oceanbites

Like Mother, Like Son: Stingrays Pass Toxic Pollutants on to Their Offspring

Animals in early stages of development are particularly susceptible to harmful effects of toxic pollutants. For this reason, the transfer…

How Our “Trash” Can Aid Juvenile Red Snappers

Cement, limestone, and even old barges are being used in the northern Gulf of Mexico to build additional habitats for…

Biology Chemistry

Is the Oil Sands Industry in Canada Linked to Mercury Levels in Birds?

The oil or "tar" sands in Alberta, Canada are the third largest known reserves of accessible oil in the world.…

Biogeochemistry

Carbon on Fire! The role dissolved black carbon plays in the ocean

Fire-derived carbon (or black carbon) composes at least 10% of the marine dissolved organic carbon pool and may act accelerate…

Biology Climate Change

Growing Like a Seaweed: How ocean acidification is aiding the growth and expansion of macroalgae.

While calcifying organisms like corals and bivalves are projected to struggle under future levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), non-calcifying seaweeds…

Geology

From the beach to the abyss: A sand grain’s journey at La Réunion Island

The path a grain of sand takes from land to the deep sea is largely made possible by turbidity currents-…

Chemistry

Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) Entering Deeper Ocean via Vertical Eddy Diffusion

The ocean is home to many creatures: plankton, fish, mammals, etc. But it is also ‘home’ to a number of…

Biology Climate Change Fisheries

Cooked fish: Ocean warming and global fisheries

Global fisheries are expected to change as ocean temperatures warm. A recent study by Cheung et al. uses mean temperature…

Climate Change

Aquaculture as a means of food and protection?

The low lying coast of Bangladesh is burdened with natural weather patterns that bring storm surges, heavy rainfall, and intense…

Biogeochemistry Chemistry

Waiter, there’s a whale in my soup: investigating the South Pacific garbage patch

Plastic debris has been found in both the North Pacific and North Atlantic since the early 1970s. It accumulates in…

Chemistry

Emissions from International Shipping Vessels Contribute to Ocean Acidification

Ship emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides (SOx, NOx) can be deposited and form sulfuric and nitric acid in surface…

Biology

Top predators reveal the extent of mercury pollution in Canadian waters

Common loons, walleye, northern pike, and yellow perch play integral roles in ecosystem dynamics and environmental policy decisions. In this…

Chemistry

Model Suggests 40% of Global Dioxin Emissions End Up in Oceans

Researchers at the University of British Columbia recently presented a global model simulating how dioxins, a group of very toxic,…

Biology Chemistry Climate Change

How will phytoplankton communities change in a warming world?

A global marine ecosystem model was used to predict how primary productivity and carbon export by phytoplankton will change in…

Biology Chemistry Geology

Passing gas makes islanders feel a burn: CO2 degassing, low pH and the similarities between an underwater Greek volcano and two Cameroon lakes

Roughly 360 years ago, on a September afternoon in the Aegean sea, the sky was blotted out as metals tarnished…

Biology Chemistry

oceanbites

Like Mother, Like Son: Stingrays Pass Toxic Pollutants on to Their Offspring

How Our “Trash” Can Aid Juvenile Red Snappers

Is the Oil Sands Industry in Canada Linked to Mercury Levels in Birds?

Carbon on Fire! The role dissolved black carbon plays in the ocean

Growing Like a Seaweed: How ocean acidification is aiding the growth and expansion of macroalgae.

From the beach to the abyss: A sand grain’s journey at La Réunion Island

Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) Entering Deeper Ocean via Vertical Eddy Diffusion

Cooked fish: Ocean warming and global fisheries

Aquaculture as a means of food and protection?

Waiter, there’s a whale in my soup: investigating the South Pacific garbage patch

Emissions from International Shipping Vessels Contribute to Ocean Acidification

Top predators reveal the extent of mercury pollution in Canadian waters

Model Suggests 40% of Global Dioxin Emissions End Up in Oceans

How will phytoplankton communities change in a warming world?

Passing gas makes islanders feel a burn: CO2 degassing, low pH and the similarities between an underwater Greek volcano and two Cameroon lakes

Disconcerting trends of pollutants in the Scandinavian Otter Population

Catastrophic floods or drought? What caused the water level drop of glacial Lake Agassiz?

Coral Reefs Suffering from Ocean Acidification

Fish follow climate velocities through space and time

Disease affects New England Lobsters