Pollution
Pollutants have fun sliding downhill in submarine canyons!
Many of us believe that the deep ocean is pristine and not affected by any human activities; the fact that…
Author: Caoxin Sun
Caoxin is a graduate student in the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island. Her research interest lies in persistent organic pollutants in the environment. When she is not doing research she likes to create new cuisines.
Pollution
These Volatile Pollutants Can’t Fly, but Can They Hop?
Volatile methyl siloxanes can be easily found in personal care products (e.g. shampoo, lotion and cream) . Recently, scientists detected…
ocean engineering
“Magic Sand” Cleans up floating oil
Currently, spreading dispersants is the most common way to stabilize surface oil after oil spill. These dispersants divide oil into…
Climate Change
Global change and the future ocean
The Growing number of environmental changes, such as contamination of seafood, shortage of water and increased frequency of extreme weather…
Biogeochemistry Book Review
Methylated Mercury Cycling in the Canadian Arctic Marine Boundary Layer
Monomethylmercury (MMHg) is the most toxic form of mercury (Hg) to humans and wildlife. In the environment it concentrates (or…
Climate Change
How Does Pacific Island Climate Change Under Various El-Niño
El Niño impacts vary among different geographic regions and El Niño types. A single El Niño event may bring drought…
Aquaculture Pollution
Passive Sampling for Antiparasitics near a Chile Salmon Farm
An increase in the number of positive cages and cage-level abundance of sea lice in southern Chile was shown since…
Pollution
The first day after an oil spill
Crude oil is mostly composed of n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) which are toxic to organisms. After an oil…
Pollution
Fish don’t need to lineup at Starbucks to get their morning coffee – they’re swimming in it!
Pharmaceuticals, corrosion inhibitors, biocides and stimulants are some of the most frequently detected micropollutants in the aquatic environment. They are…
Pollution
Seafood? Yes! Plastics? No!
Seafood is an important part of people’s diets worldwide, so it is crucial to understand the presence of microplastics in…
Coastal Management Fisheries Policy
Ocean Ecosystem Stressors Influence Human Health
Healthy coastal and marine environments are of great importance to human beings. They provide many ecosystem services, which are water…
Climate Change
Arctic Feels Hotter than Other Parts of the World
Speaking of climate change, you can easily picture a scene in which big ice sheets are melting and poor polar…
Paleoceanography
Rapid Reductions in North Atlantic Deep Water during the Peak of the Last Interglacial Period
North Atlantic deep water forms primarily in more extreme northern latitudes due to the colder, saltier water with a higher…
Chemistry Climate Change
Reevaluating of Hydrate-Controlled Methane Seepage from Study off Svalbard
Methane, which is an even more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, has been a great concern as climate change…
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…
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…
Chemistry
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) Entering Deeper Ocean via Vertical Eddy Diffusion
The ocean is home to many creatures: plankton, fish, mammals, etc. But it is also ‘home’ to a number of…
Biology Chemistry
Coral Reefs Suffering from Ocean Acidification
Researchers investigated natural trends in carbonate chemistry of the Davies Reef flat in the central Great Barrier Reef on diel…