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Blue whale vocalizations have dropped by 40% over six years, with researchers linking the decline to krill shortages caused by marine heatwaves like “The Blob.” ...
A groundbreaking research program designed to uncover the mechanisms underlying changes in the ecosystems off California's coast has received renewed funding to advance its vital work. The ...
The California Current is home to one of the most productive ecosystems on Earth. It would stand to reason we wouldn’t want to mess it up. And yet.
In the mid-1900s, basking sharks were observed by the thousands each year off California's coast. Now they are rarely seen at all in this region, called the California Current Ecosystem, or CCE.
The study comes as the California Ocean Protection Council aims to develop a plan for achieving zero mortality for whales in the California Current Ecosystem this year. Achieving such a goal ...
Three are off Africa, while the fourth is next to Chile and Peru. Like all ecosystems, the California Current is subject to numerous forces — from pollution to global ocean circulation.
The ecosystem is still recovering from the marine heatwave, slowly cooling down, but conditions are improving enough to have led to a 12.3% increase in West Coast fishery revenues, primarily ...