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Tag: ocean modeling

Soaking up the sun: can the ocean be used as a platform for floating solar panels?
Alternative Energy

Soaking up the sun: can the ocean be used as a platform for floating solar panels?

Scientists explore the viability of floating photovoltaic farms (FPV) on the ocean and how climate change may impact their use.
June 15, 2023 Nicole Mucci
Plastic pollution in the time of COVID-19 pandemic
Pollution

Plastic pollution in the time of COVID-19 pandemic

Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic are not just confined to public health and the economy, they extend to the environment.
December 8, 2021December 7, 2021 Jiwoon Park
Let them eat plastic – Animals eating microplastic could choke the ocean
Plastic Pollution

Let them eat plastic – Animals eating microplastic could choke the ocean

Plastic pollution may bring to mind big images - dead birds, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and beaches filled with…
April 30, 2021 Kristin Huizenga
Where Does Arctic Ice Melt Go?
Physical oceanography

Where Does Arctic Ice Melt Go?

Water in the Arctic Ocean is getting fresher as polar sea ice melts. But that fresher water doesn’t stay in…
March 3, 2021March 1, 2021 Amanda Semler
What your poop says about your diet: Iron in the ocean is controlled by zooplankton diet and poop
Microbiology

What your poop says about your diet: Iron in the ocean is controlled by zooplankton diet and poop

Have you ever had weird colored poop? Just like your poop can tell you what you've been eating lately, zooplankton…
July 23, 2020July 20, 2020 Jiwoon Park
Biological oceanography

Harmful Algal Blooms Find Homes Further North as Waters Warm

Before the late 20th century, reports of illness from toxin-producing algae had been absent from most northern coastlines. But in…
July 14, 2017August 14, 2017 Julia Dohner

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