Behavior
Studying Leopard Seals in Antarctica
Check out this article by guest author Sarah Kienle about her recent research expedition to Antarctica to study leopard seals!
Biology
Sleeping with one eye open: fur seals may help us understand sleep patterns
Most mammals need to catch their zzz’s to function properly. Fur seals appear to naturally go through prolonged periods of…
Atmosphere science Biological oceanography Biology Climate Change Ecology Genetics Human impacts Microbiology Ocean Acidification
Fixin’ to lose: Trichodesmium reacts to climate change
Nitrogen is vital for all life on the planet. One of the main global sources for nitrogen, the bacteria Trichodesmium,…
Biodiversity
Linking marine and human health in Hispaniola
Biodiversity is often associated with higher standards of human livelihood, but researchers have yet to draw a direct line between…
Plastic Pollution
Important oyster-producing region of British Columbia swamped with microplastics
If you grew up in the developed world, chances are you have an intimate relationship with plastic. Your lunch…
Climate Change Physical oceanography Sea Ice
Sea Ice Drives Global Circulation
A recent study uses observational data from the Antarctic to show that sea ice processes help drive the global current…
Sharkbites Saturday
Saving Sawfish: Using local knowledge to study critically endangered species in remote areas
What if I told you sharks have cousins that are so morphologically distinct, they swim around sporting a toothy, chainsaw-like…
Fisheries
Ocean to Table Mercury: a Rising Risk
For fish eaters, mercury consumption is an ever-present worry but often pushed to the backs of our minds. But the…
Biological oceanography Climate Change Physical oceanography
Turn Up The Heat, Turn Down the Productivity
What happens if we do not curb carbon emissions? In a recent study, Moore and co-authors (2018) predict the implications of…
Behavior
Bite or Flight: How Seaweed Can Shape Feeding Behavior in Fish
What is a forest without trees or a coral reef without coral? Neither a forest nor a coral reef. Entire…
Behavior Biology
The Efficiency of Nautili
Imagine if you could function just as well at the top of Mt. Everest (where the air is super thin)…
Behavior
Not Just Hanging Out: The Importance of Humpback Whale Mother Calf-Area Use in Hawaii
Continue to celebrate Mother's Day before May ends by exploring the amazing bond between humpback whale mothers and their calves.…
Biological oceanography Ecology Harmful Algal Bloom Remote Sensing
Cyanobacteria invasions… from space?
They may not come from space, but they can be seen from up there! Learn how microscopic plants called cyanobacteria…
Fisheries
Big Momma: bigger fish are better moms
What makes a fish a good mom? Read here to see why scientists now think that big fish moms are…
Behavior
Power by the numbers: tiny shrimp generate turbulence in the ocean
Imagine hundreds of thousands of tiny shrimp swimming in the ocean. Believe it or not, the combined swimming action of…
Biological oceanography
Arctic Lights
We often think of the Arctic as a cold, dark place. But as sea ice continues to recede in the…
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Ocean Acidification
Gassing Earth Out of the Ice Age: the North Pacific
Enhanced upwelling and CO2 degassing from the North Pacific during a warm climate event 14,000 years ago may have helped…
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Physical oceanography
Predicted Change to the Southern Ocean Silicate Front
The Southern Ocean Silicate Front (SF) is an important boundary separating waters that are silicate-rich and waters that are silicate-poor.…
Climate Change
Seaweed may be a winner in a warming world
Have you ever thought about ocean critters that might benefit from climate change? Hernández et al. collected six species of…
Physical oceanography
Circulation running amok? Scientists think it could be happening in the North Atlantic
Check out this oceanbites take on two recent articles that suggest Atlantic circulation is slower now than it has been…