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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.

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…