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Climate Change Coastal Management Human impacts Modeling Sea-level Rise

Salty Rice: Tasty Treat, or Damaging Effect of Sea Level Rise?

The Mekong Delta in Vietnam is subject to groundwater salt intrusions due to sea level rise, damaging vital crops. Agricultural…
January 23, 2015January 23, 2015 Zoe Gentes
Science Communication

Attention Grad Students: Apply to Attend ComSciCon15!

Applications are now open for the Communicating Science 2015 workshop, to be held in Cambridge, MA on June 18-20th, 2015!…
January 22, 2015January 26, 2015 Carrie McDonough
geochemistry ocean engineering technology

Happy Samples

How frustrating it must be to spend a bunch of money to get to the field, only to find out…
January 21, 2015January 21, 2015 Anne M. Hartwell
Conservation Ecology Fisheries Human impacts technology

Are Fisheries Scientists Ringing the Dinner Bell for Marine Mammals?

Acoustic telemetry is a valuable technique used by fisheries scientists to track fish movements. However, a new study suggests that…
January 20, 2015 Derrick Alcott
Glaciers Sea-level Rise

We’re In Deep Heat: trouble boils over in West Antarctica

An international team of researchers shows that rising ocean temperatures along West Antarctic ice shelves are linked to rising warm…
January 19, 2015January 19, 2015 Hillary Scannell
Biology Book Reviews Science Communication

Deep Blue Reads: Octopus!: The Most Mysterious Creature in the Sea, by Katherine Harmon Courage

I will be honest: I almost chucked this book clear across the room while reading it. It’s not that Katherine…
January 16, 2015January 16, 2015 Elizabeth Weinberg
Biology Ecology

Watch out guys, pregnant whale sharks are on the loose!

Whale sharks have become an increasingly popular tourist attraction, but much of their life history remains largely unknown. This study…
January 15, 2015January 15, 2015 Valeska Upham
Biogeochemistry Chemistry Pollution

Years later, Gulf of Mexico sediment chemistry still feeling the effects of Deepwater Horizon

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the largest accidental oil spill in US waters.…
January 14, 2015January 13, 2015 Irvin Huang
Biology Climate Change

Anemones can do the ‘symbiont shuffle’ in the face of climate change

The bubble-tip anemone can harbour several types of algae or 'endosymbionts' simultaneously. This raises the question: are there advantages to…
January 13, 2015January 13, 2015 Megan Chen
Human impacts Pollution

Shine on…..or should we?

The consequences artificial light pollution has on marine ecosystems is unclear. This work compiles many of the known and expected…
January 12, 2015January 12, 2015 Kari St.Laurent
Book Review Ecology

The Rumble in the Coral Jungle? How reef degradation is impacting damselfish competition

Two fish enter. One fish leaves…but, according to new research, that may no longer be the case in degraded habitats.
January 9, 2015 Gordon Ober
Ecology

Two Crabs and an Alga- a story of protection and evolution.

Tiny mud crabs try to escape big blue crab predators but without the help of evolution to guide shelter choices…
January 8, 2015January 8, 2015 Sarah Giltz
Biology Ecology Fisheries Human impacts

Bottom trawling changes bodies: the new seafloor diet

Seafloor trawling inevitably captures more than the species it is targeting. This means that when the remaining fishes line up…
January 7, 2015January 7, 2015 Sarah Fuller
Biogeochemistry Book Review

Methylated Mercury Cycling in the Canadian Arctic Marine Boundary Layer

Monomethylmercury (MMHg) is the most toxic form of mercury (Hg) to humans and wildlife. In the environment it concentrates (or…
January 6, 2015 Caoxin Sun
Human impacts Pollution

Microplastics Rolling in the Deep

Everyone knows that there's a lot of plastic floating around in our oceans - we see it on our beaches…
January 5, 2015 Erin McLean
Climate Change Coastal Management Geology Sea-level Rise

Barrier Island Stability Rooted in Their Plant Life

How stable are the barrier islands that outline many coastal communities around the world? To answer this question, scientists look…
January 2, 2015 Brian Caccioppoli
Coral Ecology Human impacts

Don’t let your guard down: a cautionary tale from reef fish in degraded habitat.

Reef fish on degraded reef are somewhat like misguided slasher flick protagonists that ignore all warning cues and are therefore…
December 31, 2014 Rebecca Flynn
Coastal Management Ecology Policy

Local natural resource management can combat the effects of global environmental disturbances

Global environmental problems can't be solved overnight by one person, but there are things we can do locally to positively…
December 29, 2014December 29, 2014 Virginia Schutte
Climate Change Glaciers Invasive Species Modeling

Increasing Earth’s Plant Life Would Help Combat Warming… Right?

Everyone knows that plants are essential to life on Earth. They use up climate-altering carbon dioxide and provide us with…
December 22, 2014 Zoe Gentes
Biology Physiology

Shocking behavior: Electric eels use remote control to locate, stun their prey

Electric eels are something more than shocking.
December 19, 2014December 20, 2014 Abrahim El Gamal

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