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Behavior Book Review Climate Change Coastal Management Ocean Acidification

Going Mute: Ocean acidification silences shrimp snaps

Coastal areas could fall silent in the next century as ocean acidification alters and affects the natural soundscapes of the…
April 14, 2016April 14, 2016 Andrea Schlunk
Biogeochemistry

Dust detectives: tracing the origins of Antarctic ice core debris

Tiny dust particles punch above their weight by delivering nutrients to remote ecosystems. A new study uses the chemical fingerprint…
April 13, 2016 Michael Philben
Atmosphere science Book Review Hazards Physical oceanography

Beat the Heat: Predicting Eastern U.S. Hot Days using the Pacific Ocean

Get ready for summer! Scientists have found a new way to predict the extremely hot days that occur throughout summer,…
April 12, 2016April 14, 2016 Austen Blair
Biological oceanography Book Review Sea Ice

Plankton fill up ice-free summer homes

Source: Li, Y., R. Ji, S. Jenouvrier, M. Jin, and J. Stroeve (2016), Synchronicity between ice retreat and phytoplankton bloom…
April 8, 2016April 7, 2016 Veronica Tamsitt
technology

Coral! At The Disco: Using fluorescence (and computer science) to label reef data

A group of scientists and engineers have leveraged two emerging technologies to develop a new system for studying coral in…
April 7, 2016April 7, 2016 Eric Orenstein
Book Review Survey

Oceanbites Theme Week Survey: May 2016

Please vote for next month's theme so we can write about a topic that you want to know more about!
April 6, 2016April 6, 2016 Rebecca Flynn
Biology Conservation Coral Ecology

The importance of sea urchins

A look into Valeska’s graduate research. Why coral reefs depend on the long spined black sea urchin for survival.
April 6, 2016 Valeska Upham
Aquaculture

What happens to human health when we feed crops to farmed fish?

Feed for farmed seafood is relying on more land-based ingredients. As aquaculture production is projected to increase in response to…
April 5, 2016April 7, 2016 Megan Chen
Aquaculture

Larval Donkey’s ear abalone threatened by climate change

Abalone are an economically and culturally important group of edible sea snails, and a new study demonstrates that they’re at…
April 4, 2016April 4, 2016 Dina Navon
Biology Ecology

Variety in the personal lives of triggerfish

Triggerfish don't all opt for monogamy. Read on to see what mating strategies they use and why there is so…
April 4, 2016April 4, 2016 Sarah Giltz
En Espanol

Estan Vivas: Las Costas Vivas!!

Translated by Sandra Schleier- Original Post by Kari Pohl-St.Laurent  Artículo: Davis JL, Currin CA, O’Brien C, Raffenburg C, Davis A (2015). “Living Shorelines: Coastal…
April 2, 2016April 4, 2016 Sandra Schleier
Behavior Biology Ecology Evolution Natural History

Fooled Ya! How marine animals stay hidden in plain sight

It’s April Fools’ Day! Today’s the day when you try to prank people, convince them your lies are true, and…
April 1, 2016April 1, 2016 Rebecca Flynn
Alternative Energy

Tides and Waves: Sources of Endless Energy

Today's guest post by Amin Mivehchi is a brief introduction on harnessing tidal energy from the power plants of the…
March 31, 2016March 31, 2016 Carrie McDonough
Climate Change Physical oceanography

The Atlantic Ocean is the Culprit in the Case of the Cooling Eastern Pacific

A classic climate "Whodunit"? Can researchers get to the bottom of the mystery of the cooling eastern Pacific Ocean, three…
March 30, 2016March 30, 2016 Brian Caccioppoli
Behavior Ecology

Scaredy-crab behavior can alter food webs

Being small crab can be tough. Dodging predators from the land, sea, and air is no small task. A new…
March 29, 2016 Derrick Alcott
Ecology Human impacts

Armored but uninhabited: how beach armoring is altering transitional communities

Let’s get back on the beach for the final day of spring break! Here we explore the unique communities inhabiting…
March 25, 2016 Gordon Ober
Coastal Management

It’s ALIVE: Living Shorelines!

It’s no secret we want to protect our shorelines from erosion and coastal storms. One best management practice catching steam…
March 24, 2016March 24, 2016 Kari St.Laurent
Atmospheric Science Coastal Management Cyclones Hazards Human impacts Modeling ocean engineering Physical oceanography

Storm Troopers! Robots collect ocean data during hurricanes

Hurricane prediction models are constantly improving as we create more innovative ways to study the growth and development of storms.…
March 23, 2016March 25, 2016 Nicole Couto
En Espanol

De ballenas y Vacas: El Microbioma de las ballenas barbudas revelado

Translated by Sandra Schleier- Original Post by Abrahim El Gamal Artículo: J.G. Sander, A.C. Beichmann, J. Roman, J.J. Scott, D.…
March 22, 2016March 25, 2016 Sandra Schleier
Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Fisheries Policy

Ports, Pups, Policy, and Low Sardine Stocks

While sardine stocks are seeing disturbingly low numbers along the US west coast, affecting fishermen and marine mammals that depend…
March 22, 2016March 21, 2016 Zoe Gentes

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