Hazards
Stretching Stings: How jellyfish can sting without using tentacles
Jellyfish can cause painful and dangerous stings, but did you know that some jellyfish can sting without even touching you?
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How many microplastics are in your body? An insight into lifetime accumulation
Microscopic plastics have been found anywhere and everywhere, including in the food we eat. With plastic pollution on the rise,…
Biochemistry Biological oceanography Genetics Hazards
Like Parent, Like Offspring: Fish Inherit Changes in DNA Methylation
How do animals respond to these environmental changes? How can they make sure their offspring will survive these conditions too?…
Ecology Hazards Human impacts Pollution
The disastrous effects of an oil spill: A tale of Mauritius vs. MV Wakashio
Does Mauritius ring a bell? This tiny Indian Ocean Island was hit by the worst oil spill it had ever…
Hazards Human Health
Sunrise, sterilize, sunset, repeat: Heat and sunshine work together to kill COVID-19
Heat and UV radiation can kill COVID-19 viral particles on beaches, so taking a trip to the beach is a…
Atmosphere science Climate Change Cyclones Hazards Human impacts Physical oceanography
Climate Change Is Causing A Stormy Future
A new study verifies a decades-old prediction that tropical cyclones are becoming more intense due to climate change, using a…
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A High-Flying Aquatic Robot
Inspired by the flying squid, researchers have built a robot that can launch itself from the water surface using water-reactive…
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Sunlight May Stimulate Breakdown of Ocean Plastic
A new study suggests that one form of plastic might not take as long to break down in the ocean…
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SURFO SPECIAL: Flame retardants: Not as friendly as we like to think
Jamillez Olmo Classen is a senior at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo, majoring in Technology in Industrial Chemical…
Hazards
Threats to Cetaceans: There’s More than Meets the Eye
Researchers spent seven years specifically studying deceased, stranded cetaceans along the coastline of the Canary Islands in Spain to figure…
Hazards Human Health Human impacts Pollution technology
BAD BOYZ 2.0. Emerging environmental contaminants
Our generation is facing environmental challenges not only from commonly-known contaminants, but also emerging ones, which have been lurking in…
Hazards
Time to update the history books: the future of radionuclides in the ocean
Scientists measured three radionuclides (137-cesium, tritium, and radiocarbon) to understand how Fukushima derived radionuclides are distributed in the North Pacific…
Biology deep sea Hazards Pollution Toxicology
Manmade Pollutants Plague Deep-sea Organsims
Scientists have found an alarming accumulation of certain persistent organic pollutants in an environment previously thought pristine and untouched by…
Conservation Ecology Fisheries Hazards Human impacts Plastic Pollution Sea Turtles
Let’s Ghost Fishing for Halloween!
Ghost fishing is ghastly because it creates underwater graveyards for wildlife. The authors covered here wrote a new review of…
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To I.D. Debris: LIDAR as a tool to identify trash on the beach
Scientists may have a new option for figuring out how much debris litters our beaches and what it all is!…
Atmosphere science Book Review Hazards Physical oceanography
Beat the Heat: Predicting Eastern U.S. Hot Days using the Pacific Ocean
Get ready for summer! Scientists have found a new way to predict the extremely hot days that occur throughout summer,…
Atmospheric Science Coastal Management Cyclones Hazards Human impacts Modeling ocean engineering Physical oceanography
Storm Troopers! Robots collect ocean data during hurricanes
Hurricane prediction models are constantly improving as we create more innovative ways to study the growth and development of storms.…
Hazards Modeling
Hail and Tornadoes? Blame ENSO
El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) can change winter weather on the western coasts of South and North America. Its arm of…
Biogeochemistry Coastal Management Ecology Hazards Human impacts Pollution
Out of sight, out of mind: The effect of gas & oil spills on deep-sea communities
When undersea wells blowout, toxic concentrations of hydrocarbons can be rapidly released into the environment. The media presents these blowouts…
Geology Hazards
Double Whammy: A Second Source of the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami
A powerful offshore earthquake was quickly identified as the source of the catastrophic 2011 Tohoku tsunami, which devastated portions of…