Coral
Lost in the sound: coral planulae habitat selection affected by boat noise
It can be hard to cut through the noises that surround us and focus on the task in front of…
Climate Change Conservation Human impacts Policy Sea Ice
Who Governs the Ocean Around Antarctica?
Antarctica is often considered an untouched wilderness. While its location is remote, the region is hardly undisturbed by human activity.…
Climate Change
What’s happening to carbon in the warming Arctic?
The Arctic, warming at unprecedented rates, is undergoing profound changes. Using recent atmospheric CO2 measurements, Su-Jong Jeong and his colleagues…
Sharkbites Saturday
Ecotourism may impact white shark activity levels
Herein we discuss new research using accelerators to investigate if wildlife tourism (for example cage diving) impacts activity in white…
Biogeochemistry Physical oceanography technology
Seasonal Ice Melt Shows Signs of Blooms
Floats collected data underneath the ice during the winter and when the ice melted there were signs of phytoplankton blooms!…
Economy
Losing Coral Reefs Will Cost Us More Money
Coral reefs are extremely important ecosystems. Sadly, climate change, pollution, and various other threats are causing us to lose some…
Sharkbites Saturday
A new take on disco fever: using “the disco effect” to save sharks
Happy Shark Week! In this article we discuss the potential use of disco-like stimuli to deter various species sharks from…
Conservation
Good Neighbors: Why we need to be careful with Piping Plovers, even when they aren’t breeding
A new study has discovered that leaving Piping Plover habitat unprotected when the birds aren't breeding may be hindering conservation…
Fisheries
Tackling Invasive Lionfish with our Stomachs.
As a lover of seafood and the environment, it can be tough to find a sustainable fix for fishy cravings.…
Climate Change
The ongoing story of Hurricane Harvey
With the start of the 2018 hurricane season, we explore what happened last year during one of the costliest hurricanes…
Biology
Seabird tagging 101
How do we know where seabirds live and eat? Not such an easy question without special technology! Check out this…
Book Review Sharkbites Saturday
Stuck in the middle with you: The trophic ecology of Caribbean reef sharks and large teleost coral reef predators
We often think of sharks as the top of the ocean food web, chowing down on seals and big fish…
Fisheries
Hope in isolation: four small islands are defying current threats to ocean health
Would you believe me if I told you that the oceans still possessed pristine, unimpacted habitats? In an age where…
ocean engineering
Swimming with the fishes
Studying organisms in their natural habitat is tricky business (and not in the GoodFellas sense). A recent paper from MIT…
Sharkbites Saturday
Hungry Shark: Examining the diet of tiger sharks in South Africa during different life stages.
Tiger sharks aren't shy when it comes to their diets! Check out this article to read more about how these…
technology
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…
Survey
August Theme Week Survey
Hello! Theme Weeks are making a return in August! The authors would love to cover a topic of interest to…
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Physical oceanography Sea Ice
Sea Ice Modifies Biological Processes
A recent study investigates the relationship between sea ice variability and phytoplankton growth in climate models. Phytoplankton are responsible for…
Climate Change
The future according to the Paris Agreement? Not so simple.
Meet the Paris Agreement goal and limit the human-caused rise in average global temperature to 1.5 ˚C? Sounds good. Do…
Biogeochemistry Biological oceanography deep sea Human Health Human impacts
Not So Organic Marine Snow
What happens when plastic pollution mixes into the ocean carbon cycle? Read to find out more about how plastic from…
