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…
Book Review Climate Change Ecology
Species respond differently to climate shifts over time
Large-scale climate variably is well-known to have impacts on marine ecosystems. However, the response of species over time is not…
Ecology
How do jellyfish find their prey?
Jellyfish bloom have multiplied over the years, gathering in large quantities in the Norwegian fjords. Researchers used this opportunity to…
Climate Change Sea-level Rise
Do you want more salt in that? Changes in salinity impact sea level rise more than previously thought
The main mechanisms driving sea level rise were thought to be through the melting of land-based ice (such as glaciers)…
Biology Ecology Evolution
Detach claw & flee: Strategies for porcelain crabs to evade immediate death from different predators
Autotomy or shedding an appendage can be a useful trick to escape from predators. Studies have shown that autotomy is…
Biology Climate Change
O Vibrio, Vibrio, wherefore art thou Vibrio?
Three statistical models used to predict the presence of the dangerous pathogen Vibrio in Chesapeake Bay all give different responses…
Biology Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Sea-level Rise
Nest Mess: rising seas change the environment of sea turtle nests, hindering hatching success
As a poster child for conservation, threats to sea turtles, such as fishing nets and coastal development, have been highly…
Biology Book Review Coastal Management
Sea-ing fewer stars: Virus linked to sea star mass die offs.
Sea stars have been dying by the millions on the Pacific coast of the U.S. and now we have an…
Biology Ecology Genetics
Puncture wounds hold the key to new marine forensic technique
Identifying the culprits responsible for injury is a very useful thing, but tricky in the ocean, where saltwater cleans wounds…
Coastal Management Ecology Fisheries Human impacts
How Our Love of Living Near Water Impacts Estuarine Ecosystems and Pacific Salmon
We all love a beautiful view from a pier looking out over the water. However, piers are just one example…
Biology Human impacts Pollution Toxicology
Prozac and Cons: How Marine Snails React to Antidepressants
Ever wonder where our antidepressants go after they pass through our systems? Like all waste, our drugs pass out of…
Geology Hazards
Double Whammy: A Second Source of the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami
A powerful offshore earthquake was quickly identified as the source of the catastrophic 2011 Tohoku tsunami, which devastated portions of…
Evolution Natural History Paleontology Physiology
On the natural history of sex: which came first, internal or external fertilization?
Fish fossils have something surprising to tell us about last night.
