Biochemistry Biology Coastal Management Conservation Fisheries Genetics
Protecting Hometown Herring
River herring are anadromous fish, which means they live most of their life in the ocean but spawn in freshwater…
Book Review Climate Change
Global temperatures: an uphill battle of warm vs. cold
An illusional and fanciful pause in global warming has climate change skeptic buzzing. Understanding the decadal oscillations of natural climate…
Climate Change Ecology Fisheries Human impacts
What would coral reefs be like without human impact?
One would think that an isolated reef ecosystem shielded from the influence of people would provide an ideal benchmark against…
Biology Ecology Physiology
Elastic nerves make rorqual whales the Mister Fantastic of the ocean
A team of researchers have discovered extremely elastic nerves in the mouth and tongue of rorqual whales. This is highly…
Coastal Management Conservation
Taiwan creates “Facebook” for sea turtles!
Photo ID databases have been used to estimate population sizes for zebras, cheetahs, whales, sharks dolphins, turtles and more. This…
Coastal Management Pollution
Nineteen years later: The clean-up of Boston Harbor’s waste water
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority spent ten years from 1991 and 2000 drastically improving the treatment of waste water released…
Coastal Management Conservation Fisheries
Open-ocean oddity: why isn’t increased prey abundance helping bluefin tuna?
For an apex marine predator like bluefin tuna, increased abundance of prey species should be beneficial. So why then is…
Climate Change Ecology
Sea urchins and their pathogens: a relationship that’s heating up.
The relationship between sea urchin, their amoeba pathogens and their kelp prey is changing with the climate. Find out how!
Pollution
Pollutants have fun sliding downhill in submarine canyons!
Many of us believe that the deep ocean is pristine and not affected by any human activities; the fact that…
Biology Climate Change
Can sperm cells make it in an acidified ocean?
Researchers in Australia investigated whether sea urchin sperm are going to make it through an acidified ocean or if they’ve…
Climate Change
Slightly Refreshing News In A Time of Drought
Two hot items in climate science today are the North American drought and the decade-long warming hiatus. This study finds…
Climate Change Physiology
Offspring inherit trait developed in parents
Damselfish offspring inherit a trait developed by parents raised in warmer temperatures.
Conservation Genetics Human impacts
Long live the seagrass! The relationship between human disturbance and genetic diversity
The Mediterranean seagrass plays very important ecological functions but human disturbances are thought to be one of the main causes…
Biogeochemistry Biology Ecology Microbiology
Time to rethink the role of ocean’s microbes?
Have you ever wondered what may live inside the tiniest drops of seawater? Global oceans are dominated by organisms we…
Biology Genetics
Clams Catch Contagious Cancer
Clams along the northeastern coast of North America are suffering from a form of cancer that researchers have recently discovered…
Book Review Conservation Ecology
Leaving the nursery: fish migration between juvenile and adult habitats
Many fish utilize different habitats as adults than they do as juveniles, but little research has shown how they make…
Ecology
Epic: sperm whales hunt squid
Bad environmental news can seem overwhelming at times. No matter how environmentally aware you are, you will still need to…
Biology Ecology
The Advantages of Being a Deceptive Fish: Tales of a Predatory Mimic
Dusky dottybacks are small (8cm/3in) fish found on the Great Barrier reef, but despite their small size, they are fish…
Hazards Modeling
Hail and Tornadoes? Blame ENSO
El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) can change winter weather on the western coasts of South and North America. Its arm of…
Climate Change Developmental Biology Ocean Acidification Physiology
Sea urchins work harder, faster to cope with ocean acidification
The ability of sea urchins to withstand ocean acidification comes at a hidden cost.