Chemistry Double Trouble: Marine Plastic Debris Absorbs Toxic Pollutants Recently, you may have heard that scientists have discovered small plastic particles floating in the open ocean and in the…
Fisheries This Time Around, Humans Aren’t the Bad Guys in the Salmon Fishery Salmon fishing is a huge industry in the Baltic Sea. So it comes as no surprise that when a predator…
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Paleoceanography Why lions can thank wildfires for the African Savanna Sediment records show that wildfires caused the initial expansion of grasslands in Africa during the Miocene (8 million years ago)…
Geology If Popocatépetl volcano blows, prepare for a few nights stuck in the airport. Plinian eruptions have a high degree of material fragmentation, generating high altitude ash plumes that can travel far from the…
Biology Human impacts Diamonds and Diversity: How mining waste is laying waste to marine communities. With the holidays fast approaching, many of us are still scrambling to find gifts for friends and loved ones. Jewelry…
Biology A unique, underwater niche for Christmas trees Who would have thought that the Southern California Bight is a great place for Christmas trees to grow? Scientists have…
Geology Riding the Waves of Change: A Revised Beach Cycle for Mixed Sand and Gravel Beaches A seasonal cycle of sand volume for typical sand beaches has been described for decades. This cycle does not hold…
Biology Chemistry Climate Change Is Aragonite Saturation State (Ωa) the Best Way to Describe Calcification Rate? Nearly every scientific report concerning the effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs describes changes in calcification as a function…
Biology Environmental Blow from Wind Farms Wind farms are an ideal source of electrical power because of their ability to provide an environmentally low-impact fuel source…
Biology Cuttlefish camouflage: A new method for studying the masters of disguise Squid, octopus, and cuttlefish are considered masters of disguise in the ocean. But how do they do it? A recent…