Plastic Pollution One man’s trash is not the ocean’s treasure Marine plastics couldn’t actually get into the areas we deem as pristine. Right?
Conservation Protecting the unknown: how scientists are evaluating conservation efforts in undescribed areas of the deep sea Large areas of the seafloor are designated for deep-sea mining, but much of this seascape has not been sampled or…
Conservation Commercial fishing in Marine Protected Areas highlights the need for careful management Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) increase biodiversity and preserve ecosystem health when they are properly managed. But researchers have detected destructive…
Behavior Book Review Coastal Management Conservation Coral Ecology Human impacts Small MPAs: the new all-you-can-eat buffets? Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a popular conservation tool and are in many situations very effective. Unfortunately, as with many…
Biology Geology Determining marine bird distribution in Glacier Bay, Alaska using fine spatial-scale hydrographic modeling Researchers in Glacier Bay surveyed fifteen species of marine birds and linked the observations to instantaneous measurements of current speed…