Aquaculture
Larval Donkey’s ear abalone threatened by climate change
Abalone are an economically and culturally important group of edible sea snails, and a new study demonstrates that they’re at…
Tag: climate change
Climate Change Physical oceanography
The Atlantic Ocean is the Culprit in the Case of the Cooling Eastern Pacific
A classic climate "Whodunit"? Can researchers get to the bottom of the mystery of the cooling eastern Pacific Ocean, three…
Modeling
Arctic could become more biologically productive as ice melts
As Arctic sea-ice melts away, organisms will be exposed to more light and, potentially, more nutrients. Recent model work suggests…
Chemistry Climate Change
Lead Pollution in Antarctic Waters: Have We Cleaned Up Our Act?
Researchers traveled to the far reaches of Antarctica to determine whether lead levels there have declined since humans started cleaning…
Climate Change
Was the California drought the worst in history?
California has seen longer droughts and drier years in the past, but a new reconstruction shows that 2012-2015 was the…
Climate Change Physical oceanography
Can the ocean take the heat?
Things heat up as scientists investigate deeper to find out how much heat the ocean can take.
Climate Change Geology Glaciers
Mountains vs. Climate, Recorded in Marine Sediment
Mountain ranges can actively evolve with Earth’s climate. A new study of the St. Elias Range in coastal Alaska demonstrates…
Conservation Science Communication
Blue New Year’s Resolutions
New Year’s resolutions are a great way to work towards being the person you want to be. This year, why…
Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Human impacts Seagrass
Seagrass, Disturbance, and the Blue Carbon Cycle
Seagrass beds bury carbon incredibly well! What happens to that carbon when you uproot, plow through, or otherwise disturb seagrasses?…
Biology Climate Change Sea Ice
A Career in Marine Mammal Acoustics and the Arctic
This week, I interviewed Joshua Jones, a Ph.D. student in biological oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The focus…
Climate Change Remote Sensing
Jump in, the water is warm!
Satellite data was used to measure surface water temperatures throughout Chesapeake Bay over the last 28 years. This new approach…
Climate Change Ecology
A new king (crab) of the Antarctic
Temperatures are increasing at the poles (and worldwide) and shifting the balance of predator-prey interactions. Predatory king crabs are moving…
Climate Change Ocean Acidification
Are marine “nuisance” species expected to increase under ocean acidification?
Most studies that look at how animals respond to climate change look at species we like - oysters, corals, and…
Biogeochemistry Climate Change Ocean Acidification
Rapid changes in the Southern Ocean threaten ecosystems
Rapid acidification of the Southern Ocean could occur in the next 30 years with potentially huge impacts to local ecosystems.
Physiology
Icefish can’t keep their cool in warm water
The Antarctic climate is changing, and the increasing temperature is wreaking havoc on the physiology of endemic species. Will icefish,…
Behavior Climate Change Coastal Management Conservation Economy Policy
Will Climate Change Alter How We Vacation?
When we talk about climate change, usually we talk about the effects that it’ll have on the environment and the…
Biological oceanography
There’s a storm coming, Plankton. And we all best be ready when she does.
Oceanographers have long known that large storms cause changes in the near-shore ocean environment. But how those changes effect the…
Atmospheric Chemistry
Tiny plankton make big clouds brighter
Scientists use ocean color from satellites to show that tiny ocean plankton may be responsible for making clouds brighter around…
Physical oceanography
Oceanbites Mingles With ArcticMix (Part 3)
This is part 3 of 3 in a series on the recent ArcticMix expedition aimed at improving ocean models that…
Biogeochemistry
Ocean eddies suck carbon out of the atmosphere, thanks to plankton
When phytoplankton sink into the deep ocean, they take carbon with them, storing CO2 away from the atmosphere. This new…