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The secret lives of real baby turtles… and fake ones?
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:…
November 7, 2022November 8, 2022 Krti Tallam
SURFO SPECIAL: Egregious Erosion
Restoration

SURFO SPECIAL: Egregious Erosion

Erosion is eating away our coasts. What are scientists doing to stop it?
September 3, 2022 Francesca Giammona
Using Sound as Sight: acoustic technology finds hidden deep sea creatures
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.
August 30, 2022 Piper Evans
Sharks vs. Fishing Vessels: The fatal overlap
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…
October 6, 2019October 7, 2019 Theresa Bella
Could sponges replace expensive ocean tech?
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…
September 10, 2019September 9, 2019 Ashley Marranzino
Into the deep: Deep sea mining is upon us, whether you would risk it or not
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…
January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 Kristin Huizenga
Saving the Blue Bloods: Horseshoe Crab Edition
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…
December 5, 2018December 6, 2018 Kristin Huizenga
A boon to ocean conservation? Certain fungi can degrade marine plastics
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…
November 26, 2018 R J Parker
Swimming with the fishes
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…
July 9, 2018 Eric Orenstein
That idea doesn’t suck: Hitchiking fish inspires a robotic suction disk
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…
November 28, 2017November 30, 2017 Ashley Marranzino
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…
June 9, 2017June 8, 2017 Rebecca Flynn
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…
May 19, 2017May 19, 2017 Anne M. Hartwell
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…
May 18, 2017May 17, 2017 Rebecca Flynn
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…
January 23, 2017January 25, 2017 Eric Orenstein
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…
December 23, 2016December 30, 2016 Eric Orenstein
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…
May 27, 2015May 27, 2015 Rebecca Flynn
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…
June 19, 2014June 19, 2014 Sarah Fuller
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…
April 22, 2014April 22, 2014 Sarah Fuller
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…
April 9, 2014April 9, 2014 Cathleen Turner
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…
January 29, 2014January 30, 2014 Anne M. Hartwell

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