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Category: Climate Change

Not all snow falls from the sky
Biological oceanography Climate Change Physical oceanography

Not all snow falls from the sky

How Sea Ice and Stratification Shape Marine Snow in Greenland Fjords
April 28, 2026April 28, 2026 Samantha Glass
Double Agent: The Arctic Ocean’s Role in Methane Emissions
Climate Change

Double Agent: The Arctic Ocean’s Role in Methane Emissions

New study reveals the Arctic Ocean can both emit and absorb methane, acting as a complex climate player
March 17, 2026March 12, 2026 Massa Polasek
Invisible Boiling Point
Climate Change

Invisible Boiling Point

Scientists reveal the hidden threat of climate change on elasmobranch fertility.
March 10, 2026 Braden Furness
Heating up the Marine Food Web
Climate Change

Heating up the Marine Food Web

Lobster fishers provide a unique perspective into how the food web in the Gulf of Maine is changing due to…
January 16, 2026January 15, 2026 Braden Furness
Ocean upwelling: What happens to coral reefs if it stops?
Climate Change Coral Ecology

Ocean upwelling: What happens to coral reefs if it stops?

Spring, D.L., Fox, M.D., Green, J.A.M., Guillaume-Castel, R., Jacobs, Z., Roche, R.C., Turner, J.R. and Williams, G.J. (2025), Climate change…
October 30, 2025October 29, 2025 Kendra Devereux
How to Protect Corals as Tested During the 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event
Climate Change Conservation

How to Protect Corals as Tested During the 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event

Relocating corals to lower depths offers hope of survival through bleaching events.
September 30, 2025September 23, 2025 Kendra Devereux
Melting May Not be the Fastest Way to Lose Ice
Climate Change

Melting May Not be the Fastest Way to Lose Ice

Big waves add stress to ice shelves leading to large ice loss events in Antarctica.
September 26, 2025 Rebecca Lippitt
Mixotrophy and the Microscopic Middlemen of the Ocean
Climate Change Ecology

Mixotrophy and the Microscopic Middlemen of the Ocean

As the ocean warms, its tiniest photosynthesizers are rewriting the rules of survival.
March 5, 2025August 13, 2025 Josiah Grzywacz
Heatwaves in the Intertidal
Biodiversity Climate Change

Heatwaves in the Intertidal

How well will intertidal organisms withstand the rising tide of climate change and heatwaves?
February 17, 2025 Neeharika Verma
The Increasing Rates of Sea Level Rise
Climate Change

The Increasing Rates of Sea Level Rise

How and why the global ocean levels are increasing faster and faster every year.
November 25, 2024December 28, 2024 Jasper Meagher
From laundry to the deep sea
Climate Change Ecology Plastic

From laundry to the deep sea

The impact of microfiber plastics on marine snowfall
October 8, 2024October 8, 2024 Josiah Grzywacz
Super Trees: The Importance of Mangrove Survival
Climate Change Human impacts

Super Trees: The Importance of Mangrove Survival

How might climate change be impacting mangrove survival?
September 20, 2024September 22, 2024 Jordana Portman
Shrinking Fish in a Warming Ocean
Climate Change

Shrinking Fish in a Warming Ocean

Temperature, size, swimming, and how it's causing fish to shrink-- or not?
July 31, 2024October 24, 2024 Jasper Meagher
How heatwaves stress marine plants
Climate Change Modeling

How heatwaves stress marine plants

Humans aren't the only species that stress out about climate change.
June 13, 2024June 14, 2024 Julie Maurer
Where there’s a (Gray) whale, there’s an Orca
Climate Change Ecology

Where there’s a (Gray) whale, there’s an Orca

Voracious Orcas are affecting the population dynamics of Gray whales migrating to their feeding grounds.
December 22, 2023December 22, 2023 Neeharika Verma
Baby Sharks in Hot Water: How Water Deoxygenation is Negatively Impacting Smallspotted Catsharks
Climate Change

Baby Sharks in Hot Water: How Water Deoxygenation is Negatively Impacting Smallspotted Catsharks

Scientists investigate the impact of oxygen depleted water on baby sharks.
July 31, 2023 Braden Furness
Tropical fish moving to colder regions are affected by projected seasonal ocean temperature and acidification
Climate Change

Tropical fish moving to colder regions are affected by projected seasonal ocean temperature and acidification

Can tropical and temperate fish coexist?
June 22, 2023June 21, 2023 Katherine Grellman
Warming ocean temperatures may cause prawns to lose their nutritional values
Climate Change

Warming ocean temperatures may cause prawns to lose their nutritional values

Prawns are full of nutrients, but they may become less nutritious as the water they grow in continues to warm...
June 2, 2023May 25, 2023 Jiwoon Park
Ocean warming doesn’t just turn up the heat: Low oxygen on global coral reefs
Climate Change

Ocean warming doesn’t just turn up the heat: Low oxygen on global coral reefs

Warming can cause low oxygen, or hypoxia, in many habitats in the ocean. Under high future emission scenarios, hypoxia may…
April 20, 2023April 17, 2023 Hannah Collins
Climate change and the deep ocean
Climate Change

Climate change and the deep ocean

Melting polar ice sheets are heating the deep ocean and slowing ocean currents.
April 14, 2023April 14, 2023 Cory Berger

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