Biology a Whale’s tale Age estimations of marine mammals are traditionally made with a single tooth. A group of scientists from Australia think they…
Ecology Vacancy at your local kelp forest A diverse community of seaweeds, snails, sponges, crustaceans, and more, find refuge and food within the dynamic kelp ecosystem.
Biogeochemistry Microbiology Methane on the dinner menu Bacteria in coastal waters can eat methane, a greenhouse gas - but just how much and how fast can they…
Book Review Take my breath away: Decline in oceanic oxygen levels fifty years in the making Most marine organisms require dissolved oxygen to sustain their survival. So what is the current status of oceanic oxygen levels?…
Climate Change Is the Deep Ocean Warming Too? It’s been shown that the surface of the South Pacific Ocean has been warming by absorbing excess heat from the…
deep sea Evolution Now You See Me, Now You Don’t: Using an Invisibility Cloak for Deep-Sea Camouflage You may not have to go to Hogwarts to find an invisibility cloak of your own. Although, the trip to…
Chemistry Remote Sensing Dawn of the age of Aquarius…total alkalinity measurements While not as exciting as the new era of peace predicted by 5th Dimension, it is pretty cool that scientists…
Ecology Seagrasses reduce the risk of disease outbreaks Seagrasses are one of humans’ greatest sidekicks. They are nursery areas for many species including commercially important ones, they protect…
En Espanol Cervezas del Oceano Traducido y modificado por SANDRA SCHLEIER, Artículo original por ERIN MCLEAN Como una persona que aprecia mucho la cerveza, podemos…
Atmospheric Science Biology Book Review Climate Change Conservation Ecology Evolution Human impacts Physiology Sea Ice Throwing Babies out with the Sea Ice: Ringed Seals Response to Ice Decline As the Earth warms, sea ice declines. What happens to those animals who rely on the ice? Today’s oceanbites looks…
Biodiversity Biological oceanography Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Physical oceanography ‘The conservationist is ready to see you’: triaging marine ecosystems in times of climate change Climate change affects ecosystems worldwide, but how do conservationists decide which of planet earth's ecosystems are most in need?
Book Review An Ocean in Your Beer This St. Patrick’s Day, think outside the green beer and whiskey and try an ocean-inspired beer! Didn't know there were…
Climate Change Looking into the crystal ball of statistics, or how number crunching debunks the natural variability argument skeptics love Have that one relative who always argues that current climate change symptoms are part of natural variability? Check out this…
Climate Change More than cow burps: the many sources of methane Methane is an important, and often forgotten, greenhouse gas. It comes from a variety of sources including wetlands, rice paddies,…
Climate Change Ecology Seagrass Life Finds a Way: Eelgrass Beds Respond in Surprising Ways to Extreme Warming Events Article: Reynolds LK, DuBois K, Abbott JM, Williams SL, Stachowicz JJ (2016) Response of a Habitat-Forming Marine Plant to a…
Climate Change It’s a trap! African penguins impacted by climate change Young penguins living along the southwestern coast of Africa typically follow cool, nutrient rich water to find food as they…
En Espanol ¿Deberíamos prohibir toda pesca de tiburones? Traducido por Sandra Schleier, artículo original por MEGAN CHEN Artículo: Simpfendorfer, CA, Dulvy, NK (2017). Bright spots of sustainable shark fishing.…
Biological oceanography Biology Microbiology Hunter-Chiller: Multiple feeding strategies for some of the world’s smallest organisms Because of their ability to conduct photosynthesis, most of our planet’s oxygen comes from microscopic organisms in the ocean called…
Book Review Physical oceanography Oceans absorb more carbon with weaker ocean circulation A team of researchers investigate why the ocean has been absorbing more carbon from the atmosphere in recent decades, and…
Biology Now we got bad blood: Oxygen binding is not affected by haemoglobin subtype in Atlantic cod Why do northern and southern populations of Atlantic cod have different haemoglobin subtypes? A recent study upsets over 50 years…