A massive new analysis of high seas salmon surveys is enhancing the understanding of salmon ecology, adding details about where various species congregate in the North Pacific Ocean and their different temperature tolerances. The project, led by researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, integrates numerous international salmon studies from the North Pacific dating back to the […]
The Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) launched the Alaska Heritage Sail portion of the Moananuiākea Voyage in Southeast Alaska that will circumnavigate that entire Pacific Ocean. Taking four years to complete, the voyage will travel to 36 countries and archipelagoes, almost 100 indigenous territories and more than 300 ports. The goal of the voyage is to […]
A recent study— the largest of its kind— showed unpredictable changes in juvenile salmon migration timing in response to climate change. A new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change has found that salmon migration timing is changing in unpredictable ways in response to climate change. Dr. Eric Ward of NOAA Fisheries’ Northwest Fisheries Science Center was […]
A small piece of Pacific Ocean floor, brought up 10 years ago by a Chinese research vessel from a depth of 16,500 feet and 2,700 miles from the San Francisco coast, has a large story to tell. Researchers say a one-fifth-inch slice of that marine ferromanganese nodule, which measured 1 by 1.4 inches before it […]