These sharks don't sweat temperature changes
Florida International University
Published: 15 March 2026
Great hammerhead sharks maintain peak hunting performance across a wide range of ocean temperatures, with a novel thermal performance curve showing their decline rate is unusually low compared to other marine species.
Keywords: great hammerhead sharks, thermal performance, biologging, climate adaptation, marine predators, ocean temperature, Journal of Experimental Biology
Rapid melting of Antarctic sea ice largely driven by ocean warming
University of Gothenburg
Published: 18 March 2026
A study using 110,000 ocean profiles reveals that thinning of a cold subsurface layer and strong Southern Ocean storms in 2015 allowed warm deep water to reach the surface, triggering rapid Antarctic sea ice loss.
Keywords: Antarctic sea ice, ocean warming, Southern Ocean, climate change, Winter Water, ocean stratification, Nature Climate Change
Dozens of deep-sea species discovered as new crustaceans named
Natural History Museum
Published: 25 March 2026
Twenty-four new amphipod species have been discovered in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean as part of a project to name 1,000 deep-sea animals by 2030, including a rare entirely new superfamily of crustaceans.
Keywords: deep-sea species, amphipods, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, crustaceans, biodiversity, Pacific Ocean, taxonomy, deep-sea mining
