Oil residues can travel over 5,000 miles on ocean debris, study finds
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Published: 7 January 2026
Researchers found petroleum residues survive long-distance ocean transport on floating plastic and rubber debris, tracing oil from a 2019 Brazil spill over 5,200 miles to Florida shores.
Keywords: oil spill, marine pollution, ocean debris, plastic pollution, chemical fingerprinting, ocean currents, environmental science
Ocean heat transport on the Pacific side of the Arctic Ocean has increased 1.5 times over the past 20 years
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Published: 16 February 2026
Mooring observations from 2000-2022 reveal ocean heat transport by warm Pacific water into the Arctic Ocean's Canada Basin has increased approximately 1.5 times over the past two decades.
Keywords: Arctic Ocean, ocean heat transport, Canada Basin, Pacific water, sea ice, climate change, mooring observation
Study Finds Ocean Impacts Nearly Double Economic Cost of Climate Change
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 15 January 2026
Including ocean damage in the social cost of carbon nearly doubles it from $51 to $97 per ton of CO2, revealing nearly $2 trillion in annual ocean-related climate damages globally.
Keywords: social cost of carbon, climate change, ocean economics, fisheries, marine ecosystems, coral reefs, Nature Climate Change
