Climate change: Heavy rain after drought may cause fish kills
Credit: Theis Kragh/University of Southern Denmark Fish kills are a recurring phenomenon in lakes suffering from oxygen depletion. Often the ...
Tag: Marine/Freshwater Biology
Scientists urge caution, further assessment of ecological impacts above deep sea mining
Credit: Drazen, et al. (2020). Interest in deep-sea mining for copper, cobalt, zinc, manganese and other valuable metals has grown ...
Stress testing ‘coral in a box’
Credit: Christian Voolstra Coral death is impacting oceans worldwide as a consequence of climate change. The concern is that corals ...
Evolutionary biologists find several fish adapt in the same way to toxic water
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Several species of fish have adapted to harsh environments using the same mechanism, ...
Tackling coral reefs’ thorny problem
Scientists decipher the evolutionary history of a coral reef predatorCredit: OIST Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology ...
HKU study reveals the hidden fight within corals
Credit: Allisonmlewis / CC BY-SA Researchers from the School of Biological Sciences and Swire Institute of Marine Science at the ...
Purifying water with the help of wood, bacteria and the sun
Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01088 According to the United Nations, about one-fifth of the world's population lives ...
Algae species discovered infesting NW Hawaiian waters has been identified
Credit: Photo courtesy: NOAA/National Marine Sanctuaries A newly-identified, fast-growing species of algae poses a major threat to coral reefs and ...
1.5 billion people will depend on water from mountains
Credit: D. Viviroli Global water consumption has increased almost fourfold in the past 100 years, and many regions can only ...
New study sparks fresh call for seagrass preservation
An increase in carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to 5 million cars a year has been caused by the loss of ...
Microplastic pollution harms lobster larvae, study finds
Microplastic fibers in the ocean impact larval lobsters at each stage of their developmentCredit: Madelyn Woods Microplastic fiber pollution in ...
Long-term consequences of river damming in the Panama Canal
Credit: Ian Cooke/Cooked Illustrations Humans have manipulated and managed rivers with dams for millennia. The number of river dam projects ...
UM Bio Station researchers unlock mystery of subterranean stoneflies
Credit: UM photo FLATHEAD LAKE - In a new study published in the scientific journal Ecology, researchers from the University ...
Study confirms ultra music festival likely stressful to fish
UM Rosenstiel School researchers found high cortisol levels in toadfish during music festivalCredit: Tony Winton/Key Content, LLC MIAMI--A new study ...
Microscope allows gentle, continuous imaging of light-sensitive corals
Credit: Loretta Roberson WOODS HOLE, Mass. - Corals are "part animal, part plant, and part rock - and difficult to ...
Microplastic pollution accumulates heavily in coastal areas such as fjords and estuaries
Credit: Peter T. Harris, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111398 Microplastic pollution in marine environments is concentrated most highly in coastal habitats, especially fjords and ...
Study finds that plastic recycling from europe being dumped in Asian waters
Up to 31% of plastic exported for recycling not recycled at allCredit: Shutterstock/NUI Galway New research from NUI Galway and ...
Research reveals fishing pressures affect tropical and temperate reefs differentl
Credit: Elizabeth Madin, University of Hawai'i In a study published recently in Ecology and Evolution, an international team of researchers ...
The state of coral reefs in the Solomon Islands
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation releases their latest findings from the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition ...
Bleaching affects aquarium corals, too
Credit: Ciemon Caballes. A new study illustrates the potential impact of recurrent heatwaves on coral species collected by the Australian ...