Science Communication
Your worldview: how values influence support of renewable energy
There are a lot of moving parts to consider when developing renewable energy projects. Read more to learn how people’s…
ocean engineering
Making waves in the Southern Ocean
Scientists from the Applied Physics Laboratory in Seattle tested a wave-powered ocean robot in the treacherous, turbulent waters of the…
Climate Change Ecology
Local disturbance and global warming unite to make seagrasses taste better to predators
Seagrasses form some of the most important habitats in the marine world. Under threat from global climate change as well…
Sharkbites Saturday
To Cull or Not to Cull: Determining Attitudes Towards Shark Mitigation Strategies
Opinions are like…well, you know…everyone’s got them. But how can we use what people think to make better decisions? Researchers…
deep sea Ocean Exploration
Science Behind the Scenes: The Corps of Exploration on the Exploration Vessel Nautilus
What kind of people does it take to do research out at sea? Oceanbites writers Ashley Marranzino and Megan Chen…
deep sea Methodology Ocean Exploration Science Communication
Science Behind the Scenes: A Tour of the Exploration Vessel Nautilus
What is it really like to do research out at sea? Last month oceanbites writers Megan Chen and Ashley Marranzino…
Book Review
the Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
The soul of an octopus: a surprising exploration into the wonder of consciousness by Sy Montgomery is a excellent non-fiction…
Behavior
How to clean a sea turtle
Could you imagine if you had to actively seek out showering stations to stay clean? For sea turtles, they must…
Microbiology
Riding the phage wave: Emerging role of viruses in the ocean
Viruses live in the ocean, where they infect bacteria who also live in the ocean. Ocean viruses are crucial to…
Biology Book Review
More than just a game of tag: learning about seabird habitat use through tagging studies
Tagging seabirds has only been possible with recent developments in technology, but we can learn a ton about their distribution…
Biogeochemistry
New Evidence of Erosion, Weathering and CO2 Together Regulating Glacier Formation
Ice cover on earth extends and recedes over thousands of years. But what drives these fluctuations? Moreover, what guarantees that…
Physical oceanography
Observing Ocean Clarity from Space
A Secchi Disk is a simple tool used to measure water transparency and has been used for over 100 years!…
ocean engineering
E’rybody move to yer left
Particulate matter shows up everywhere in oceanography: remote sensing, paleoceanography, climate studies…the list goes on and on. Despite how often…
Physical oceanography
Return from the deep: three-dimensional pathways of upwelling in the Southern Ocean
A group of scientists mapped the pathways of deep water to the sea surface in three-dimensions for the first time,…
Book Review Sharkbites Saturday
The G.O.A.T. of sharks: Where is the greatest of all hammerhead sharks going?
The great hammerhead is one of the most interesting yet illusive large coastal shark species. Herein, we review recent work…
Geology
Tsunami Hunt: Studying Subduction Zone Faults for Preparedness
Destructive tsunamis pose profound hazards to both big and small coastal communities. The 2011 Japan tsunami originated from a subduction…
Ecology Invasive Species
Aliens in the kelp forests – community ecology and Miso soup
In the plant world, competition between species is almost always over space. Space dictates how much sunlight, nutrients, and potential mates…
Physiology
As far as the eye can(‘t) see: climate change may impact vision
Seawater is getting warmer, more acidic, and depleted of oxygen, and those shifts are causing animals serious problems: decreases in…
Microbiology
The answer to starvation? Diversity
Photosynthetic microorganisms can't go it alone, so they succeed by playing host to a diverse array of microbial partners
Biology
Sea snakes join the dark side to cope with pollution
Black sea snakes are more common in contaminated sites. Why?
