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Eighteen expert saturation divers descended to a simulated 440 meters and became slower plus less accurate when conflicting numbers tested their attention at 45 atmospheres

Expert divers working under pressure equal to 440 meters of seawater took longer to judge conflicting numbers and made more mistakes, according to a chamber experiment in Japan. The results suggest that extreme pressure can weaken parts of mental performance even when divers are highly trained and breathe a helium-based gas designed for deep operations.…

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A 30-second message telling Oregon beach visitors they could help move other people to act raised climate-action intent in a 2,414-person field experiment, while warnings about ocean acidification and appeals to coastal attachment produced no detectable lift and did not change the final sticker choice meant to mimic real-world follow-through

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Marine reserve trips left 228 tourists with two distinct paths toward conservation, as awe tracked the easier promises to recycle and save resources while nature connection aligned more strongly with donating, volunteering and asking others to stop harming the coast

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Across 138 volunteers, as few as 10 to 21 litter items on a beach scene were enough to lower calm, happiness and the sense of restoration people expected from the coast and the sharpest drop came when the mess looked like careless public behavior instead of working gear from fishing

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College students who scored higher on ocean literacy in a survey of 1,206 students were more likely to report stronger pro-environmental behavior and the main psychological bridge ran through a growing sense of marine responsibility while personal values added a second path from knowledge to action

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More than 1,500 UK readers saw nine versions of a dolphin bycatch story and support for fishery rules rose when consumers shared responsibility with industry, even though readers’ own seafood plans barely changed

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A survey of 1,691 California residents found that distance from the coast, race and practical access barriers changed who reported receiving the ocean’s strongest wellbeing benefits from time beside the water

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Forty-one military veterans entered a weeklong ocean surf therapy study and the smaller groups who completed paired follow-up surveys still showed lower depression and PTSD scores 30 days later

Forty-one U.S. military veterans joined a weeklong ocean surf therapy program and among the smaller groups who completed matched surveys, depression and post-traumatic stress scores stayed below starting levels 30 days after the event. The study, published in Frontiers in Psychology, followed veterans taking part in Operation Surf events near Avila Beach and Santa Cruz,…

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A survey of 1,226 U.S. adults found 27 percent felt overwhelmed by ocean decline and the same anxiety tracked stronger conservation concern and reported action

By asking adults how ocean decline made them feel, a study in Frontiers in Psychology found a striking split in public reaction. In a nationally standardized U.S. sample of 1,226 adults, 27 percent said they felt overwhelmed by the dire state of the ocean and what they could do to help. The same feeling was…

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Coral Bleaching Heat Stress Today

Explore NOAA’s latest global coral bleaching heat-stress maps, including HotSpots, Degree Heating Weeks, and Bleaching Alert Areas.

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