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Category: Methodology

Science Behind the Scenes: A Tour of the Exploration Vessel Nautilus
deep sea Methodology Ocean Exploration Science Communication

Science Behind the Scenes: A Tour of the Exploration Vessel Nautilus

What is it really like to do research out at sea? Last month oceanbites writers Megan Chen and Ashley Marranzino…
September 28, 2017 Ashley Marranzino
Climate Change Methodology Modeling

Degrees of separation: How warm do we think Earth is going to get, really?

The Earth is warming up. But by how much? For some time, climate scientists could not reconcile the varying temperature…
July 24, 2017 Prabarna Ganguly
Methodology

Using seabirds to study squid

How do scientists track fast swimming squid in the remote and vast open waters of the Southern Ocean? Probably not…
June 9, 2017June 8, 2017 Rebecca Flynn
Human impacts Methodology ocean engineering Ocean Exploration technology

Ctrl+P: 3D printing applications for oceanography

3D printing and oceanography? Check out the fascinating new research advancements made in ocean sciences using one of the most…
May 25, 2017May 25, 2017 Prabarna Ganguly
Biochemistry Biological oceanography Book Review Genetics Methodology Survey technology

The Entire Ocean in a Drop

Article: Stoeckle MY, Soboleva L, Charlop- Powers Z (2017) Aquatic environmental DNA detects seasonal fish abundance and habitat preference in…
May 10, 2017October 8, 2018 R J Parker
Biology Genetics genomics Methodology

Exciting strides for eDNA: Insights into whale shark population genetics

In the past few decades scientists have found new and exciting ways to use DNA to answer scientific questions. There…
December 29, 2016December 28, 2016 Ashley Marranzino
Book Review Coral Methodology Ocean Exploration Remote Sensing Survey technology

Ocean mapping on a budget

The seafloor is complex and mapping it is difficult because direct observations are hindered because it is underwater. Scientists have…
November 28, 2016 Anne M. Hartwell
Behavior Conservation Ecology Fisheries Harmful Algal Bloom Methodology Noise Remote Sensing

Listening for Symptoms: A new use for hydrophones in the face of harmful algal blooms

Whales aren't the only animals hydrophones can detect out in the ocean. In fact, in the near future it might…
August 21, 2016 Andrea Schlunk
Book Review Coastal Management Conservation Hazards Human impacts Methodology Modeling Plastic Pollution Remote Sensing technology

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!…
June 8, 2016June 7, 2016 Rebecca Flynn
Biology Book Review Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Human impacts Methodology Policy Restoration

Room to Grow

When natural ecosystems are destroyed from anthropogenic development there exists a common notion that a replacement can be replanted somewhere…
April 19, 2016April 19, 2016 Anne M. Hartwell
Fisheries Methodology ocean engineering

Echoes in the deep: Robots with fish finders

You might call it the Batmobile of the sea: Scientists put sound based fish finders into an underwater robot to…
January 5, 2016January 4, 2016 Austen Blair
Archaeology Methodology

How we broke radiocarbon dating

CO2 from fossil fuel burning doesn’t contain C-14. That’s bad news for the future of radiocarbon dating.
December 26, 2015 Michael Philben
Methodology technology

Science at Sea

There are many steps in the scientific process before a paper is actually published and results are shared with the…
August 26, 2015August 27, 2015 Ashley Marranzino

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