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Turtles unbothered by close drone monitoring, while birds and crocodiles flee
Bevan E, Whiting S, Tucker T, Guinea M, Raith A, Douglas R (2018) Measuring behavioral responses of sea turtles, saltwater…
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Book Review Modeling
Small scale, big effect
Processes in the ocean and climate happen at all sorts of size scales. New research out of NASA's Jet Propulsion…
Book Review deep sea ocean engineering technology
MAC-EXP: A new sediment corer designed to maintain in situ pressure conditions
The MAC-EXP, a pressure-coring experimentation and cultivation system, was designed to advance our ability to analyze the microbial processes in…
technology
That idea doesn’t suck: Hitchiking fish inspires a robotic suction disk
How do scientists build better suction cups? Turn to nature's hitchikers for inspiration! Read on to see how remoras inspired…
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…
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…
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…
Book Review ocean engineering technology
OceanTech: profiling the sub-surface via Argo floats
The final post of theme week introduces the Argo array, an international effort to understand the ocean's sub-surface via technological…
technology
TBT Old School Ocean Tech: Simple Sampling Gear
Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that make it all worth it! Well, it may just be me, but…
technology
Under the Sea(floor): Ocean Drilling and Scientific Discovery
Deep, dark, and mysterious, the ocean seafloor contains clues and records of past life and climates on earth. Understanding the…
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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…
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Hard Coral or Macroalgae? Coral Reefs May Have Another Option
Most of the time coral reef communities are discussed, it seems the focus is whether they’re dominated by hard coral…
Policy Science Communication technology
Citizen Science in the New Year!
Tired of only reading articles about science and wishing you could get out there any join those research teams instead?…
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Eat Organic at Your Local Gyre Margin
Paper: Letscher, Robert T., et al. 2016. Nutrient budgets in the subtropical ocean gyres dominated by lateral transport. Nature Geoscience, v.9:…
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…
Climate Change Glaciers Physical oceanography technology
Melting ice shelves could be slowing down ocean circulation: Elephant seals lend a flipper to find out
Wanted: Antarctic researchers to study the formation of deep water in the coastal Antarctic seas. Job requirements: Plenty of blubber…
Physical oceanography technology
Ghost ships, adorable flotsam, and measuring surface currents
The ocean is teeming with floating objects. Some of them are creepy, rusted, abandoned boats. Others are cute little bath…
Atmospheric Science Book Review technology
Measuring Wind is for the Birds!
There are a lot of things animals are better at than humans. What if we could get our animal colleagues…
Biology Modeling
The dark side of the…cephalopod eye?
Cephalopods are among the most colorful creatures in the ocean but only see in black and white. A father/son team…
Geology Modeling
Pluto perhaps not so icy after all
Pluto, the ex-planet at the far reaches of our solar system, recently had a nice photo op as a NASA…