Marine megafauna research awarded international prize
University of Western Australia
Published: 22 April 2026
UWA researchers won the Frontiers Planet Prize for tracking over 15,000 marine megafauna across 121 species, revealing critical ocean habitats poorly covered by marine protected areas.
Keywords: marine megafauna, ocean conservation, animal tracking, marine protected areas, whale shark, biodiversity, Frontiers Planet Prize
Over 600,000 seabirds killed in single marine heatwave
Natural History Museum
Published: 23 April 2026
A marine heatwave off Australia in 2023-2024 killed an estimated 629,000 seabirds, with short-tailed shearwaters comprising 96% of casualties, highlighting growing climate threats to seabird populations.
Keywords: marine heatwave, seabird mortality, short-tailed shearwater, climate change, Australia, ocean warming, biodiversity loss
Decades of Data on a Changing Atlantic Circulation
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Published: 15 April 2026
NCEI and University of Maryland scientists used over 60 years of continuous oceanic records to analyze critical parts of the AMOC, including the Gulf Stream system, Northwest Atlantic, and Gulf of Maine.
Keywords: AMOC, Atlantic circulation, Gulf Stream, ocean currents, climate change, ocean monitoring, NCEI
