Biology Climate Change
It’s getting warm, should I migrate now?
Leatherback turtles are nesting later due to warming sea surface temperatures at their foraging grounds, raising questions on how climate…
Category: Climate Change
Biology Climate Change Coral Ecology Ocean Acidification Physiology
Consummate Corals: resilience in an acidifying ocean
Gloom and doom has been the dominant message associated with climate change. However, it is important to remember that when…
Book Review Climate Change Fisheries
North Sea fish stick to warming shallows rather than cooling off at depth
Models based on historical survey data indicate that with long term warming trends, fish distributions in the North Sea will…
Book Review Climate Change
Global temperatures: an uphill battle of warm vs. cold
An illusional and fanciful pause in global warming has climate change skeptic buzzing. Understanding the decadal oscillations of natural climate…
Climate Change Ecology Fisheries Human impacts
What would coral reefs be like without human impact?
One would think that an isolated reef ecosystem shielded from the influence of people would provide an ideal benchmark against…
Climate Change Ecology
Sea urchins and their pathogens: a relationship that’s heating up.
The relationship between sea urchin, their amoeba pathogens and their kelp prey is changing with the climate. Find out how!
Biology Climate Change
Can sperm cells make it in an acidified ocean?
Researchers in Australia investigated whether sea urchin sperm are going to make it through an acidified ocean or if they’ve…
Climate Change
Slightly Refreshing News In A Time of Drought
Two hot items in climate science today are the North American drought and the decade-long warming hiatus. This study finds…
Climate Change Physiology
Offspring inherit trait developed in parents
Damselfish offspring inherit a trait developed by parents raised in warmer temperatures.
Climate Change Developmental Biology Ocean Acidification Physiology
Sea urchins work harder, faster to cope with ocean acidification
The ability of sea urchins to withstand ocean acidification comes at a hidden cost.
Alternative Energy Climate Change
Cooling in North Atlantic Defies Global Warming
Sluggish ocean circulation can’t keep up with global climate change and this has caused the North Atlantic to cool.
Biology Climate Change Ecology
Just sealing around; Ice seal misidentification in aerial surveys
Aerial photographs are a great way to collect images of marine species in order to analyze their distribution patterns. Distinguishing…
Climate Change Glaciers
Fizzing glaciers are louder than you’d expect
While anthropogenic noise pollution has been gaining a lot of attention, there is still much to be learned about ambient…
Climate Change Sea-level Rise
Rise Up! Overestimated sea-level rise during the 20th century.
Calculating a global average change in sea-level over the twentieth-century is no walk in the park. This study uses a…
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Highlights from the National Shellfisheries Meeting
Ever wanted to know what it’s like to go to a scientific conference? Here’s a summary of what conferences are…
Book Review Climate Change Fisheries
Growth of a deep-sea predatory fish is affected by surface current strength
A deep-water predatory fish is found to have faster growth rates when productivity is enhanced by the Leeuwin Current along…
Book Review Climate Change Conservation Evolution Ocean Acidification
Coral Reef Restoration Through Human-Assisted Evolution
Coral reefs populations are declining. Is it possible that we could help restore coral reefs by speeding up their evolutionary…
Climate Change Glaciers Sea-level Rise
Rotten Totten: Why is East Antarctica melting so quickly?
Like the West Antarctica Ice Sheet, East Antarctica is home to glaciers thinning at an alarming rate. The east’s Totten…
Climate Change ocean engineering
Sensors probe oceans for answers
Deep-diving ocean drones confirm continued warming of the ocean’s abyss due to Earth’s energy imbalance.
Climate Change Coral Genetics
A new thermally tolerant species of algae is found!
Rising ocean temperatures threaten coral reefs, but a new thermal tolerant algae could help.