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...
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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…
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Climate change and the deep ocean
Melting polar ice sheets are heating the deep ocean and slowing ocean currents.
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How do small animals impact Earth’s climate?
Vertical migrations of zooplankton transport millions of tons of carbon each year.
Climate Change Ocean Acidification Oysters
Are Pacific Oysters ready for the heat?
How are adult and larval oysters sensitive to ocean acidification and warming?
Aquaculture Climate Change Developmental Biology
Larval thermal tolerance of a marine whelk is affected by marine heat wave temperatures
How do marine heat wave temperatures affect larval gastropods, and what does this mean for an emerging shellfishery?
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Some ~don’t~ like it hot: Ocean warming is bad for pelagic animals
Global ocean warming is predicted to have negative impacts on ocean animals living in the middle of the food web.
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How climate change is warming up your dinner plate
Climate change isn’t just about warming. How does climate change effect the delicate balance of nutrients in the ocean?
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It’s getting hotter out there…
The global ocean is experiencing heat on a more intensive scale than it has in the last 150 years.
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Earthquakes: the oceanographers you didn’t know about
The seismic waves released by submarine earthquakes have a lot of power to map temperature changes.
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Phytoplankton Fighting Against Climate Change
As the ocean becomes hotter and more acidic, phytoplankton have to change their survival tactics.
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Climate changed linked to Antarctic heatwaves
Scientist show how record-breaking Antarctic warming exacerbated by climate change.
Aquaculture Climate Change Ocean Acidification
Oyster aquaculture effects on local acidification in estuaries
Researchers investigate how large-scale oyster aquaculture affects ocean acidification.
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It’s getting hot: are fish getting bigger?
Australian estuaries are warming up because of climate change and this might be making its fish bigger.
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Are crabs contributing to climate change?
Researchers find that fiddler crab burrowing releases greenhouse gases from salt marsh sediment.
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Tying Prehistoric Climate Change to Oceanic Methane
Scientists from Texas A&M use preserved microbial lipids to tie prehistoric climate change to widespread oceanic methane release.
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How can remote sensing help estimate blue carbon in intertidal ecosystems?
Maria Laura Zoffoli, Pierre Gernez, Philippe Rosa, Anthony Le Bris, Vittorio E. Brando, Anne-Laure Barillé, Nicolas Harin, Steef Peters, Kathrin…
Climate Change Ocean Acidification
Does increasing ocean acidification mean sharks need a trip to the dentist?
How does ocean acidification affect shark teeth?
Climate Change Seagrass
Can we forecast oceanic habitat changes in a transferrable way?
Folmer et al., 2016. E.O. Folmer, J.E.E. van Beusekom, T. Dolch, U. Gräwe, M.M. van Katwijk, K. Kolbe, C.J.M. Philippart.…
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Parasites and Oscillating Heat: are our oceans carrying stress?
Claar DC, Wood CL. Pulse Heat Stress and Parasitism in a Warming World. Trends Ecol Evol. 2020 Aug;35(8):704-715. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.04.002.…