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Silvery Atlantic menhaden resting in a hand, illustrative photograph.Nature and environment · Nov 14, 2026Chesapeake Bay: catch less menhaden, but leave enough for whom?Caps will fall in 2027 and 2028. Behind the tonnages, disagreement persists over food for predators, fishing seasons and jobs.Archive view of the Gulf of Panama, with ships on the horizon, in July 2009.Nature and environment · Nov 14, 2026Gulf of Panama: what the missed cooling of 2025 revealsA study documents a sharp reduction in cold-water upwelling in 2025. Wind, nutrients and reefs: understanding the mechanism without confusing risk with measured damage.The El Gordo hydrothermal site at Axial Seamount, illuminated amid undersea observation equipment.Science · Nov 12, 2026Undersea geothermal energy: what Adélie’s 8.7 seconds showAt 1,500 metres beneath the Pacific, the Adélie prototype briefly produced more electricity than it consumed. The result sheds light on the challenges that separate an undersea demonstration from sustainable geothermal power generation.A path through a broadleaf forest near Echternach, illustrative photograph from 2019.Nature and environment · Nov 6, 2026Biodiversity: what satellites can measure, and what needs checking on the groundThe ESA is strengthening its ecosystem-monitoring tools. But a protected area on a map does not, by itself, prove that nature is doing better there. Here’s how to read this new data.Light shimmering beneath the turquoise surface of seawater, an illustrative photograph of the marine environment.Climate · Oct 26, 2026How shells preserve traces of the marine climateGrowth lines, isotopes and chemical analyses: researchers use shells as ocean archives, while taking care not to confuse local signals with the global climate.A heavily bleached, very pale coral surrounded by other formations on an underwater reef.Nature and environment · Oct 26, 2026Bleached corals and jellyfish: how to read the signs of an ocean in changeNOAA confirms the scale of heat stress on reefs, but jellyfish blooms do not follow a simple global pattern. Scientists explain why.Light and reflections beneath the surface of turquoise water.Books · Oct 26, 2026Guillaume Pitron: why the oceans are becoming a new arena for rivalryIn *Océans. Le nouveau partage du monde*, published on 14 October 2026, the journalist examines the scramble for undersea resources. The law of the sea and ecological risks shed light on what is at stake.Very pale coral in the foreground of an underwater reef, archive photograph.Nature and environment · Oct 25, 2026Bleached corals: why contact with a healthy clone speeds up their recoveryAn experiment at Stanford enabled five bleached fragments to recover through contact with genetically identical corals. The results are promising, but still limited to the laboratory.Flowering meadow in Trent Park, illustrative archive photographNature and environment · Oct 21, 2026Biodiversity: counting species is not enoughA review of 423 studies examines the functions of biodiversity.