Human impacts

Get ready for some “extremely” wet and warm days! (Maybe)

Recently, a lot of research has been focused on predicting average winter temperature and rainfall in the U.S. during El…

Biology Human impacts

Making potable water safe for the seafloor

SWRO desalinization is a great way to get potable water. Unfortunately its production results in a high salinity low nutrient…

Fisheries Human impacts

How important are claws to stone crabs?

The stone crab fishery does not remove the whole crab, only the claws. How do the clawless crabs fare when…

Biology Ecology Human impacts Plastic Pollution Sea Turtles

The new fad diet for sea turtles? Plastics

Paper: Wedemeyer, K. R., George, S., James, H. B., Peterson, T. D., Wicksten, M. K. and Plotkin, P. T. (2015). High…

Biology Climate Change Conservation Coral Ecology Human impacts Pollution

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…

Biology Fisheries Human impacts

Overfishing and climate variability interactions spell trouble for fast growing species

Rather intuitively, terrestrial ecosystems show that large, slow growing species are less adaptable in the face of environmental perturbations than…

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…

Climate Change Human impacts ocean engineering technology

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…

Biochemistry Biology Human impacts Ocean Acidification

Ocean acidification may make “peekaboo” harder for shrimp

What happens to a shrimp's shell when exposed to more acidic conditions? Read more to find out!

Ecology Fisheries Human impacts

Marine invertebrates- no backbone just makes them easier to eat.

Invertebrate fisheries are on the rise, invertebrate fishery management needs to rise along with it. This study examines the the…

Biology Fisheries Human impacts

Untangling the issues with longline fishing

Longline fishing has been used for decades as a way to catch large amounts of commercial fish. Though effective in…

Biology Coral Ecology Fisheries Human impacts

Sponges Out of Control: Another Effect of Overfishing

When you think about threats to coral reefs, you don’t think “Sponges!”, do you? But you might come up with…

Coastal Management Ecology Human impacts

Do fish communities need natural shorelines, or are artificial structures ok?

Due to coastal development and natural erosion, shoreline fish communities are stressed. Several versions of artificial structures have been built…

Conservation Fisheries Human impacts technology

Technology for Turtles: TurtleWatch Program to Protect Sea Turtles and Assist Fishermen

A technology that both benefits fishermen and helps prevent sea turtle bycatch? Yes, please! The great news is that it…

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…

Conservation Genetics Human impacts

Long live the seagrass! The relationship between human disturbance and genetic diversity

The Mediterranean seagrass plays very important ecological functions but human disturbances are thought to be one of the main causes…

Fisheries Human impacts

One fish, two fish, small fish- don’t fish!

Fishery management is complicated, but important. Read more about one way to protect young fish from the Icelandic longline fishery.

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…

Book Review Coral Human impacts Plastic Pollution

Corals consume microplastics! Talk about an unhealthy diet!

The dangerous diet fad among marine organisms is spreading! New study shows corals consume microplastics.

Biology Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Fisheries Human impacts

Best laid plans of lobsters and men: More disease prevalent in marine protected areas

Everyone usually agrees that establishing more protected areas in our oceans will help overfished populations recover. But what if that's…