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Climate Change Fisheries Genetics Human impacts

Same species, different genes: temperature tolerance and body size in the genes of the Chinook salmon

To understand how species may cope with climate change we must look into their genes. Do individuals have different levels…
October 21, 2014October 21, 2014 Catarina Silva
Coral Ecology

Get crabby! A coral’s guide to self-defense

Crabs in the genus Trapezia are not only good housekeepers, clearing sediment off host corals, but they are also effective…
October 20, 2014October 22, 2014 Megan Chen
Climate Change Human impacts

Stressing out about water stress

It’s not just climate change that will affect global water stress! Model simulations predict that when both climate change and…
October 17, 2014November 18, 2014 Kari St.Laurent
Book Reviews Coral Science Communication

Deep Blue Reads: The Reef: A Passionate History, by Iain McCalman

It’s often easy to think of science outside of its social and historical contexts, as something pure, empirical, and incorruptible.…
October 16, 2014October 19, 2014 Elizabeth Weinberg
Biology Climate Change Ecology

The seagrass isn’t always greener: how jellyfish and nutrients are impacting seagrass ecosystems

Warming oceans and acidic oceans. Nutrient and pollution overload. Melting ice caps and rising sea levels. Jellyfish blooms. Yes, you…
October 15, 2014 Gordon Ober
Biology Book Review Ecology

Parasitic crabs steal food and the possibility of offspring from unsuspecting snails.  

Crabs find a home inside sea snails leading to reproductive disaster.
October 13, 2014October 13, 2014 Sarah Giltz
Cyclones Geology Hazards Volcanoes

A volcano, a tropical cyclone, and a computer model walked into a room…

Like with bad jokes, timing is everything. The punch line doesn’t make sense if you don’t know the back story,…
October 11, 2014October 13, 2014 Sarah Fuller
Biology Human impacts Physiology

Whale Watching: Fun for Us, Stressful for Them

Whale watching is a popular activity around New England, especially in the summer, but this new study suggests we're doing…
October 8, 2014October 8, 2014 Erin McLean
Biology Climate Change

Reconstructing Regional Climate and Oceanographic Processes From Tree Rings

Researchers are using centuries of tree growth data to understand variability in upwelling, productivity and marine ecosystem health in the…
October 6, 2014 Brian Caccioppoli
Biology Book Review Chemistry Human impacts

Catfish sharks on catnip? Nope, just ocean acidification

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden found that ocean acidification may cause hyperactivity in catfish sharks.
October 3, 2014October 4, 2014 Lis Henderson
Chemistry Human impacts Pollution

Oil Spill Sleuths use Chemical Fingerprinting to Identify Sources of Tar Balls

Tar balls are small globules of thick, sticky oil that can be found on some shorelines. In order to mitigate…
October 2, 2014 Carrie McDonough
Ecology technology

Digitally partnering with spearfishers to survey fish communities

Cameras mounted on spearfishing guns are a viable source of scientific data, which could lead to new citizen science partnerships
September 29, 2014September 29, 2014 Virginia Schutte
Chemistry Conservation Coral Ecology

Chemical healing: how coral larvae and juvenile reef fish are using chemistry to choose a good neighborhood

A recent study suggests that coral reef restoration may require a nuanced understanding of chemical cues that clue in coral…
September 28, 2014September 29, 2014 Abrahim El Gamal
Chemistry Coastal Management Hazards Human impacts Policy Pollution

Are coastal waters receiving drugs? Are the rivers distributing them?

Pollution is not new news. It is common to hear discussion about air pollution and trash pollution, and more recently…
September 25, 2014September 15, 2022 Anne M. Hartwell
Climate Change

How is the tropical Pacific causing the Arctic to warm?

The Arctic is warming at an unprecedented rate. New research shows that 50% of regional Arctic warming is due to…
September 23, 2014September 23, 2014 Hillary Scannell
Book Review Ecology Fisheries

What factors influence Lionfish success in the Bahamas?

Lionfish are recent invaders of the Caribbean Basin and are reproducing at a rapid rate, their population continuing to grow…
September 22, 2014September 6, 2021 Valeska Upham
Biology Book Review Ecology Remote Sensing

Determining viral controls of phytoplankton blooms

Article: Lehahn, Y. et al. Decoupling Physical from Biological Processes to Assess the Impact of Viruses on a Mesoscale Algal Bloom.Current…
September 19, 2014 Irvin Huang
Biology Ecology

Daredevil: Chilean devil rays dive to extreme depths and escape without brain freeze

Chilean devil rays were previously thought to live near the surface, however, this research reveals they are among the deepest…
September 18, 2014September 19, 2014 Megan Chen
Biochemistry Ecology

Using nitrogen isotopes to start from the bottom…of the marine food web!

Amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, are an important nitrogen source in the ocean and the δ15N of amino…
September 17, 2014September 17, 2014 Kari St.Laurent
Book Reviews Science Communication

Deep Blue Reads: Blue Urbanism, by Timothy Beatley

I lived in Seattle for about a year before I started to really notice the water. It’s an impressive feat,…
September 16, 2014September 23, 2014 Elizabeth Weinberg

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