Paleoceanography
Can bumps in the seafloor explain glacial-interglacial cycles?
The best scientific theories bring lots of things together in unexpected ways. This one has ice ages, seafloor volcanoes, sea…
Atmospheric Science Book Review technology
Measuring Wind is for the Birds!
There are a lot of things animals are better at than humans. What if we could get our animal colleagues…
Biology Modeling
The dark side of the…cephalopod eye?
Cephalopods are among the most colorful creatures in the ocean but only see in black and white. A father/son team…
Biology
Young whales build baleen out of ribs
Juvenile bowhead whales put off gaining length and undergo severe bone loss to invest in growing their massive heads and…
deep sea Ecology
How Much Wood Can A Wood Boring Clam Bore?
How much wood could a wood boring clam bore if a wood boring clam was given a lot of different…
En Espanol
Una revisión mala de los Quelpos: Problemas en tiempos de calentamiento
Translated by Sandra Schleier, Original Post by ABRAHIM EL GAMAL Artículo: Wernberg T, Bennett S, Babcock RC, de Bettignies T, Cure…
Behavior Conservation Ecology Fisheries Harmful Algal Bloom Methodology Noise Remote Sensing
Listening for Symptoms: A new use for hydrophones in the face of harmful algal blooms
Whales aren't the only animals hydrophones can detect out in the ocean. In fact, in the near future it might…
Climate Change Ecology
A bad kelp review: trouble in times of warming
Kelp forests are all but disappearing due to record ocean temperatures leading to a fogging of boundaries between traditional ecosystems.
Behavior Biology deep sea
Hide-and-Go-Seek in the Deep Sea
In the deep sea off the coast of Antartica, sea urchins are getting crafty to avoid predation from king crabs.…
Biology
Unsuccessful Octo-cultures
Have you ever tried to farm something and had it not work? That is a definite trend for famers trying…
Biological oceanography Biology Climate Change
Tiny but tough: calcification in marine phytoplankton
Coccolithophores stand out from other marine phytoplankton in their ability to form calcified plates. Why is it beneficial for coccolithophores…
Book Review Conference Conservation Science Communication
Highlights from the International Marine Conservation Congress, Newfoundland, Canada
At the International Marine Conservation Congress this year, I got a first-timer’s look into the world of marine conservation research…
Science Communication
Notes from the Undergrads 2016: Part II
This summer, undergraduate students from all over the United States have come to the University of Rhode Island Graduate School…
Science Communication
Notes from the Undergrads 2016: Part I
This summer, undergraduate students from all over the United States have come to the University of Rhode Island Graduate School…
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Theme Week Survey: September 2016
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Climate Change Evolution
Who benefits from more CO2? Harmful algae.
Climate change will produce both winners and losers, but we might not like who ends up winning! New research shows…
En Espanol
Científicos revelan un descubrimiento grasiento: el pez espada lubrica su cabeza para aumentar velocidad
Translated by Sandra Schleier, Original Post by Megan Chen Artículo: Videler, JJ, Haydar, D, Snoek, R, Hoving, HJT, Szabo, B,…
Climate Change
Looking to the tropics to explain Antarctica’s expanding ice
Scientists confirm an surprising explanation for Antarctica's expanding sea ice in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
Book Review Climate Change Glaciers Sea-level Rise
Watermelon snow – Colorful algae speed up the melting of glaciers
Red snow algae can form massive blooms on ice sheets every summer as the snow starts to melt. But their…
Biology
Scientists reveal a greasy discovery: swordfish lubricate their heads for speed!
Swordfish boast a variety of adaptations that makes them one of the fastest swimmers on the planet! Everything from their…