Conservation engineerings
The secret lives of real baby turtles… and fake ones?
Clabough EBD, Kaplan E, Hermeyer D, Zimmerman T, Chamberlin J, Wantman S (2022) The secret life of baby turtles:…
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Restoration
SURFO SPECIAL: Egregious Erosion
Erosion is eating away our coasts. What are scientists doing to stop it?
deep sea technology
Using Sound as Sight: acoustic technology finds hidden deep sea creatures
A new device allows researchers to visualize organisms while they are buried in the seafloor.
Conservation Fisheries Human impacts Sharkbites Saturday
Sharks vs. Fishing Vessels: The fatal overlap
Article Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries. Nuno Queiroz, Nicolas E. Humphries, et al. Nature…
Methodology
Could sponges replace expensive ocean tech?
The ocean is a big place and trying to study all of the animals living there can take a lot…
deep sea
Into the deep: Deep sea mining is upon us, whether you would risk it or not
While we have a lot to discover about the deep sea, we do know that in the depths of the…
Biology
Saving the Blue Bloods: Horseshoe Crab Edition
We use horseshoe crab blood to test every FDA approved drug given to humans. Yet with horseshoe crab populations dropping…
Plastic Pollution
A boon to ocean conservation? Certain fungi can degrade marine plastics
Brunner I, Fischer M, Ru ̈thi J, Stierli B, Frey B (2018) Ability of fungi isolated from plastic debris floating…
ocean engineering
Swimming with the fishes
Studying organisms in their natural habitat is tricky business (and not in the GoodFellas sense). A recent paper from MIT…
technology
That idea doesn’t suck: Hitchiking fish inspires a robotic suction disk
How do scientists build better suction cups? Turn to nature's hitchikers for inspiration! Read on to see how remoras inspired…
Methodology
Using seabirds to study squid
How do scientists track fast swimming squid in the remote and vast open waters of the Southern Ocean? Probably not…
Book Review ocean engineering technology
OceanTech: profiling the sub-surface via Argo floats
The final post of theme week introduces the Argo array, an international effort to understand the ocean's sub-surface via technological…
technology
TBT Old School Ocean Tech: Simple Sampling Gear
Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that make it all worth it! Well, it may just be me, but…
Biological oceanography Remote Sensing
Studying plankton from an atmospheric satellite
Scientists found a way to repurpose data from an atmospheric satellite to study the tiny creatures at the base of…
ocean engineering
Sub sea ice technology aims to expand Arctic plankton surveys
A German research team tested out three devices for studying plankton in Arctic sea ice. These new methods might allow…
Conservation Fisheries Human impacts technology
Technology for Turtles: TurtleWatch Program to Protect Sea Turtles and Assist Fishermen
A technology that both benefits fishermen and helps prevent sea turtle bycatch? Yes, please! The great news is that it…
Alternative Energy Chemistry Geology Remote Sensing technology
Need help counting bubbles? Now you can use sound!
Bubbles elicit scenes of childhood summers playing on the front stoop or backyard. On the other hand, put bubbles at…
Biology Ecology Human impacts
The problem with data sets: Cuvier’s beaked whales vs. Navy acoustic testing
Congratulations on the longest and deepest dive EVER! Please, ignore the regular acoustic testing…. The elusive Curvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius…
Chemistry technology
DIY Science: Scientists create a LED photometer that can measure the pH of seawater with an accuracy of 0.01, for under $50
Do you own an aquarium with high-maintenance saltwater fish that are happy within a narrow pH range? Maybe you just…
Geology
Now you see it, now you don’t!
BRMs (Burial Recording Mines) are cylindrical instruments that capture 4-D data of small scale sediment position on the sea floor…