Aquaculture Experimental Kelp Farm Boosts Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health As interest in kelp farming grows, scientists show small- to medium-sized farms positively impact ecosystems.
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,…
Biodiversity To Combat World Hunger, Protect Biodiversity Variety is the spice of life – or if you are an ecologist you might say “biodiversity” is the spice…
Pollution Sea lions and seals and PFAS, oh my: Location still matters for Australian pups I recently found myself falling down a chemical pollutant rabbit hole. Every news source seemed to be shouting “PFAS chemicals…
Biochemistry Biological oceanography Chemistry Human impacts Physiology Pollution Living Life to the Fullest: Enzyme Activity of Two African Mussel Species Every day, our body performs a plethora of activities. We breathe, exercise, eat food, think, and socialize. Behind all of…
Pollution The Otter Guys: How heavy metal pollution affects Alaskan northern sea otters Most pollution is clearly visible in nature, but some types are very subtle. In the case of heavy metal pollution,…
Coastal Management Plastic Pollution ‘Out of Sight’ Can’t Mean ‘Out of Mind’ Surface marine debris and microplastic pollution has received more attention recently—which is great—but there’s another garbage problem we are only…
Conservation Drowning in bad news about the ocean? Cheer up with these uplifting stories! Bad news fatigue is real, and a strategy called ocean optimism means to tackle it. These success stories of victories…
Atmospheric Chemistry Atmospheric Science Chemistry Human impacts Pollution Smog can be a Bog: A Story about Iron in the Air and Ocean Have you ever wondered where smog goes? A group of scientists investigated where particles of iron start and end up,…
Aquaculture Biodiversity Biology Conservation Ecology Human impacts Stop Clowning Around: Cyanide Fishing in the Indo-Pacific What does cyanide have to do with the tropical reef fish sold as pets and showcased in aquariums? A recent…
Coastal Management Caffeinated Seas: Unique Tracers for Wastewater-borne Contaminants Did you ever think your coffee addiction could help solve marine pollution? It turns out all that caffeine and artificial…
Pollution Genetically Modified Yeast Can Clean Up Wastewater Humans have been polluting the ocean with heavy metals by burning fossil fuels, mining metals and discharging wastewater. But we…
Plastic Pollution Menacing microplastics hamper hermit crab choices How can little bits of plastic in the ocean impact a hermit crab's ability to make decisions? Microplastics can be…
Aquaculture Biochemistry Biology Coastal Management Conservation Human impacts Pollution Restoration Toxicology Sargassum: An Overlooked Solution Sargassum, a type of brown seaweed, provides important ecosystem services in the Atlantic. However, this new study explores how sargassum…
Human impacts Larval fish foraging grounds inundated by plastic pollution If the adage "you are what you eat" holds true, we may be in some big trouble. A recent study…
Plastic Pollution Traces of human plastic pollution in ocean sediment Is the plastic we produce being stored in our oceans’ sediments? To answer this question scientists studied a sediment core…
Plastic Giant Clams vs. Small Plastics Microplastics are found all throughout our oceans. But in the Red Sea, there are a lot less. Find out how…
Coastal Management Human impacts New York City’s poop is a source of greenhouse gas emissions. Now what? The Hudson River has been a Superfund site since 1984, but pollution continues to be a problem today.
Biology Can you smell that? Oil spills change stingray’s sense of smell It may have occurred 8 years ago, but scientists are still talking about the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill. This…
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…