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Wake-up Call: Global Oceans in Big Trouble!
Our global oceans are in a state of crisis. A new report from the WWF paints a bleak picture: human…
Category: Climate Change
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How a whole reef community’s response to OA is impacted by the individual responses of different players
Researchers from California used a unique ex situ experiment to monitor two near identical reef communities in different concentrations of…
Biology Climate Change Ocean Acidification
Decalcifying Calcidiscus: An effect of ocean acidification on plankton
The vastness of the ocean can be deceptive--you'd think that only big things would have an impact on something the…
Climate Change
The barrels of the sea; giant barrel sponges that is
Giant barrel sponges are understudied compared to many other marine organisms, but that doesn’t make them any less important. Climate…
Climate Change Coastal Management Geology Sea-level Rise
Retreat! Barrier Beaches Meet Their Demise Despite Modest Sea Level Rise
Future sea level rise poses many challenges for communities on barrier islands. However, sea level rise alone may not be…
Climate Change Fisheries
Tiny lobsters, big problems.
Larval lobsters face potentially dangerous situations, find out how they fare against a couple important environmental stressors (salinity and pH…
Biology Climate Change Glaciers Sea-level Rise
Feeling the heat: how do plankton respond to glacial melting?
The current, and sometimes rapid melting of glaciers and ice sheets is a direct consequence of climate change. Glacial melting…
Climate Change Geology Sea-level Rise
Climate Transgressions and Barrier Islands
Barrier Islands support local economies, residents, tourism, fragile environments, and sometimes valuable resources. Yet, they are extremely susceptible to storms…
Biology Climate Change Ecology
Corals better learn to keep up or they may drown!
The coral reefs protecting many islands in the Pacific need to grow quickly in order to keep up with the…
Climate Change Human impacts Paleoceanography
CSI Holocene: Who started the fire?
Sediment and ice cores suggest that peaks in fire activity that happened 2,500 years ago in Europe was likely caused…
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Carbon sinks: Diatoms in the deep sea
Fast-sinking phytoplankton particles deliver carbon from the surface to the deep ocean. Are plankton cells still able to survive when…
Climate Change geochemistry Paleoceanography
Balancing Act: Marine Sediments Reveal Past Carbon Cycle Fluxes
Researchers conducted a study that looks at marine sediment records to investigate sediment weathering patterns over long-term climate cycles. Somewhat…
Climate Change Conservation Coral Ecology
The benefits of warmer parents, and who’s your mama … when you’re a coral
Why some coral can take the heat better than others is in their DNA.
Biology Climate Change Coastal Management Ecology Harmful Algal Bloom
Our Saving Grazers
Think critical ecosystems are threatened by an algal take over? Not so fast, grazers may have something to say about…
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What can sea level tell us about long-term climate variability in the Atlantic?
Ocean circulation plays a major role in delivering heat to the subpolar North Atlantic and influence long-term changes in sea…
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An exact replica of a coral reef right in the office!
In order to better understand coral reef complexity and structure researchers developed a cost effective way to 3D print coral…
Biology Climate Change Ecology Ocean Acidification
Giant Clams Catch a Giant Break
Most of today’s research into the effects of climate change and ocean acidification is all doom and gloom: this animal…
Climate Change Cyclones
Global Warming Means Mixed News for Hurricanes
Less frequent hurricanes can be expected due to climate change, a surprising finding considering the long list of challenges. Sound…
Chemistry Climate Change Ocean Acidification Paleoceanography
Path of Corrosion: How Scientists Modeled Ancient Sea-Floor Acidity
Today, we see a rapid release of CO2 to the atmosphere associated with climate change. The same was true 55…
Climate Change
Indian Ocean keeps the Pacific cool
Inter-ocean heat transport through Indonesia’s archipelago offloads excess heat from the tropical Pacific to the Indian Ocean. Findings emphasize the…