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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
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…
May 20, 2015 Derrick Alcott
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…
May 19, 2015May 20, 2015 Hillary Scannell
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…
May 18, 2015May 18, 2015 Valeska Upham
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…
May 15, 2015May 15, 2015 Irvin Huang
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…
May 14, 2015May 14, 2015 Megan Chen
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…
May 13, 2015May 11, 2015 Kari St.Laurent
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…
May 12, 2015 Gordon Ober
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!
May 11, 2015May 11, 2015 Sarah Giltz
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…
May 7, 2015 Caoxin Sun
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…
May 6, 2015May 6, 2015 Erin McLean
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…
May 5, 2015May 5, 2015 Brian Caccioppoli
Climate Change Physiology

Offspring inherit trait developed in parents

Damselfish offspring inherit a trait developed by parents raised in warmer temperatures.
May 4, 2015May 5, 2015 Lis Henderson

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