Dead fish wash ashore as Hood Canal oxygen levels hit record lows

University of Washington researchers say oxygen levels in southern Hood Canal are the lowest they've recorded and appear to ...
Pulse Tasmania

Low oxygen levels likely killed 3,800 fish at Little Swanport, Fisheries Tasmania says

A mass fish kill at Little Swanport on Tasmania’s east coast was most likely caused by low oxygen levels, Fisheries Tasmania ...

A future without oxygen: Scientists explain what Earth could look like in a billion years - hostile to complex life long before the Sun dies out

Earth's breathable atmosphere is a temporary phenomenon, experts predict. Computer simulations show oxygen loss within one ...
STAT

Q&A: Why low oxygen shows potential as therapy for some chronic diseases

Liz covers cardiovascular and metabolic disease, asking why we’re not doing better or even losing ground against the world’s leading killer. Send tips on Signal at LizC.22. Oxygen is the breath of ...
Phys.org

Low oxygen could limit insects' uphill escape from climate warming

Reduced oxygen levels and air pressure at higher elevations may limit insects' ability to move upslope to escape a warming climate, with potential consequences for the essential services they provide, ...
The Conversation

Suffocating seas: low oxygen levels emerging as third major threat to tropical coral reefs

Coral reef research has focused on the twin evils birthed by record-high greenhouse gas emissions: warming oceans and increasingly acidic seawater. These global threats are caused by seawater ...
News Medical

Low oxygen turns red blood cells into powerful glucose sinks

Scientists have long known that people living at high altitudes, where oxygen levels are low, have lower rates of diabetes than people living closer to sea level. But the mechanism of this protection ...