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BAD BOYZ 2.0. Emerging environmental contaminants

Our generation is facing environmental challenges not only from commonly-known contaminants, but also emerging ones, which have been lurking in…

Human impacts

New Nitrogen in Town: Nitrogen Deposition on the Open Ocean

Life in the ocean depends on a variety of nutrients, an important one being nitrogen. Phytoplankton, at the bottom of…

Paleoceanography

The Once and Future Ocean

A newly collected sediment core from the Labrador Current gave Dr. Harunur Rashid a glimpse of the ancient ocean. What…

Sharkbites Saturday

Can you keep me safe? What can MPAs do for Sharks

Article: White, T. D., Carlisle, A. B., Kroodsma, D. A., Block, B. A., Casagrandi, R., De Leo, G. A., ……

Biogeochemistry

An arsenic surprise: How our buried past will catch up with us

Global sea level is expected to rise 0.8 to 1 meter by 2100 and may release arsenic trapped in soil.…

Biochemistry Ecology

Metal fingerprints enhance recycling

The bioaccumulation of bioactive metals in top predators plays a key role in the recycling of nutrients in HNLC zones…

Conservation

Current connections: how far away coastlines influence marine reserves

A research team used a state-of-the-art model to map how four remote Marine Protected Areas are connected to the surrounding…

Behavior Biology Climate Change

Orca vs Narwhal

Orcas are natural predators of narwhals, but they are seasonally kept at bay by Arctic sea ice. As the Arctic…

Methodology

Using seabirds to study squid

How do scientists track fast swimming squid in the remote and vast open waters of the Southern Ocean? Probably not…

Book Review Human impacts Pollution

Happy World Oceans Day!

Happy World Oceans Day! A day to celebrate and appreciate the fantastic oceans, while also raising awareness of the importance…

Paleoceanography

Paleoshorelines: Time capsules of the ocean’s ancient shorelines

In celebration of World Ocean’s Week, let’s take a moment to think about how far we have come in discovering…

Book Review Pollution

Oil Spill Snorkels: Eating oil, breathing electrons, saving the world?

Oil spills are not great for the environment, but some bacteria thrive on eating oil. Scientists have been researching ways…

Book Review Pollution

Spotlight on Constructed Wetlands

Wetlands are one of the world’s powerhouses for ecosystem services, filtering our water, controlling coastal erosion, and providing feeding and…

Survey

Theme Week Survey: July 2017

Hello Readers! We want to write about topics that interest you! That’s why we dedicate one week each month to…

Sharkbites Saturday

Fintastic friends: even sharks prefer familiar faces

Researchers at the Bimini Field Biological Station Shark Lab investigated shark group preferences in juvenile lemon sharks, and the results…

Fisheries Policy

Fishy Crimes: How Indonesia Is Taking Back Its Fisheries

Fish poaching is a huge problem for countries around the globe, disrupting conservation efforts and damaging local economies. Indonesia, once…

Biology

Candidate compass genes in fish

A team of American researchers use next-generation sequencing to ask: "magnetoreception, how does it work?"

deep sea

Eating bones and building habitats: the life of an ecosystem engineer

Believe it or not, zombies can be...a good thing? Read on to find out how "zombie worms" in the deep…

Behavior Neurobiology Toxicology

The effects of social history on alcohol tolerance in crayfish

Lonely crawdad’s can really handle their liquor according to this study.

En Espanol

Ctrl+P: Aplicaciones de las impresiones 3D en la Oceanografía

Translated by Sandra Schleier, Original Post BY PRABARNA GANGULY Artículo: Mohammed, J.S. (2016). Applications of 3D printing technologies in oceanography. Methods in…