Chemistry

Plastic debris has been found in both the North Pacific and North Atlantic since the early 1970s. It accumulates in…

Ship emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides (SOx, NOx) can be deposited and form sulfuric and nitric acid in surface…

Researchers at the University of British Columbia recently presented a global model simulating how dioxins, a group of very toxic,…

A global marine ecosystem model was used to predict how primary productivity and carbon export by phytoplankton will change in…

Roughly 360 years ago, on a September afternoon in the Aegean sea, the sky was blotted out as metals tarnished…

Fluorinated compounds are an emerging class of persistent pollutants that have a global presence in the environment, biota, and humans,…

Researchers investigated natural trends in carbonate chemistry of the Davies Reef flat in the central Great Barrier Reef on diel…

Ingested contaminants, along with hormones, are preserved in the whale’s earplug. Unlike muscle and blubber, ear wax does not allow…

Australian and Norwegian researchers measured levels of pesticides and PCBs in southern hemisphere humpback whales to find out whether extreme…

I’m excited to announce the launch of oceanbites.org! Inspired by the successful and informative astrobites.org, oceanbites is a blog where…