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Happy Samples
How frustrating it must be to spend a bunch of money to get to the field, only to find out…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Biology Physiology
Shocking behavior: Electric eels use remote control to locate, stun their prey
Electric eels are something more than shocking.
Climate Change Glaciers Sea-level Rise
Sea ice and Albedo: Should We Be Worried?
The glaciers are melting, sea level is rising; you’ve heard it all. But did you know that both of these…
Climate Change
How Does Pacific Island Climate Change Under Various El-Niño
El Niño impacts vary among different geographic regions and El Niño types. A single El Niño event may bring drought…