UNILAD : OFFICIALS WARN OF GIANT JELLYFISH
Excerpt: Experts say the jellyfish’s tentacles contain large amounts of neurotoxins that can cause things like skin rashes to respiratory problems, welts, and, in rare cases, even death.
According to the Mayo Clinic,, if you come into contact with a lion’s mane jellyfish, they recommend removing any visible tentacles using fine tweezers.
Then, soak the area in hot water between 110 and 113 degrees Fahrenheit, as well as keep the area immersed under hot water until the pain subsides.
Afterward, apply hydrocortisone cream or ointment.
Experts say the surge in lion's mane jellyfish is being driven by warming ocean temperatures, wind and tidal currents, abundant food sources, and sheltered coastal waters that allow the creatures to thrive before washing ashore.
While this is a strange occurrence, marine experts say this influx of the species could indicate something is changing.
7/18/26
GIANT TOXIC LION'S MANE JELLYFISH ON NEW ENGLAND BEACHES : DON'T TOUCH THEM EVEN IF THEY'RE DEAD!
6/29/26
ENDANGERED SEA SPECIES OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN : NOAA REPORTS : SEA TURTLES, STURGEON, CORALS,
Green sea turtle, Kemp's Ridley sea turtle, Leatherback sea turtle, Loggerhead sea turtle, Hawsbill sea turtle, Smalltooth sawfish, Shortnose sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, Nassau grouper, Oceanic whitetip shark, Giant manta ray, Queen conche, Elkhorn coral, Staghorn coral, Boulder star coral...
5/13/26
IF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN CURRENT COLLAPSES WILL ICELAND BE DOOMED?
REUTERS : ICELAND DEEMS POSSIBLE ATLANTIC CURRENT COLLAPSE
Excerpt: Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, current brings warm water from the tropics northward toward the Arctic, and the flow of warm water helps keep Europe’s winters mild.
4/14/26
170O POUND GREAT WHITE SHARK TRACKED - FLORIDA TO NORTH CAROLINA : HE'S NAMED "CONTENDER"
CBS NEWS : 1700 POUND SHARK TRACKED OFF COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA
Excerpt:Sharks don't ping every day. Their movements are tracked by devices attached to their dorsal fins. The trackers can't transmit through water, OCEARCH senior data scientist John Tyminski said in a video published by the organization. To accurately confirm a shark's location, the tracker must break the surface while an Argos satellite is above. The satellites are only in a given spot for about 13 minutes. During that time, the tracker must send multiple messages for a location to be confirmed.
4/1/26
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3/24/26
ORCAS HAVE BEEN SINKING BOATS
DIVE MAGAZINE : ORCAS SINK BOAT - PORTUGAL
OUTSIDE ONLIE : WE SAILED THROUGH ORCA ALLEY - BOATS RAMMED -SINKING
Excerpt: Along the Iberian Peninsula, where the North Atlantic collides with the rugged coastlines of Spain and Portugal before pinching into the Mediterranean Sea, an endangered subpopulation of orcas has developed the unfortunate habit of ramming into sailboats. The powerful animals target the rudders, often breaking them and destroying or disabling a boat’s steering. Such force can sometimes also damage a boat’s hull and cause a leak.
Orcas, also called killer whales (Orcinus orca), are known for their prowess as marine predators, and they’re intelligent and highly social. Across their global range, they’re unusually flexible in what they eat, how they hunt, and where they call home. Among their many talents, they’re masters of surprise.
2/20/26
CLAM ANALYSIS SHOWS NORTH ATLANTIC SUBPOLAR GYRE ACTING STRANGELY
Excerpt: An analysis of clam shells suggests the North Atlantic subpolar gyre has had two periods of destabilization over the past 150 years: one around 1920 and the other from 1950 through present. ....
"It's highly worrying," study lead author Beatriz Arellano Nava, a postdoctoral research fellow in physical geography at the University of Exeter in the U.K., told Live Science. "The subpolar gyre was recently acknowledged as a tipping element. We still need to understand more of the impacts of a subpolar gyre abrupt weakening. But what we know so far with the few studies that have been published is that it would bring more extreme weather events, particularly in Europe ... and also changes in global precipitation patterns."
.... But the other signal was a total surprise, she said. The clam data revealed that the subpolar gyre was unstable for a few years in the run-up to the 1920s North Atlantic regime shift. This previously described event was characterized by the strengthening of currents in the gyre. Instability in the subpolar gyre likely caused the 1920s regime shift, and the timeline suggests the period of instability may have reflected the subpolar gyre's recovery from its Little Ice Age collapse, Arellano Nava said.
Go to the article for more upsetting details and a globe showing the way currents work!
12/16/25
ATLANTIC TRASH PATCH : NOT AS BIG AS THE ONE IN THE PACIFIC BUT AS TRAGIC
Excerpt:
Using this data, scientists estimate that the North Atlantic Garbage Patch is hundreds of kilometers in size and has a density of 200,000 pieces of trash per square kilometer in some places. Despite its enormous size and density, the patch is, more often than not, invisible to the naked eye and even satellite imaging. The photodegradable plastic that makes up the vast majority of the mass shrinks to smaller than .01 of an inch and is pushed under the surface of the water by deep waves. Unfortunately, this attribute makes it all the more likely that the plastic - and all of its pollutants - will be swallowed by aquatic creatures.
10/4/25
LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER JUNO BEACH FLORIDA : HEALING SEA TURTLES
MARINE LIFE ORG : LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER Turtle walks, hatchling discoveries, the release of sea turtles who have been healed. This is one of the most visited tourist spots in Florida. (Check out that photograph of one massive sea turtles!)
Excerpt:
The research team at LMC monitors a 9.5 mile stretch of beach from March - October. Juno Beach is one of the world's most densely nested sea turtle beaches.LMC’s research department has one of the longest-running sea turtle monitoring programs in the state of Florida. The program officially began when LMC founder Eleanor Fletcher received her permit from the state of Florida in 1969. Each season, the research team documents all sea turtle activities from March - October along 9.5 miles of beach from the northern Palm Beach County line south to John D. MacArthur Beach State Park.
LMC research biologists have one of the most comprehensive datasets in the world. These datasets are invaluable to scientists and local, national, and international coastal managers. They form the basis for conservation decisions used to promote the recovery of sea turtle populations not only in Florida, but world-wide.
CHECK OUT THE TURTLE TRACKER!
8/9/25
MINKE WHALE DIES : SANDBAR : BOATS : STARVATION? : WHALE STRANDINGS DRAMATIC INCREASE
It appears that a Minke whale may have been starving, come close to shore, got stranded on a sandbar, and in it's struggle to get free, hit into a boat, throwing a boat occupant.. Here's the coverage by Newsweek.
NEWSWEEK : MINKE WHALES DIES AFTER BOAT COLLISION
Excerpt: However, vessel strikes, entanglement, and habitat disturbances remain significant threats to whales along the eastern seaboard.
U.S. maritime law, specifically the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, prohibits the harassment, hunting, capturing, or killing of marine mammals. The law includes specific rules for recreational and commercial vessels, requiring operators to avoid approaching whales within 100 yards and to reduce speed in certain areas to minimize the risk of collisions.
CBS NEWS: MINKE WHALE DEATH EXAMINATION RESULTS
Excerpts: The whale was 26 feet, 4 inches long and confirmed to be an adult female. The MMSC said the whale's body condition was thin. It also had "superficial cuts" externally and "bruising present in the blubber and muscle in the areas of trauma on the dorsal side." Blood was also present in the whale's lungs, according to the MMSC. .... "GI tract was empty with very little digestive material present, and a scant amount of fecal matter," the MMSC wrote. "Lesions were present in the stomach."
7/5/25
FIRST TIME COLOSSAL SQUID SEEN BUT IT'S A TEENAGER!
DAILY MAIL SCIENCE COLOSSAL SQUID IN SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
EXCERPT:The stunning 4K video film, captured in the deep sea by California's Schmidt Ocean Institute, shows the rare creature's transparent body and eight pink tentacles.
Colossal squid can grow up to 23 feet (7 metres) and weigh as much as 500kg, making them the heaviest invertebrate on the planet.
But this specimen, which looks like a delicate glass sculpture, is just a 'teenager' – measuring 11 inches (30cm).
Dying colossal squid adults have previously been filmed by fishermen, but the species has never been seen alive at depth before.
Expedition chief scientist, Dr Michelle Taylor at the University of Essex, called the footage 'stunning' and 'beautiful'.
8/26/24
ALL ATLANTIC OCEAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION ALLIANCE - AMERICA to EUROPE
ALL ATLANTIC OCEAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION ALLIANCE
The All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance (AAORIA) is the result of science diplomacy efforts involving countries from both sides of the Atlantic....
Forums, podcasts, youth involvement.....
3/31/24
ATLANTIC OCEAN COLLAPSE? WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT
NPR : WHEN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN CURRENT COLLAPSE by Lauren Sommer
Excerpt: Deep in the Atlantic Ocean, there's a massive current the size of 8,000 Mississippi Rivers. Its role in the Earth's climate is so powerful that it determines weather from the equator to Europe, crop production in Africa and sea level rise on the East Coast.
3/11/24
GREY WHALE NOT SEEN IN ATLANTIC FOR 200 YEARS DOCUMENTED SWIMMING PAST NANTUCKET : CLIMATE CHANGE
DAILY MAIL UK : EXTINCT FROM ATLANTIC FOR 200 YEARS : GREY WHALE : CLIMATE CHANGE
Excerpts:
'The Northwest Passage, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific through the Arctic Ocean in Canada, has regularly been ice-free in the summertime in recent years, partly due to rising global temperatures,' the aquarium said.
This means that more gray whales could potentially travel the Northwest Passage during the summer when normally they would have been blocked.
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O'Brien, an associate research scientist with the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium, said the animal's arrival off New England serves 'as a reminder of how quickly marine species respond to climate change, given the chance.'
So how can you tell a gray whale apart from its counterparts?
Unlike the humpback whale, which is more commonly sighted in New England, gray whales can be identified by their lack of a dorsal fin and mottled appearance.
They also sound different; gray whales make gurgles, grunts and croaks while humpback wales produce what is known as 'songs' as it is reminiscent of human vocals.
12/20/23
MEET THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REBUILDING NEW YORK HARBOR BY ESTABLISHING OYSTER BEDS!
10/30/23
IS THE NORTH ATLANTIC HEAT TRANSFER SHUTTING DOWN?
There is a "cold spot" area of the North Atlantic that processes heat.... In this video by PBS which I'm linking to, an explanation on how this works is given.
Entitled Is Earth's Largest Heat Transfer Really Shutting Down?
YOUTUBE : PBS TERRA : HEAT TRANSFER NORTH ATLANTIC
10/27/23
NEW YORK CITY - CONEY ISLAND -WCS AQUARIUM
Yes, this aquarium does pride itself on conservation. Here is what they have to say for themselves.
Through acoustic/satellite tagging and monitoring of several species of sharks and great whales in the New York seascape, we’re helping to guide and inform fisheries and management policies. We’re conducting long-term ecological monitoring and developing management plans for American eel and river herring as part of ongoing restoration of the Bronx River. We’re helping to secure the protection of critical habitat including the Hudson Canyon, an underwater marine marvel that rivals the Grand Canyon in scale and majesty. It’s home to an astonishing array of fish, marine mammals, invertebrates, and cold-water corals. This includes the development of the first national marine sanctuary in the mid-Atlantic. And our citizen science programs encourage the public to explore local beaches and waters, and contribute data to support marine biodiversity.
THE WCS NEW YORK AQUARIUM IS PART OF AN EFFORT TO SAVE WILDLIFE THAT BEGAN 120 YEARS AGO WITH THE CREATION OF THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, AN ORGANIZATION FOUNDED ON SCIENCE AND HOPE WHICH HAS SINCE GROWN TO BECOME THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY.
10/20/23
GREATER ATLANTIC MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK : HOW TO REPORT A STRANDED ANIMAL
NOAA FISHERIES GOV: GREATER ATLANTIC MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK
Information: The Greater Atlantic Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network was created to provide a consistent framework in which to collect, compile, and share data about marine mammal strandings throughout the region, which extends from the Virginia/North Carolina border north to our border with Canada. The network is composed of state and federal wildlife and fisheries agencies, veterinary clinics, non-profit agencies, and academic institutions who respond to or provide professional advice on responding to strandings.
DEFINING WHAT A STRANDED ANIMAL IS : One that is dead on the beach or in the water or one that is alive on land and unable to return to the water and/or is in need of medical attention, or a live animal in the water that is unable to return to its natural habitat under its own power or without assistance....
(866) 755-6622
9/5/23
MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING CENTER - ATLANTIC OCEAN : SEA MAMMALS and SEA TURTLES HEALED and RETURNED TO SEA : BEACHED WHALE INVESTIGATIONS
MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING CENTER Dedicated to responding to marine mammals and sea turtles along all of New Jersey's waterways... When an animal cannot be released, it is kept at the facility and given a place to live.
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Excerpt: MMSC's Large Whale and Dolphin Response.
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center continues to be on the front line as the first responders during the recent increase in whale strandings that began in December 2022. As a member of the Greater Atlantic Marine Mammal Stranding Network, we are the boots on the ground working together with or fellow network members to help find the answers. The work that we perform is the first step in many that will bring us closer to understanding why we are seeing so may whale standings along the East Coast.