Biology Fisheries Human impacts Untangling the issues with longline fishing Longline fishing has been used for decades as a way to catch large amounts of commercial fish. Though effective in…
Microbiology Prokaryotes are prokaryotes: a sneak peak at the microbial oceans courtesy DNA Scientists have sequenced the microbial diversity of the world's oceans unlocking the secrets of the microbes that run our planet.
Biology Book Review Evolution Genetics Seeing with skin: the secret to octopus camouflage Capable of blending into the environment in a matter of seconds, the octopus in no normal sea creature. But just…
Biology Coral Ecology Fisheries Human impacts Sponges Out of Control: Another Effect of Overfishing When you think about threats to coral reefs, you don’t think “Sponges!”, do you? But you might come up with…
Coastal Management Stop, collaborate and listen: decision-oriented data collection improves marine conservation Managers often need specific information in order to best preserve a particular marine resource. This paper details a step-wise approach…
Chemistry Climate Change Ocean Acidification Paleoceanography Path of Corrosion: How Scientists Modeled Ancient Sea-Floor Acidity Today, we see a rapid release of CO2 to the atmosphere associated with climate change. The same was true 55…
Conference Economy Fisheries Policy Science Communication Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2015 Highlights Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW) is an annual event in Washington, D.C. that brings together a wide range of leaders…
Coastal Management Conservation Ecology The True Value of Fish Nurseries Estuaries (where freshwater and seawater mix) are used as nursery grounds to raise many species of young fish around the…
Climate Change Indian Ocean keeps the Pacific cool Inter-ocean heat transport through Indonesia’s archipelago offloads excess heat from the tropical Pacific to the Indian Ocean. Findings emphasize the…
Coastal Management Ecology Human impacts Do fish communities need natural shorelines, or are artificial structures ok? Due to coastal development and natural erosion, shoreline fish communities are stressed. Several versions of artificial structures have been built…
Atmospheric Chemistry Biology Marine microbial activity poses restrictions on cloud formation Researchers from Scripps Institute of Oceanography have found that humble heterotrophic bacteria in the surface waters of the ocean can…
Biology Book Review Ecology Geology Sea-level Rise There is a need for healthy parrotfish to maintain the reef islands When you think of sediment erosion and island building physical processes and volcanism may come to mind. Well, you may…
Biology Climate Change It’s getting warm, should I migrate now? Leatherback turtles are nesting later due to warming sea surface temperatures at their foraging grounds, raising questions on how climate…
Biology Climate Change Coral Ecology Ocean Acidification Physiology Consummate Corals: resilience in an acidifying ocean Gloom and doom has been the dominant message associated with climate change. However, it is important to remember that when…
Biology Book Review Seeing in the dark: zooplankton in Arctic winter. Winter nights are very long and dark near the poles. How well can krill and other zooplankton see to get…
Biology Ecology Parasitism Gulls in Argentina bully whales into changing their behavior Whales are a lot like people: if something’s annoying or hurting you, you’ll go out of your way to avoid…
Book Review Satellites Agree: Sea Level Rise Accelerated Over Last Decade Satellite altimetry: talk about a game-changer! Measurement of the oceans’ sea surface height by satellite altimetry has revolutionized the study…
Book Review Climate Change Fisheries North Sea fish stick to warming shallows rather than cooling off at depth Models based on historical survey data indicate that with long term warming trends, fish distributions in the North Sea will…