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…
Sharkbites Saturday
A Race for Recovery: can reef shark populations recover in no-take marine protected areas?
In this article we discuss the use of marine protected areas in relation to an apex predator of the ecosystem,…
Fisheries
Heavy Metal Presence in Fish from Fresh and Coastal Waters of Ghana
Heavy metal: it’s not just an intense genre of rock music, but also an element high in density that can…
Atmosphere science Climate Change Sea Ice
The Polar Vortex, Bomb Cyclones, and Climate
Bomb cyclones, the polar vortex, and climate - they’ve all been in the news in recent years, but how do…
Plastic Pollution
A Swirling Sea of Plastic
Check out this article detailing how currents and eddies in the ocean help determine plastic pollution distribution!
Plastic Pollution
Microbe Mishap: Microplastic Pollution on the Coast of China
Marine plastic pollution has vast negative effects on the environment and human health. Microbes on the plastic may be transferring…
Behavior Policy
Killing Jaws: Tackling the Idea of the Bloodthirsty Predator
Even though shark attacks are rare, fear of sharks has led people to support laws that kill sharks en masse.…
Sharkbites Saturday
Homebodies on the move: Documenting partial seasonal migration in mature nurse sharks
If I asked you to name a migrating shark, you might list pelagic ocean rovers like the white (Carcharodon carcharias),…
ocean engineering
I saw the Sun!
It opened up my eyes, I saw the sun! Well, in this case, it opened up my light polarization sensor…
Ecology Fisheries Pollution
Little fish, big fish… which one poses the bigger threat?
Article: Biton-Porsmoguer, S., Bǎnaru, D., Boudouresque, C. F., Dekeyser, I., Bouchoucha, M., Marco-Miralles, F., … & Harmelin-Vivien, M. (2018). Mercury…
Fisheries
Honey I shrunk the….fish?
What we know about commercial fishing's repercussions on reef fish is more complicated than just reducing the size of their…
Biogeochemistry Biological oceanography Biology Book Review Climate Change deep sea Ecology Microbiology
Biofilms are a prominent first step in the colonization of wood-falls
A profound yet never-before-appreciated first step in the colonization of sulfur oxidizing bacteria on the surface of wood-debris in the…
Sharkbites Saturday
Citizen Science and Undersea Stars: The Value of Photographs to Global Megafauna Biology
Check out this article about how tourist pictures of whale sharks are helping scientists learn about whale shark populations around…
Biological oceanography
The Declining Japanese Eel Population: Is Ocean Circulation to Blame?
Recent declines in Japanese eel populations have been attributed to overfishing, but that may not be the only factor at…
Climate Change
Old Bay of Fundy dykelands could sequester massive amounts of carbon if restored to saltmarsh
Blue Carbon Blue carbon is a term scientists use to describe the organic material contained within all the living…
