Biology Sunscreen for marine microbes Humans are not the only species that apply suntan lotion to prevent sunburns. Microbes all over the globe produce their…
Geology Now you see it, now you don’t! BRMs (Burial Recording Mines) are cylindrical instruments that capture 4-D data of small scale sediment position on the sea floor…
Chemistry Geology A Song of Ice, Fire, and Climate: Could Warming Seas Release Methane from Beneath the Seafloor? In 2008, scientists were troubled to find methane bubbling up from marine sediments off the coast of a string of…
Biology Coral Invasion in the Gulf of Mexico The black sun coral is "invading" the Gulf! Once settled, it could out-compete other benthic epifauna and change the dynamic…
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Paleoceanography We didn’t start the fire!… that changed the southeast Australian landscape 44 thousand years ago A sediment core suggests that the large ecosystem changes that occurred in southeastern Australia were caused by the extinction of…
Biology Marine herbivores “steal” and use chemical defenses from algal hosts A recent study has shown that a species of amphipod is disregarding the “WARNING: DO NOT INGEST” label on chemically…
Geology First evidence of deep explosive volcanic activity at the Marsili Seamount The Marsili Seamount is the largest volcanic complex in the Mediterranean area and Europe. Previously thought to have last erupted…
Chemistry Sea ice leads cause changes in mercury and ozone levels in the Arctic In our changing climate, the opening and closing of sea-ice is occurring more frequently, resulting from thick perennial Arctic sea…
Climate Change Geology Paleoceanography Reconstructing climate history from sediments in the Gulf of Taranto, Italy What was the climate like in Southern Italy 10,000 years ago? This question and many more can be answered by…
Biology From sea to glowing sea: many fish are found to biofluoresce Bioluminescence, or light generation, has long caught our eye in the dark ocean water, but researchers have recently discovered how…
Fisheries Plenty of fish in the sea? Appearances can be deceiving. Overfishing reduces the ability to adapt in the face of change, even in highly abundant marine fishes.
Fisheries Annual fishing weir catches may be under-reported to the U.N. by Persian Gulf Nations Scientists from the University of British Columbia who are a part of the Sea Around Us Project use Google Earth…
Biology Fisheries Human impacts Hitchin’ a Ride – The Risks of Ballast Water Exchange Ballast water transfers occur in or near major ports all the time to keep up with the demands of global…