Updated 2024
Oceans are called the basis for life.
A major risk often ignored is the stability of our oceans, The oceans absorb heat and carbon dioxide which makes them warmer and more acidic. In addition to coral reefs, oysters, salmon, and fisheries, there is an alarming drop in plankton, the basis of other sea life and photosynthesis for oxygen both in the sea and over land. There are also signs our oceans are reaching their limit on how much heat and carbon dioxide they can absorb. See our ally The Ocean Agency which is actively working to save our oceans and was involved in the documentaries "Chasing Ice" and "Chasing Coral."
The reason we have so many continuously updated references in the below articles covering many years is to show this has been going on for decades.
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References
1-Mysterious Changes in Ocean Salt Spur NASA Expedition
2-Ocean Acidification Threatens Food Security
3-Ocean Acidification Affects Northeastern US Coasts More
4-Overfished and under-protected: Oceans on the brink of catastrophic collapse
5-Seasick: Our Acidic Oceans
6-If the Oceans Die - We Die
7-Ocean Acidification Threatens Arctic Ecosystem, Study Shows
8-Oceans Are Feeling the Heat: Op-Ed
9-It’s hard to sea, but the globe is still warming
10-Chemistry Of World’s Ocean Changing Rapidly
11-Rise of jellyfish reveals sickness of world's oceans
12-Acid Test: Rising CO2 Levels Killing Ocean Life
13-Major Changes Needed for Coral Reef Survival
14-Mass Extinctions And 'Rise Of Slime' Predicted For Oceans
15-The Pacific's Perilous Turn
16-Why Are Millions Of Fish Suddenly Dying In Mass Death Events All Over The Planet?
17-Fishing Communities Will Face Warmer, Acid Oceans
18-Pacific Ocean Warming at Fastest Rate in 10,000 Years
19-Emissions of CO2 driving rapid oceans 'acid trip'
20-How can we deal with ocean acidification? Step one: Study it.
21-Salt-Water Fish Extinction Seen By 2048
22-The Ocean’s Slow Motion Death March
23-These Two Maps Show How Climate Change Is Destroying The Oceans
24-Climate-changed oceans will mess with life above and below water (video)
25-Fossil Fuels Raising Mercury Levels in Oceans: Study
26-How Acidification, Overfishing and Plastics Threaten the World’s Oceans
27-Marine Economy Takes a Dive as Ocean Acidity Rises
29-Ocean acidification slurps up oysters (video)
30-World's Oceans Face "Irreparable Damage" (video and transcript)
31-Sea Change: The Ecological Disaster That Nobody Sees
32-More Seafloor Methane Released Into the Pacific Ocean
33-Ocean heat content is climbing so quickly that the tracking chart 'broke'
34-Species Are Dying Off, Human Disease Is On the Rise and Doomsday Is Closer Than Ever
36-Satellite images reveal ocean acidification from space
37-The Atlantic Ocean circulation may already be slowing down. That's not good.
38-Carbon Dioxide Triggered Ancient Mass Die-Off
40-Ocean-scale data set allows broad view of human influence on Pacific coral reef ecosystems
42-Oceans worth $24 tn, but sea change needed to save them says WWF
43-The Last Time Oceans Got This Acidic This Fast, 96% of Marine Life Went Extinct
44-Unprecedented, man-made trends in ocean's acidity
46-The oceans can’t take any more: Fundamental change in oceans predicted
47-This map shows where we’ve screwed the oceans most
48-Trouble looms as warmer oceans push marine life toward the poles
49-Ocean warming 'underestimated,' study finds
50-Sea levels are rising and they’re not going to stop, says NASA
52-The Oceans Are Running Low on Oxygen
53-Corals are in the middle of a “global bleaching event.” Here’s what that means
54-More acidic seawater eating away at Florida Keys reef
55-Florida's coral reef system in rapid decay, scientists say
56-Coral bleaching to hit reefs every year from mid-century, says UN
57-Ocean Warming Is Already Affecting Arctic Fish And Birds
58-Ocean warming affecting Arctic fish and birds
59-Oceans won’t have enough oxygen in as little as 15 years
60-Why I still have hope for coral reefs
61-The Ocean Is Suffocating, and It's Our Fault
64-Scientists find that a saltier sea is a warning of floods to come
65-Ocean Levels Aren’t Just Rising, the Sea Floor Is Sinking, Too
67-See stunning before and after shots of coral reefs as ocean temps rose by only 2 degrees.
69-When a Maximum is Minimum: What Low Sea Ice Extent Means for the Arctic
70-Extensive Coral Bleaching in the Pacific Shocks Scientists
71-Oceans Are the New Front Line in the Fight Against Climate Change - Last week, a panel of Canadian and French experts weighed in on the major environmental threats and the task at hand.
72-Where Does Tar Sands Carbon Pollution Go?
73-The Great Barrier Reef Died 5 Times Before, But This Time Might Be the Last
74-Ocean Models Fail to Capture True Extent of Oxygen Loss
75-Area of Global Dead Zones Doubling Every 10 Years (oceans)
76-Ocean Heatwaves Are Getting Longer and More Intense - If the past century is any indication, global warming may be contributing to less stable marine ecosystems
77-Climate Change Is Suffocating Large Parts of the Ocean A new study says warming has reduced the oxygen levels in large swaths of the deep ocean, threatening marine life around the world.
78-Ocean acidification to hit levels not seen in 14 million years
79-Our Planet Is Exploding With Ocean Dead Zones
80-Alterations to seabed raise fears for future
81-Guest post: 13 ‘ocean-based solutions’ for tackling climate change
82-What You Need To Know About Sea-Level Rise
83-Climate change and the oceans A selection of key titles for learning more about how the changing climate is affecting processes that determine how the planet's oceans function.
84-3 reports sound alarm on warming oceans
85-World's Oceans Are Warming Faster, Studies Show, Fueling Storms and Sea Rise 'Global warming is here, it has major consequences, and it's going to be very, very difficult to get this under control,' an author of a new report says.
86-Guest post: How global warming is causing ocean oxygen levels to fall
88-Analysis: Major update to ocean-heat record could shrink 1.5C carbon budget
89-Oceans Are Melting Glaciers from Below Much Faster than Predicted, Study Finds
90-'Surprise' Ocean Heat Waves Are Twice as Common as Previously Thought
92-A brief introduction to climate change and sea-level rise
93-Acid oceans may trigger mass extinction
95-Dramatic ocean changes are coming ‘a couple decades too early,’ scientists say
96-The world's oceans are acidifying — but it's happening twice as fast off California Oceans play an important role in the planet's delicate carbon cycle, acting as a crucial reservoir that absorbs and stores carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere.
97-'This situation brings me to despair': Two reef scientists share their climate grief
98-World’s Oceans Losing Oxygen At Alarming Rate Thanks To Climate Change
101-Earth's Oceans Are Getting Hotter And Higher, And It's Accelerating
102-The Oceans Appear to Be Stabilizing. Here's Why it's Very Bad News
103-A new study of ocean salinity finds substantial amplification of the global water cycle
104-The threat of high-probability ocean ‘tipping points’
106-The World is Blue, How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One The author of this book Sylvia A. Earle is a former NOAA Chief Scientist, a deep sea explorer, a major force in the establishment and growth of the world's marine sanctuaries, a founder and director of Deep Ocean Research and Exploration, and author of 15 books on the ocean. The final section of this fine book has a list of needed specific actions which were also part of a TED talk she gave in 2009.
107-Carson, Rachel - Rachel Carson is a very competent scientist, but is best known for her prose which brings the consequences of environmental destruction to the general public. She is best known for Silent Spring, but also deserves credit for The Sea Around Us. It sold well over a million copies, was translated into 28 languages, inspired an Academy Award-winning documentary, and won both the National Book Award and the John Burroughs Medal. Though published in 1951, it is jaw-droppingly accurate in future predictions. Two New Progressive Alliance articles which justify her predictions with more modern references are Cost of Environmental Destruction with over 200 references and Danger to Our Oceans with over 100 references.
108-Climate change has likely begun to suffocate the world's fisheries
109-Emerging Global Ocean Deoxygenation Across the 21st Century
110-Scientists work to better understand how ocean acidification will affect marine life The oceans have absorbed about a third of the carbon pollution that people have added to the atmosphere, which has made them more acidic.
112-Our Oceans…New Research Indicating What Lies Ahead for Us Due to Climate Change
114-Climate Change Turning Arctic Ocean Into Acidic Soup Where No Marine Life Can Thrive
115-Ocean heat hit another record high in 2022, fueling extreme weather
117-Earth in hot water? Worries over sudden ocean warming spike
118-Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists
119-Record ocean temperatures put Earth in ‘uncharted territory’, say scientists - ‘Unprecedented’ warming indicates climate crisis is taking place before our eyes, experts say
120-As Ocean Oxygen Levels Dip, Fish Face an Uncertain Future
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