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Biology Ecology

Picky Eaters: how the feeding preference of lobsters may be slowing the return of California kelp forests.

There is a well-documented link between increased sea urchin abundance and the overall decline of kelp forest ecosystems. Too many…
February 21, 2014February 21, 2014 Gordon Ober
Biogeochemistry Geology

Using satellites to find underwater volcanic eruptions

The purpose of this study was to create a new metric for detecting submarine volcanic eruptions using satellite data. The…
February 20, 2014March 6, 2014 Sarah Fuller
Chemistry Climate Change

Reevaluating of Hydrate-Controlled Methane Seepage from Study off Svalbard

Methane, which is an even more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, has been a great concern as climate change…
February 17, 2014 Caoxin Sun
Climate Change

A Cool Breeze Amidst Global Warming

Climate scientists have affirmed that we are currently in a warming hiatus, similar to the 1940s - 1970s, where global…
February 14, 2014February 17, 2014 Brian Caccioppoli
Biology

Abundant bacterial vesicles found in seawater

An abundant species of photosynthetic bacteria is found to release numerous membrane-bound packets. This is the first evidence of vesicle…
February 12, 2014February 17, 2014 Lis Henderson
Biology

Worm food: Whale bones found in Antarctica are teeming with life

Marine biologists have discovered a whale skeleton nearly a mile below the surface in an undersea crater near Antarctica. At…
February 8, 2014February 26, 2014 Cathleen Turner
Biology Chemistry Fisheries

Big Fish Eats Little Fish: Biomagnification of Natural Toxins

Naturally occurring poisons produced by some microorganisms can concentrate to dangerous levels in carnivorous fish, just like man-made pollutants do.…
February 7, 2014February 7, 2014 Carrie McDonough
Biology Fisheries

The Grit in the Oyster – Pearl Farming in French Polynesia

French Polynesia produces a large majority of the world's Tahitian cultured pearls and is at the center of the multi-million…
February 6, 2014February 6, 2014 Erin Markham
Fisheries

Not so alike after all: European hake populations might be locally adapted

Recent evidence that European hake populations might be adapted to local conditions (e.g. temperature and salinity at the surface) suggests…
February 3, 2014February 3, 2014 Catarina Silva
Biology

Sunscreen for marine microbes

Humans are not the only species that apply suntan lotion to prevent sunburns. Microbes all over the globe produce their…
January 30, 2014 Samantha DeCuollo
Geology

Now you see it, now you don’t!

BRMs (Burial Recording Mines) are cylindrical instruments that capture 4-D data of small scale sediment position on the sea floor…
January 29, 2014January 30, 2014 Anne M. Hartwell
Chemistry Geology

A Song of Ice, Fire, and Climate: Could Warming Seas Release Methane from Beneath the Seafloor?

In 2008, scientists were troubled to find methane bubbling up from marine sediments off the coast of a string of…
January 28, 2014August 26, 2015 Carrie McDonough
Biology

Coral Invasion in the Gulf of Mexico

The black sun coral is "invading" the Gulf! Once settled, it could out-compete other benthic epifauna and change the dynamic…
January 27, 2014January 27, 2014 Valeska Upham
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Paleoceanography

We didn’t start the fire!… that changed the southeast Australian landscape 44 thousand years ago

A sediment core suggests that the large ecosystem changes that occurred in southeastern Australia were caused by the extinction of…
January 24, 2014January 24, 2014 Kari St.Laurent
Biology

Marine herbivores “steal” and use chemical defenses from algal hosts

A recent study has shown that a species of amphipod is disregarding the “WARNING: DO NOT INGEST” label on chemically…
January 22, 2014January 22, 2014 Gordon Ober
Geology

First evidence of deep explosive volcanic activity at the Marsili Seamount

The Marsili Seamount is the largest volcanic complex in the Mediterranean area and Europe. Previously thought to have last erupted…
January 20, 2014January 20, 2014 Sarah Fuller
Chemistry

Sea ice leads cause changes in mercury and ozone levels in the Arctic

In our changing climate, the opening and closing of sea-ice is occurring more frequently, resulting from thick perennial Arctic sea…
January 17, 2014January 17, 2014 Caoxin Sun
Climate Change Geology Paleoceanography

Reconstructing climate history from sediments in the Gulf of Taranto, Italy

What was the climate like in Southern Italy 10,000 years ago? This question and many more can be answered by…
January 15, 2014January 15, 2014 Brian Caccioppoli
Biology

From sea to glowing sea: many fish are found to biofluoresce

Bioluminescence, or light generation, has long caught our eye in the dark ocean water, but researchers have recently discovered how…
January 13, 2014January 13, 2014 Zoe Ruge
Fisheries

Plenty of fish in the sea? Appearances can be deceiving.

Overfishing reduces the ability to adapt in the face of change, even in highly abundant marine fishes.
January 9, 2014January 9, 2014 Catarina Silva

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