Northern Fish Are Tough, but No Match for Climate Change
By Alyssa Murdoch, Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle and Sapna Sharma Summer has finally arrived in the northern reaches of Canada and Alaska, liberating hundreds of thousands of...Warming oceans deter more fish from spawning
When the moment to mate arrives, fish like to play it cool. So warming oceans create special problems for the generation game. The post Warming...
Asian carp have never breached a body of freshwater the size of Lake Michigan.
As Asian carp have stormed up the Illinois River in the past several decades, looming precariously close to Lake Michigan, scientists have been forced to ponder...
‘Eco-anxiety’: how to spot it and what to do about it
Feeling overwhelmed by the existential challenge of climate change? You’re not alone
Climate change impacts on fisheries
Food security, climate change, and their complex and uncertain interactions are a major challenge for societies and ecologies (1). Global assessments of predicted changes in...
The World Is Losing Fish to Eat as Oceans Warm, Study Finds
Fish populations are declining as oceans warm, putting a key source of food and income at risk for millions of people around the world, according...
Benefits of the Paris Agreement to ocean life, economies, and people
The Paris Agreement aims to mitigate the potential impacts of climate change on ecological and social systems. Using an ensemble of climate-marine ecosystem and economic...
Beer, Drinking Water And Fish: Tiny Plastic Is Everywhere
Plastic trash is littering the land and fouling rivers and oceans. It breaks down into microplastics and has gotten in drinking water, beer, sea salt,...