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Chemistry Climate Change Ocean Acidification Paleoceanography

Path of Corrosion: How Scientists Modeled Ancient Sea-Floor Acidity

Today, we see a rapid release of CO2 to the atmosphere associated with climate change. The same was true 55…
June 23, 2015June 23, 2015 Zoe Gentes
Conference Economy Fisheries Policy Science Communication

Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2015 Highlights

Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW) is an annual event in Washington, D.C. that brings together a wide range of leaders…
June 19, 2015June 19, 2015 Megan Chen
Coastal Management Conservation Ecology

The True Value of Fish Nurseries

Estuaries (where freshwater and seawater mix) are used as nursery grounds to raise many species of young fish around the…
June 18, 2015 Derrick Alcott
Climate Change

Indian Ocean keeps the Pacific cool

Inter-ocean heat transport through Indonesia’s archipelago offloads excess heat from the tropical Pacific to the Indian Ocean. Findings emphasize the…
June 17, 2015June 17, 2015 Hillary Scannell
Coastal Management Ecology Human impacts

Do fish communities need natural shorelines, or are artificial structures ok?

Due to coastal development and natural erosion, shoreline fish communities are stressed. Several versions of artificial structures have been built…
June 16, 2015June 16, 2015 Valeska Upham
Atmospheric Chemistry Biology

Marine microbial activity poses restrictions on cloud formation

Researchers from Scripps Institute of Oceanography have found that humble heterotrophic bacteria in the surface waters of the ocean can…
June 15, 2015 Irvin Huang
Biology Book Review Ecology Geology Sea-level Rise

There is a need for healthy parrotfish to maintain the reef islands

When you think of sediment erosion and island building physical processes and volcanism may come to mind. Well, you may…
June 12, 2015 Anne M. Hartwell
Biology Climate Change

It’s getting warm, should I migrate now?

Leatherback turtles are nesting later due to warming sea surface temperatures at their foraging grounds, raising questions on how climate…
June 11, 2015June 11, 2015 Kari St.Laurent
Biology Climate Change Coral Ecology Ocean Acidification Physiology

Consummate Corals: resilience in an acidifying ocean

Gloom and doom has been the dominant message associated with climate change. However, it is important to remember that when…
June 10, 2015 Gordon Ober
Biology Book Review

Seeing in the dark: zooplankton in Arctic winter.

Winter nights are very long and dark near the poles. How well can krill and other zooplankton see to get…
June 9, 2015June 9, 2015 Sarah Giltz
Biology Ecology Parasitism

Gulls in Argentina bully whales into changing their behavior

Whales are a lot like people: if something’s annoying or hurting you, you’ll go out of your way to avoid…
June 4, 2015May 30, 2015 Erin McLean
Book Review

Satellites Agree: Sea Level Rise Accelerated Over Last Decade

Satellite altimetry: talk about a game-changer! Measurement of the oceans’ sea surface height by satellite altimetry has revolutionized the study…
June 3, 2015 Brian Caccioppoli
Book Review Climate Change Fisheries

North Sea fish stick to warming shallows rather than cooling off at depth

Models based on historical survey data indicate that with long term warming trends, fish distributions in the North Sea will…
June 2, 2015 Lis Henderson
Biochemistry Harmful Algal Bloom Physiology

Toxic meal: Chemical cues from copepods increase red-tide toxicity

Yes, you can purchase a fuzzy red tide-forming algal cell. Aside from being much smaller and lacking any type of…
May 29, 2015 Sean Anderson
Biology Physiology

The first evidence of a warm blooded fish

Fish are cold blooded, right? Their body temperature is regulated by the temperature of the surrounding water. Well, this may…
May 28, 2015May 28, 2015 Ashley Marranzino
Conservation Fisheries Human impacts technology

Technology for Turtles: TurtleWatch Program to Protect Sea Turtles and Assist Fishermen

A technology that both benefits fishermen and helps prevent sea turtle bycatch? Yes, please! The great news is that it…
May 27, 2015May 27, 2015 Rebecca Flynn
ocean engineering

Staying ahead of commercial exploitation in the deep sea

The first seafloor massive sulfide mine in the Pacific is expected to begin commercial operation in 2017. Licenses have already…
May 26, 2015 Virginia Schutte
Book Review

Cold Fjords are Hot Spots for Carbon Burial

Marine sediments are responsible for long-term burial of organic carbon. Fjords transport massive amounts of fresh sediment to the ocean…
May 25, 2015 Zoe Gentes
Evolution Microbiology Natural History

From 591 leagues under the sea to eukaryote and me: introducing the closest known relative to our cells

Scientists think they've found an ancient link to the eukaryotic cell from the deep down in the ocean, and it's…
May 22, 2015May 28, 2015 Abrahim El Gamal
Biogeochemistry Geology Natural History Paleoceanography Sea-level Rise Volcanoes

A 2.5 billion year old story about iron in the ocean, told by a rock

New light has been shed on the possibility of an alternative iron sink than previous thought prior to the oxygenation…
May 21, 2015May 21, 2015 Anne M. Hartwell

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