Biology Marine Halloween: Crabs Dress Up To Trick-or-Treat Dressing up is a Halloween tradition. In the ocean, some animals 'dress up' to trick their predators or go unnoticed…
Climate Change Talking to your teen about climate change Do you remember having “the talk” with your parents? No, not the birds and the bees – the talk about…
Methodology Popping bubbles: Measuring nitrogen fixation in the ocean Scientists have been measuring nitrogen fixation in the ocean wrong - but a new method offers a simple fix.
Fisheries How to model climate change in an Arctic food web The climate is changing, and so are Arctic food webs. But our knowledge of how food webs respond to warmer…
Trophic Ecology Small but mighty: the importance of forage fish to larger marine creatures Forage fish like menhaden or capelin are vital to the health of larger marine animals; read on to learn how…
Biogeochemistry The Subtle Response of Plants to Rising CO2 Levels Plants need carbon dioxide. What do they do when there’s more and more of it in the atmosphere?
Alternative Energy Going nuclear: radioisotopes from Fukushimi power plant stay in sand for years Nuclear power plants are often located along coasts. In 2011, one of these power plants, Fukushima Daiichi, was hit by…
Behavior Mussel and flow Mussels are nearly ubiquitous in coastal ecosystems. As filter feeders, they are critical for sifting out sediment and nutrients washed…
Science Communication Your worldview: how values influence support of renewable energy There are a lot of moving parts to consider when developing renewable energy projects. Read more to learn how people’s…
ocean engineering Making waves in the Southern Ocean Scientists from the Applied Physics Laboratory in Seattle tested a wave-powered ocean robot in the treacherous, turbulent waters of the…
Climate Change Ecology Local disturbance and global warming unite to make seagrasses taste better to predators Seagrasses form some of the most important habitats in the marine world. Under threat from global climate change as well…