underwater embodied agents, designed to advance AI in one of the most demanding real-world environments. Unlike terrestrial or aerial domains, underwater settings present extreme perceptual and decision-making challenges, including low visibility, dynamic ocean currents, making effective agent deployment exceptionally difficult. OceanGym encompasses eight realistic task domains and a unified agent framework driven by Multi-modal…

A political candidate in the New York City suburbs went for a night swim in the Atlantic Ocean this past spring -- and never returned.
Petros Krommidas’s phone, keys and clothes were found on the sands at Long Beach on Long Island.
The 29-year-old former Ivy League rower, who was training for a triathlon, had parked his car just off the picturesque wooden boardwalk.
As the months passed, local Democrats attempted to field a replacement to run for the seat in the Nassau Coun…

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Monolink:
🎵 Father Ocean
#NowPlaying #Monolink
https://essenz-sets.bandcamp.com/track/monolink-father-ocean-ben-b-hmer-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/4ELpRI3SqUFdg1HQTTtsTB

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Frank Ocean:
🎵 Pink White
#FrankOcean
https://carpaa.bandcamp.com/track/frank-ocean-pink-white-ukg-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/3xKsf9qdS1CyvXSMEid6g8

I will be quite happy when the Big Sur highway is finally re-opened to end-to-end travel.
(It can be a scary trip, especially southbound, with tall cliffs going up on the inland side and sheer drops into the ocean on the other side.)
It has been said that the Big Sur area has the worst (as in none) cell phone signal in the entire US.
A drive on California highway 1 from Cambria on the south to and through the Mendocino coast on the north is something that is fairly special …

Highway 1 slide repairs continue to make strides along Big Sur coast
Crews continue to make headway on the only remaining choke point between Carmel and Cambria on the Big Sur coast along Highway 1 with an eye on the goal of having the roadway completely open by spr…

Top-of-atmosphere radiation fields over the last millennium reconstructed from proxies
Dominik Stiller, Gregory J. Hakim
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09896 https://

Top-of-atmosphere radiation fields over the last millennium reconstructed from proxies
Earth's energy imbalance at the top of the atmosphere is a key climate system metric, but its variability is poorly constrained by the short observational record and large uncertainty in coupled climate models. While existing ocean heat content reconstructions offer a longer perspective, they cannot separate the contributions of shortwave and longwave radiation, obscuring the underlying processes. We extend the energy budget record by reconstructing the top-of-atmosphere radiation and related s…

"Plastic pollution could linger at ocean surfaces for over a century, new research finds"
#Plastic #Plastics #Oceans

Plastic pollution could linger at ocean surfaces for over a century, new research finds
Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column and they predict it could take over 100 years to remove plastic waste from the ocean's surface.

Winners of the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year Contest #photography …

Sunset over Carpinteria State Beach. Carpinteria, California, USA. March, 2025. #beach #sunset #monochrome

Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/climate/high-seas-treaty-ocean-biodiversity-ratified.html

Once you head north from Hampton Beach the coastline becomes a lot less busy: here's a rocky coastline near Rye, NH
#photo #photography #landscape

Seacreatures
On each episode we chat about a specific seacreature with a guest who has spent time and interacted with this ocean animal...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/seacreatures/

Electric cargo ships crossing oceans could be just 3 years away. CATL's marine division has already supplied batteries for 900 vessels and is making big strides with sodium-ion tech.
Falling battery prices are finally making long-range electric shipping economically viable—a huge step toward zero-carbon ocean freight.

CATL Expects Oceanic Electric Ships in 3 Years - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. News in batteries and electrification has been coming fast and furious lately. Recently, Su Yi, the head of CATL’s marine division, stated, “CATL’s marine business already covers inland rivers, lakes, and coastal waters, and is now advancing toward ocean-going applications.” ... [continued]

Climate change is now warming the deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean #Arctic

Climate change is now warming the deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean
While it is well known that climate change is heating the world's oceans, it was thought that the deep sea was safe from its effects—until now. Researchers have discovered that a rapidly warming part of the Atlantic is leading to the heating up of Arctic Ocean depths.

Stratigraphic Evidence of Backwater Morphodynamics and Lowland River Deltas in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars: #Mars Once Have an Ocean? New Research Suggests Yes: https://news.uark.edu/articles/80081/did-mars-once-have-an-ocean-new-research-suggests-yes

Submarine Cable Deep-Ocean Observation of Mega-Thrust Earthquake and Tsunami with 44,000 100-m Spaced Sensors
Mikael Mazur, Nicolas K. Fontaine, Roland Ryf, Martin Karrenbach, Keith L. McLaughlin, Berry J. Sperry, Anuar G. Butler, Valey Kamalov, Lauren Dallachiesa, Ellsworth Burrows, David Winter, Haoshuo Chen, Jeewan Naik, Kishore Padmaraju, Ajay Mistry, David T. Neilson

Submarine Cable Deep-Ocean Observation of Mega-Thrust Earthquake and Tsunami with 44,000 100-m Spaced Sensors
We detect the recent M8.8 mega-earthquake in Eastern Russia, on a 4400km long active telecom cable in the Pacific Ocean. The resolution achieved 100m represents the highest spatial resolution, the largest number of ocean-bottom sensors, and the first fiber-optic deep-ocean observation of a tsunami wave.

"Antarctic mountains could boost ocean carbon absorption as ice sheets thin"
#Antarctic #Oceans
https://

Antarctic mountains could boost ocean carbon absorption as ice sheets thin
Research led by polar scientists from Northumbria University has revealed new hope in natural environmental systems found in East Antarctica which could help mitigate the overall rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over long timescales.

The world’s oceans face triple planetary crisis: Report https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/09/the-worlds-oceans-face-triple-planetary-crisis-report/

The world’s oceans face triple planetary crisis: Report
A new report on the state of the world’s oceans paints a grim picture. The ninth annual Copernicus Ocean State Report finds “No part of the ocean is untouched by the triple planetary crisis, as pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change are putting pressure on the ocean worldwide.” The EU-funded report draws on decades of […]

Scratching that itch. Double-crested cormorant, Moonstone Beach, Cambria, California, USA. October, 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4 MC14. #moonstonebeach #cambria #cormorant

From spinning sea ice floes to ocean enstrophy spectra in the Marginal Ice Zone
Minki Kim, Georgy E. Manucharyan, Michelle H. DiBenedetto, Ellen M. Buckley, Daniel M. Watkins, Monica M. Wilhelmus
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21333

From spinning sea ice floes to ocean enstrophy spectra in the Marginal Ice Zone
Quantifying kinetic energy (KE) and enstrophy transfer, mixing, and dissipation in the Arctic Ocean is key to understanding polar ocean dynamics, which are critical components of the global climate system. However, in ice-covered regions, limited eddy-resolving observations challenge characterizing KE and enstrophy transfer across scales. Here, we use satellite-derived sea ice floe rotation rates to infer the surface ocean enstrophy spectra in the marginal ice zone. Employing a coarse-graining …

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Matt Berninger:
🎵 Inland Ocean
#MattBerninger
https://mattberninger.bandcamp.com/track/inland-ocean
https://open.spotify.com/track/4EcX0nMvbg2X2ESbFsJYPH

“Pete Hegseth, much like the president he serves, sees himself as, essentially, above the law, as unconstrained by legal procedure.”
Foreign policy analyst Matt Duss discusses the brewing conflict within the Trump administration over the leadership of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,
including his involvement in a leaked announcement of U.S. strikes on Yemen in March
and the chain of command behind U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Will Hegseth Go? Defense Secretary Faces Anger from Congress over Boat Strikes, Signal Chat
“Pete Hegseth, much like the president he serves, sees himself as, essentially, above the law, as unconstrained by legal procedure.” Foreign policy analyst Matt Duss discusses the brewing conflict within the Trump administration over the leadership of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, including his involvement in a leaked announcement of U.S. strikes on Yemen in March and the chain of command behind U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean. Legal experts say th…

"Climate change is now warming the deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Arctic

Climate change is now warming the deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean
While it is well known that climate change is heating the world's oceans, it was thought that the deep sea was safe from its effects—until now. Researchers have discovered that a rapidly warming part of the Atlantic is leading to the heating up of Arctic Ocean depths.

Southward impact excavated magma ocean at the lunar South Pole–Aitken basin: #ImpactCrater made a radioactive splash: https://news.arizona.edu/news/moons-biggest-impact-crater-made-radioactive-splash

White House removes Atlantic from oil lease consideration after political backlash (Ben Lefebvre/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/31/white-house-removes-atlantic-ocean-from-oil-lease-consideration-after-political-backlash-00631427
http://www.memeorandum.com/251031/p123#a251031p123

I was photographing a seagull in a flock standing on the beach and then … this happened. I think the camera’s autofocus had a nervous breakdown. Elephant Seal Vista Point, Big Sur, California, USA. October, 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4 MC14. #raggedpoint #bigsur

"Scientists have puzzled over what happens to plastic as it breaks down in the ocean – our new study helps explain the mystery"
#Plastic #Plastics #Oceans

Scientists have puzzled over what happens to plastic as it breaks down in the ocean – our new study helps explain the mystery
Some plastic pollution lingers at the ocean’s surface for more than a century.

Detection of organic compounds in freshly ejected ice grains from Enceladus’s ocean: #Enceladus

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Matt Berninger:
🎵 Inland Ocean
#MattBerninger
https://mattberninger.bandcamp.com/track/inland-ocean
https://open.spotify.com/track/4EcX0nMvbg2X2ESbFsJYPH

"New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds"
#NewZealand #Climate #ClimateChange

Antarctica’s collapse may already be unstoppable, scientists warn https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251106003941.htm
9,000-year-old ice melt shows how fast Antarctica can fall apart

Antarctica’s collapse may already be unstoppable, scientists warn
Researchers warn Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes that could trigger global consequences. Melting ice, collapsing ice shelves, and disrupted ocean circulation threaten sea levels, ecosystems, and climate stability. Wildlife such as penguins and krill face growing extinction risks. Scientists stress that only rapid emission reductions can avert irreversible damage.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Tomo Nakayama:
🎵 Ocean
#TomoNakayama
https://dentapes.bandcamp.com/track/ocean
https://open.spotify.com/track/0I5dtJumirjc9jVMmAnBLQ

"Artist Paddles Across Ocean On World’s First Mushroom Kayak"
#Kayak #Mushrooms
https://happyeconews.com/worlds…

Artist Paddles Across Ocean On World’s First Mushroom Kayak | Happy Eco News
Los Angeles artist Sam Shoemaker completed a 26-mile ocean crossing from Catalina Island to San Pedro in a kayak grown entirely from mushroom mycelium. The 12-hour journey included a whale encounter and demonstrated fungi's potential as a biodegradable plastic alternative, though the 135-pound mushroom kayak remains heavier than commercial vessels.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Frank Ocean:
🎵 Ivy
#FrankOcean
https://noobody.bandcamp.com/track/frank-ocean-ivy-noobody-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2ZWlPOoWh0626oTaHrnl2a

Unequal access to nature: Few outdoor spaces in Europe and the U.S. accommodate sensory, mental disabilities https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/unequal-access-to-nature-few-outdoor-spaces-in-europe-and-the-…

Unequal access to nature: Few outdoor spaces in Europe and the U.S. accommodate sensory, mental disabilities
Sprawled along the Pacific coastline near San Francisco, Golden Gate National Recreation Area is full of wildflowers, beaches, and old-growth coastal redwoods, shrouded with a thin layer of marine fog that dissipates in sunlight. Visitors fish, hike, camp, and surf, the temperate climate and ocean views providing a boost to their mental and physical health. […]

"New research links hurricane size surges to local ocean temperature spikes"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https://

New research links hurricane size surges to local ocean temperature spikes
When people hear about hurricanes, they often focus on the category rating: Category 1 through 5, based on maximum wind speeds. But not all hurricanes with the same wind speeds are alike. Some are compact storms while others can span the size of entire states. Larger hurricanes bring far greater damage, generating wider footprints of high winds, heavier rainfall and more dangerous storm surge.