Developmental Biology Evolution Natural History
A head of their time: how invertebrates had it in them all along to form the vertebrate head
We owe our hard heads to our invertebrate ancestors.
Book Review
Harnessing geothermal energy from the seafloor could power the future
Geothermal heat harvesting could power the future, so why are we still burning fossil fuels? Maybe because no one has…
Conservation Fisheries Policy
Protecting Well-Traveled Fishes: A New Approach
Fisheries managers have begun a shift from attempting to protect individual fish species to protecting entire ecosystems. Marine Protected Areas…
Climate Change ocean engineering
Sensors probe oceans for answers
Deep-diving ocean drones confirm continued warming of the ocean’s abyss due to Earth’s energy imbalance.
Chemistry
We Don’t Know the Half of It: Hundreds of Contaminants in Dolphin Blubber from Southern California
Dolphins and humans are continuously exposed to low levels of various halogenated, persistent manmade pollutants through their diets. In this…
Climate Change Coral Genetics
A new thermally tolerant species of algae is found!
Rising ocean temperatures threaten coral reefs, but a new thermal tolerant algae could help.
Biology Ecology Natural History
Geared up jellyfish show scientists that they have more control over their movements than we thought
Jellyfish are commonly thought of as passive drifters in the ocean, but a team of researchers are working to change…
Climate Change Fisheries
Written in bone: what ancient Pacific Cod can tell us about sea level rise and mercury
Through biogeochemical analysis, researchers found that mercury levels in ancient Pacific Cod bones peaked at a time of deglaciation and…
Climate Change
Do increasing air temperatures mean increasing stream temperatures? Spoiler, yes!
Stream water temperatures have increased over the last 51 years in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and are connected to increases…
Biology Climate Change Coastal Management Conference Coral Ecology Paleoceanography
Best of Benthics
The Top 5: Highlights and notes from an eventful Benthic Ecology Meeting!
Conservation Ecology
Busy penguins strive to find an energy balance.
Penguins find a way to balance the extra work of the breeding season while still finding time to go diving…
ocean engineering
“Magic Sand” Cleans up floating oil
Currently, spreading dispersants is the most common way to stabilize surface oil after oil spill. These dispersants divide oil into…
Biology Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Fisheries Human impacts
Best laid plans of lobsters and men: More disease prevalent in marine protected areas
Everyone usually agrees that establishing more protected areas in our oceans will help overfished populations recover. But what if that's…
Climate Change Sea-level Rise
A Leap in Sea-level Along the East Coast of North America
From 2009-2010, the Northeast coast of North America experienced approximately four inches of sea-level rise, quite the departure from the…
Evolution Genetics Ocean Acidification
Like father, like son? Is survival under ocean acidification heritable?
Can marine life adapt to ocean acidification? Well, first we need to understand if these favourable characteristics (survival under elevated…
Biology Book Review Ecology Physiology
Crustaceans are smarter than you think
Ever wondered how your lobster behaves before it reaches your dinner plate? Caribbean spiny lobsters take advantage of a unique…
Book Review Conservation Human impacts
There are plenty of fish in the sea! ….or are there?
Tigers, pandas, and orangutans are the poster children of endangered species, but marine animals have started to join their ranks.…
Book Review Climate Change Ecology Seagrass
The Northward Expansion: Tropical Fish Settling the Temperate Seagrass Prairie
How will northward shifting tropical species interact with the temperate habitats they encounter? An example from seagrass habitat in the…
Climate Change Modeling
Stirring the Pot: Energy and Heat Flow of the Arctic Ocean
Although we perceive the Arctic Ocean as being cold, it is a complicated system of temperatures, salinities, currents, and tides.…
Atmospheric Chemistry Biogeochemistry Geology Natural History Volcanoes
One billion and one anaerobic nights: on the journey to atmospheric oxidation
Take a breather, and learn how cyanobacteria struggled to bring the world oxygen.