Coastal Management Offshore Wind Pushing Dolphins Away? Fact or fiction: are wind turbines impacting local marine mammal populations?
Coastal Management Invasive Species Rat infestations: how rats affect the ocean Rats can be found almost anywhere on Earth, but what are they doing to the ocean?
Coastal Management Surveying Along Rocky Coasts How are rocky coasts surveyed and why do they matter?
Coastal Management Are seagrasses our climate change superheroes? Researchers use satellite data to assess the carbon sequestration potential of seagrass beds in the Bahamas
Coastal Management Ecology It takes two: Eelgrass and clams reduce erosion in coastal environments How do benthic communities help stabilize the sediment and prevent erosion?
Coastal Management How will climate change impact harmful algal blooms? A recent study investigates the link between meteorological conditions and harmful algal blooms.
Coastal Management The intersecting issues of climate change and human-wildlife conflict We have strategies to reduce human-wildlife conflict, but how are they holding up as conditions change?
Coastal Management Mapping humanity’s impact on the coastal regions of the world Pristine coastal regions are now rare and almost half of all coastlines are threatened by high levels of human pressure.
Coastal Management Walking the estuary for stories of change Through estuary walks, researchers delve into the meanings humans make about this dynamic land(and sea)-scape.
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Coastal Management Modeling Physical oceanography Remote Sensing Seagrass What do remote sensing, machine learning, and statistics have in common? Enhancing the accuracy of seagrass monitoring, for one. Citation: Ha NT, Manley-Harris M, Pham TD, Hawes I. A Comparative Assessment of Ensemble-Based Machine Learning and Maximum Likelihood Methods…
Climate Change Coastal Management Human impacts Lights out: How the aquatic food web is responding to coastal darkening in the North Sea Have you ever been on a plane, flying over the coast, and noticed a stream of brown-colored water draining from…
Coastal Management Harmful Algal Bloom Human impacts Oysters Shells and cells: Lack of oxygen and the presence of bacteria contribute to oyster mortality Lack of oxygen for a long period of time is bad for oysters, but is that the whole story?
Coastal Management Conservation Fisheries Surf and TURF(s): A Cry for Kelp How does kelp harvesting affect kelp populations? How can scientists use this information to better inform management policies?
Biological oceanography Coastal Management Conservation Coral Will dead corals help reefs recover from disturbances? This is a guest post by Kelly Wong. Kelly is a current Master’s student at California Sate University, Northridge in…
Biodiversity Biological oceanography Biology Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Fisheries Invasive Species The Circle of Life: Understanding Lionfish Life Cycles We know who's the king of the jungle, but who's the king of the reef? Lionfish may look cool, but…
Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Coral Does coral size matter? Nina Bean is a 2nd year master’s student at the California State University, Northridge in Dr. Peter Edmunds’ Polyp Lab.…
Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Fisheries Human impacts Modeling Natural History Sea Ice Warming up to the neighborhood: a gentoo penguin’s new digs With warming temperatures, scientists expect to see species popping up in environments where they’ve previously been absent. Climate change virtually…
Biodiversity Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Human impacts Restoration Seagrass Missing the (Kelp) Forest for the Trees: An Overlooked Factor in Blue Carbon Storage A recent study exposes an overlooked carbon sink in the form of kelp forests. According to scientists' estimates, a kelp…
Coastal Management Plastic Pollution ‘Out of Sight’ Can’t Mean ‘Out of Mind’ Surface marine debris and microplastic pollution has received more attention recently—which is great—but there’s another garbage problem we are only…
Coastal Management Ocean Exploration How to find a nursery for a baby manta ray Great news! Scientists discovered lots of cute baby manta rays off the Floridian coast. Only two other manta ray nurseries…