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Highlights from the National Shellfisheries Meeting

Ever wanted to know what it’s like to go to a scientific conference? Here’s a summary of what conferences are…
April 3, 2015April 3, 2015 Erin McLean
Biology Book Reviews Science Communication

Deep Blue Reads: Preparing the Ghost, by Matthew Gavin Frank

  Preparing the Ghost is almost certainly one of the strangest books about giant squid out there. Of course, I…
April 2, 2015April 13, 2015 Elizabeth Weinberg
Book Review Climate Change Fisheries

Growth of a deep-sea predatory fish is affected by surface current strength

A deep-water predatory fish is found to have faster growth rates when productivity is enhanced by the Leeuwin Current along…
April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 Lis Henderson
Biology Coastal Management Harmful Algal Bloom Seagrass

Sewage pollution running amuck in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon

Harmful algal blooms are common events that occur in coastal waters. In Florida’s Indian River Lagoon, nutrient groundwater runoff initiates…
March 30, 2015 Sean Anderson
Book Review Climate Change Conservation Evolution Ocean Acidification

Coral Reef Restoration Through Human-Assisted Evolution

Coral reefs populations are declining. Is it possible that we could help restore coral reefs by speeding up their evolutionary…
March 27, 2015March 27, 2015 Ashley Marranzino
Book Review Coral Human impacts Plastic Pollution

Corals consume microplastics! Talk about an unhealthy diet!

The dangerous diet fad among marine organisms is spreading! New study shows corals consume microplastics.
March 26, 2015September 4, 2015 Rebecca Flynn
Conservation Fisheries

Survival at different stages of the fishing process informs management strategies for the silky shark

Knowing that a species has low survival rates after encountering a fishing vessel is useful. But knowing exactly what about…
March 25, 2015March 9, 2016 Virginia Schutte
Climate Change Glaciers Sea-level Rise

Rotten Totten: Why is East Antarctica melting so quickly?

Like the West Antarctica Ice Sheet, East Antarctica is home to glaciers thinning at an alarming rate. The east’s Totten…
March 24, 2015March 27, 2015 Zoe Gentes
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.
March 23, 2015March 24, 2015 Abrahim El Gamal
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…
March 20, 2015March 24, 2015 Anne M. Hartwell
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…
March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 Derrick Alcott
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.
March 17, 2015March 18, 2015 Hillary Scannell
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…
March 17, 2015October 27, 2017 Carrie McDonough
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.
March 16, 2015 Valeska Upham
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…
March 13, 2015March 13, 2015 Irvin Huang
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…
March 12, 2015March 15, 2015 Megan Chen
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…
March 11, 2015March 11, 2015 Kari St.Laurent
Biology Climate Change Coastal Management Conference Coral Ecology Paleoceanography

Best of Benthics

The Top 5: Highlights and notes from an eventful Benthic Ecology Meeting!
March 10, 2015March 10, 2015 Gordon Ober
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…
March 9, 2015 Sarah Giltz
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…
March 5, 2015 Caoxin Sun

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