Science Communication
Calling STEM Grad Students: Apply for ComSciCon 2016!
Applications are now open for the Communicating Science 2016 workshop, to be held in Cambridge, MA on June 9-11, 2016.…
Biological oceanography Climate Change Glaciers Sea Ice
Hope Floats: how icebergs are fighting climate change
An iceberg couldn’t help Leo win an Oscar, but new research highlights how icebergs may help battle climate change. Read…
Pollution
Flying high: the ospreys are alright!
Chesapeake Bay osprey populations were at an all-time low in the 1970’s due in part to pesticides like DDT. Forty…
Biology Book Review Ecology Human impacts
Stellar’s Sea Cow and Their Not So Stellar Demise
Steller's Sea Cow provides an example of how many large animals in the Pleistocene may have gone extinct.
Behavior Conservation Ecology Fisheries Human impacts
The Search for Dolly Varden
A fish that has contributed greatly to subsistence farming in Alaska might face negative impacts of human development and become…
Biology Genetics
Little fish, new pond – watching stickleback evolution in real-time
When most people think about evolution, they see it as an extremely slow, gradual process that occurs over almost unthinkably…
Climate Change ocean engineering
One person’s noise, is another person’s data
Measuring the heat content of deep ocean waters is critical to understanding how our global climate system works. It is…
Biogeochemistry Ecology Geology
A Slick Study! Natural Oil Seeps and Chlorophyll
Oil seeps are naturally occurring sources of oil to the marine environment. This study looks at the impacts of oil…
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.…
