Behavior
Using acoustics to learn about Pingu
As humans forage to find snacks in their fridges, the little penguin forages in the sea, but just how effective…
Biological oceanography Climate Change
Some ~don’t~ like it hot: Ocean warming is bad for pelagic animals
Global ocean warming is predicted to have negative impacts on ocean animals living in the middle of the food web.
Policy
Let’s Go to the Beach? Questioning Coastal Access Equity in the Ocean State
Researchers studied how race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status affect access to the coast in Rhode Island.
Coral
How many symbionts does it take to make a happy coral?
The composition of symbiont communities affects the flow of nutrients between symbionts and their coral hosts
Conservation engineerings
The secret lives of real baby turtles… and fake ones?
Clabough EBD, Kaplan E, Hermeyer D, Zimmerman T, Chamberlin J, Wantman S (2022) The secret life of baby turtles:…
Sea-level Rise
Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Communities
More accurate predictions of future sea-level changes can help avoid unnecessary damage to coastal communities and infrastructure.
deep sea
Lifestyles of the world’s extreme limpets
These mollusks are thriving, not surviving at deep sea vents under the Arctic ice - how did they get there?
Coral Human impacts
Are more people flocking to coral reefs?
Many want a warm place near the ocean to live or vacation. Has this changed in the last 20 years?
Plastic Pollution
How much lost fishing gear contributes to ocean pollution each year?
A realistic global estimate for derelict fishing gear in our oceans.
deep sea Microbiology
Bacterial Batteries: Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents Host Electrifying Bacteria
In a world without light, hydrothermal vent bacteria can still make a spark.
Behavior
Nemo’s neighbours: anemonefish recognize other fish by their stripes
Clownfish treat other reef fish differently depending on their colour patterns
Pollution Remote Sensing
Silty Seas: A Look at Coastal Water Quality Following Wildfires
Wildfires may be impacting more than just air quality!
Parasitism
How can we manage marine diseases in the face of climate and anthropogenic changes?
Glidden, Caroline K., Field, Laurel C., Bachhuber, Silke, Hennessey, Shannon M., Cates, Robyn, Cohen, Lesley, Crockett, Elin, et al. 2022. “ Strategies for Managing Marine Disease.” Ecological Applications 32( 7): e2643. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2643…
Conservation
Where there are birds… there are whales?
You've probably heard that where there's smoke, there's fire. A new study shows a similar connection between whales and birds.
deep sea
Predator of the Deep: the Yokozuna Slickhead
This fish may be a sign of life in the deep sea - especially for large consumers.
Ecology
What does the Amazon Rainforest and the deep ocean have in common?
Cutting down trees in the Amazon affects more than just land animals. What does it mean for the deep ocean?
Ecology
The function of life
Marine vertebrates have different functions in reef ecosystems – what would happen if they disappeared?
Paleontology
This is your brain on arthropod evolution
Reference: Moysiuk, J., Caron, J.B. (2022). A three-eyed radiodont with fossilized neuroanatomy informs the origin of the arthropod head and…
Restoration
SURFO SPECIAL: Egregious Erosion
Erosion is eating away our coasts. What are scientists doing to stop it?
Paleoceanography
Ocean oxygen levels were controlled by plate tectonics during the Phanerozoic Eon
Pohl, A., Ridgwell, A., Stockey, R.G. et al. Continental configuration controls ocean oxygenation during the Phanerozoic. Nature 608, 523–527 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05018-z ************************************ …
