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Cascading effects of a marine heatwave impact dolphin survival and reproduction

Extreme weather events such as droughts, heavy rainfalls or extreme temperature fluctuations are occurring more frequently around the globe associated with global climate change. In early 2011, the western Australian coastline was hit by an unprecedented marine heatwave, which turned the coastal waters into a... click to read more

Sonja Wild | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

climate change

global warming

dolphins

heatwave

survival

reproduction

Reading time 4 min

published on Sep 20, 2019

All guts, no glory: ingested microplastics in marine mammals

Microplastics (pieces less than 5 mm in size) have now been discovered in a wide range of aquatic habitats, from deep-sea sediments to seemingly pristine tropical beaches. Their small size and omnipresence mean that microplastics can be eaten by animals at the base of the... click to read more

Sarah Nelms | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

whales

seals

microplastics

marine mammals

plastic pollution

dolphins

Reading time 4 min

published on Sep 11, 2019