Plastic Is There Plastic in Paradise? Tropical islands like the Maldives have always been viewed as untouched paradises for most people, but what lies beneath the…
Biodiversity Biology Coastal Management Conservation Coral Ecology Fisheries Human impacts Policy Trophic Ecology Peace for Coral Reefs As the world has learned over the past several months, a little solitude goes a long way towards a healthy…
Coral In an Uncertain Future, How Might Corals Survive? Scleractinian corals form the framework for reef ecosystems but are increasingly threatened. By looking at the coral fossil record, scientists…
Conservation VaquitaCPR: Trying to save the world’s most endangered marine mammal What do you do when the species you’ve been working to save from extinction is down to fewer than 30…
Biochemistry Biodiversity Biological oceanography Human Health technology Let Marine Microbes Be Thy Medicine The deep sea is a treasure trove of disease-fighting compounds--and is even helping us in the fight against the novel…
Ecology Arctic Unicorns: Understanding the past, present, and future of narwhals and their mysterious tusks Why do narwhals have tusks that make them look like unicorns? As climate change continues, what is the fate of…
Fisheries Invasive Species Eating invasive species and the future of sustainable fisheries Invasive species are a global phenomenon, and have been since modern human society became a global phenomenon. Many of them…
Climate Change Adapting marine parks to survive climate change Protected areas are generally considered to be parcels of land or water where different kinds of human uses are limited…
Conservation Ensuring that coral reefs sound like home What does a coral reef sound like? The answer is more important than you might think. By playing the sounds…
Neurobiology Are dolphins losing their minds in blooming ocean waters? Polluted water is a great source of food for harmful algal blooms, which release even more toxins into the water.…
Sharkbites Saturday In the hot seat: Hot spots for pelagic shark movement reflect hot spots for commercial longline fisheries in the North Atlantic. Check out the latest from Matt Larsen about shark habitat around the globe, and how these areas overlap with fishing…
Coral Lost in the sound: coral planulae habitat selection affected by boat noise It can be hard to cut through the noises that surround us and focus on the task in front of…
Book Review Climate Change Human impacts Ocean Acidification Sea-level Rise Oceanic Outlook in the New Government Climate Report Ocean warming, acidification, sea-level-rise, and increased coastal storm intensities are just some of the stark projections highlighted in a recently-released…
Biology Sea snakes join the dark side to cope with pollution Black sea snakes are more common in contaminated sites. Why?
Human impacts Crude oil cripples sandpiper flights Maggini, I., L.V. Kennedy, A. Macmillan, K.H. Elliott, K. Dean, and C.G. Guglielmo. 2017. Light oiling of feathers increases flight…
Book Review Plastic Paper or plastic? Policies inspired by research to find a solution to plastic pollution Paper or plastic? In a lot of grocery stores, this is an innocent question, but recently it’s become a controversial…
Hazards Human Health Human impacts Pollution technology BAD BOYZ 2.0. Emerging environmental contaminants Our generation is facing environmental challenges not only from commonly-known contaminants, but also emerging ones, which have been lurking in…
Human impacts New Nitrogen in Town: Nitrogen Deposition on the Open Ocean Life in the ocean depends on a variety of nutrients, an important one being nitrogen. Phytoplankton, at the bottom of…
Conservation Current connections: how far away coastlines influence marine reserves A research team used a state-of-the-art model to map how four remote Marine Protected Areas are connected to the surrounding…
Physical oceanography Plastic Pollution The end of the line for ocean plastics A team of researchers set out on an Expedition around the Arctic Ocean to prove what scientists have long suspected:…