Behavior Ecology
Killer food: the harmful effects of a diatom diet
What if a single bite out of your favorite cheeseburger was toxic to your health? In the ocean, copepods are…
Climate Change
Was the California drought the worst in history?
California has seen longer droughts and drier years in the past, but a new reconstruction shows that 2012-2015 was the…
Ocean Exploration
Online Ocean Exploration
Anybody can explore the ocean as long as they can access the internet. Just because you can not be at…
Book Review Coastal Management Conservation Human impacts Modeling Oysters Restoration technology
Oh Where, Oh Where Should This Oyster Reef Go?
Where indeed? Oyster reef restoration and use for shoreline protection requires some planning to maximize effectiveness. Find out more in…
Biology Conference
Oceanbites at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology: Part II
This year’s annual meeting for the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology brought together over 2000 scientists to share their…
Climate Change Physical oceanography
Can the ocean take the heat?
Things heat up as scientists investigate deeper to find out how much heat the ocean can take.
Biology
Oceanbites at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Part I
The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) hosts an annual meeting in the United States. With over two thousand…
Climate Change Geology Glaciers
Mountains vs. Climate, Recorded in Marine Sediment
Mountain ranges can actively evolve with Earth’s climate. A new study of the St. Elias Range in coastal Alaska demonstrates…
Sea Turtles
The ocean + a blind turtle + some driftwood = lucky to be human
Today we’ll take a detour from our usual format to do a quick ‘back-of-the-envelope’ calculation about Buddhism and why being…
Physiology
Oxygen favours the bold
It takes personality for the African sharptooth catfishes to breathe air. But they also consider their surroundings before visiting the…
Behavior Climate Change Conservation
Making Room for New Neighbors: Observing Penguin Foraging
What happens when we rely on models, only to realize we're missing pieces of the puzzle? Climate change models predict…
Climate Change Physical oceanography Remote Sensing
Miles-deep currents seen from miles high
The system of currents that moves water and heat around the globe and regulates global climate may be slowing down.…
Biological oceanography Biology Climate Change Fisheries
The Codfathers: Holding the Keys to Success in Warming Oceans
Atlantic cod stocks have struggled to recover from overfishing for decades. Warming oceans will make a cod recovery even more…
Conservation Ecology Seagrass
It’s a TRAP! Predators help trap carbon in coastal sediments
Vegetated coastal ecosystems, such as salt marshes, can trap and store carbon for millennia. This perspective investigates how the effects…
Conservation Ecology Human impacts Volcanoes
Stop: Recovery Time!: Using volcanoes to model recovery of deep-sea communities
Deep sea communities are full of weird and wonderful animals that we don't know much about, and human demand for…
Biological oceanography Noise
In the Heart of the Sea: Following the Song of Humpback Whales to Study Migration
Every year, humpback whales journey across the ocean. Using passive acoustics to study whale song, scientists are able to follow…
Book Review Survey
February Theme Week Survey
Let us know what you’d like to read about in February by choosing one of the options below! Whichever topic…
Conservation Human impacts
Sea turtles vs Airguns
As we look for oil beneath the sea floor we cause a ruckus. How do sea turtles react and how…
Biology Climate Change Ecology Fisheries
Disoriented fish are getting lost at sea!
Young fish rely on sound cues to navigate the vast ocean, but as our oceans acidify, the journey home to…
Behavior Biology Book Review Ecology Noise
Rising above the noise
Oceanbites is still “ringing” in the New Year! Find out how in a sea full of noisy fish one can…