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Tag: modeling

How many microplastics are in your body? An insight into lifetime accumulation
Biology Chemistry Hazards Human Health Plastic Pollution

How many microplastics are in your body? An insight into lifetime accumulation

Microscopic plastics have been found anywhere and everywhere, including in the food we eat. With plastic pollution on the rise,…
July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 Kayla Mladinich
Sperm whales learned from each other to avoid 19th century whalers
Behavior

Sperm whales learned from each other to avoid 19th century whalers

Is it possible to learn about how whales behaved 200 years ago? A combination of whaling logbooks and mathematical models…
April 7, 2021 Julia Zeh
There and back again: Uncovering the mysteries of gray whale migration
Behavior

There and back again: Uncovering the mysteries of gray whale migration

Gray whales undertake one of the longest migrations of any animal, swimming 12,000 miles round-trip between their northern feeding grounds…
February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 Julia Zeh
Getting warmer – How will climate change shape disease?
Parasitism

Getting warmer – How will climate change shape disease?

Is a warmer world really a sicker world? When it comes to the ocean, it's not always that clear. However,…
January 14, 2021January 13, 2021 Kristin Huizenga
Virtual Sea Turtles: Predicting the Movement of Hatchlings at Sea
Biological oceanography Biology Conservation Ecology Modeling Sea Turtles

Virtual Sea Turtles: Predicting the Movement of Hatchlings at Sea

A young sea turtle emerges from its nest and races toward the sea and several others are close behind as…
September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Cierra Braga
Crushed it: Sea turtles can help us understand hurricanes in the mid-Atlantic
Cyclones

Crushed it: Sea turtles can help us understand hurricanes in the mid-Atlantic

Predicting what hurricanes will do is a matter of life and death, but when Hurricane Irene headed north in 2011,…
September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Kristin Huizenga
A call for clouds in climate models
Climate Change

A call for clouds in climate models

In this throwback to last March, learn how clouds influence the greenhouse effect. This climate modeling study focused on their…
May 19, 2020May 20, 2020 Nyla Husain
Envisioning a better world with climate impact modeling
Climate Change Human impacts

Envisioning a better world with climate impact modeling

After October 2018, the global perspective on climate change started to shift. We dive into climate impact models, and how…
March 23, 2020January 18, 2021 Nyla Husain
Catch prey while the sun shines – Herring grow bigger when they can see their food
Climate Change

Catch prey while the sun shines – Herring grow bigger when they can see their food

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a sea creature in possession of a home in higher latitudes (further from…
March 2, 2020April 29, 2021 Kristin Huizenga
Protections with a bite: Are toothed whales sheltered by South African Marine Protected Areas?
Coastal Management

Protections with a bite: Are toothed whales sheltered by South African Marine Protected Areas?

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are often put into place to protect biodiversity and essential fish stocks, but toothed whales are…
February 3, 2020 Kristin Huizenga
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…
June 13, 2017June 12, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Biological oceanography

Put your cilia in the air and wave ‘em like you just don’t care

A new study out of Woods Hole sheds some light on how marine phytoplankton enhance their ability to take up…
April 30, 2017May 16, 2017 Eric Orenstein
Behavior Biology Book Review Coastal Management Fisheries

A Whale Shaped Needle in a Ocean Sized Haystack

Sperm whales are very large, but they can still be tricky to find in the ocean! These researchers combined several…
November 14, 2016November 13, 2016 Austen Blair
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.
January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 Veronica Tamsitt
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.
November 17, 2015November 27, 2015 Veronica Tamsitt
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…
October 21, 2015October 21, 2015 cael
Chemistry

Model Suggests 40% of Global Dioxin Emissions End Up in Oceans

Researchers at the University of British Columbia recently presented a global model simulating how dioxins, a group of very toxic,…
October 30, 2013October 30, 2013 Carrie McDonough

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