Biological oceanography
Lighting up the Polar Night
The northern lights aren't the only natural phenomenon lighting up the night in the Polar North.
Tag: upwelling
Climate Change
Fossilized Deep-Sea Corals Reveal Ancient Ocean Circulation Patterns
An increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations helped end the last ice age. But what caused the carbon dioxide increase…
Coral
Artificial Upwelling Saves Corals from Bleaching
Coral reefs are under threat due to a warming climate. Learn about a technologically-savvy new way to counteract the effects…
Coral
Upwelling: a coral safety net?
Corals in Panama begin to find refuge in areas where upwelling of cooler water occurs. Is this behavior just a…
Biological oceanography Physical oceanography Volcanoes
Phytoplankton Bloom Driven by Volcanic Eruption
A large volcanic eruption in 2018 deposited tons of lava into the Pacific Ocean. Scientists were puzzled that the lava-impacted…
Physical oceanography
Around the Antarctic in 17 Years
The transport of water from the deep ocean to the surface has many important impacts on global climate. By releasing…
Physical oceanography
Mixing it up in the Southern Ocean
A team of scientists used underwater ocean gliders to measure ocean turbulence and mixing along the Antarctic continental slope and…
Physical oceanography
Return from the deep: three-dimensional pathways of upwelling in the Southern Ocean
A group of scientists mapped the pathways of deep water to the sea surface in three-dimensions for the first time,…
Climate Change
Carbon Dioxide In and Methane Out: the Surprising Chemistry of an Arctic Methane Seep Field
The bad news: coastal frozen sediments in the Arctic are melting and emitting methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the…
Climate Change
A regional perspective on ocean acidification
The regional impacts of ocean acidification are unclear. Researchers measured pH in the intertidal waters off the western coast of…
Biology Climate Change
Reconstructing Regional Climate and Oceanographic Processes From Tree Rings
Researchers are using centuries of tree growth data to understand variability in upwelling, productivity and marine ecosystem health in the…
Climate Change Ecology Fisheries
Strengthening Winds and Upwelling in a Changing Climate
In 1990, Andrew Bakun hypothesized that warming temperatures and changes in sea-level pressure gradients would lead to warm season intensification…