Learn from past to protect oceans
Credit: NOAA Photo Library History holds valuable lessons - and stark warnings - about how to manage fisheries and other ...
Tag: Marine/Freshwater Biology
RIT scientists develop first 3D mass estimate of microplastic pollution in Lake Erie
Study shows different types of plastics accumulating in different portions of the lakeCredit: RIT Rochester Institute of Technology scientists have ...
Dissolved oxygen and pH policy leave fisheries at risk
Credit: Figure courtesy of Breitburg, D., Levin, L.A., Oschlies, A., Grégoire, M., Chavez, F.P., Conley, D.J., Garçon, V., Gilbert, D., ...
Iron deficiency in corals?
When iron is limited, microalgae that live in coral cells may compensate with other metalsCredit: Todd LaJeunesse, Penn State When ...
Dramatic decrease in cold-water plankton during industrial era
Credit: Credit P. Spooner & D. Thornalley. There has been a dramatic decrease in cold-water plankton during the 20th century, ...
A rare snail living on wood is discovered in the Arctic ocean
Researchers have found a marine snail from the subclass Neomphaliones in a collection from the Soviet Arctic expeditions of the ...
Caribbean coral reef decline began in 1950s and 1960s from local human activities
Credit: NOAA Not long ago, the azure waters of the Caribbean contained healthy and pristine coral reef environments dominated by ...
Climate change’s toll on freshwater fish: A new database for science
'FiCli' -- a searchable directory of peer-reviewed journal articles on fish and climate change -- could aid in conservation and management of ...
New ethane-munching microbes discovered at hot vents
Researchers find deep-sea microbes that feed on ethane and grow them in the laboratory; what is particularly exciting: The mechanism ...
Aquaculture at the crossroads of global warming and antimicrobial resistance
Credit: © Miriam Reverter et al., Nature Communications. Aquaculture - rearing aquatic organisms such as fish and shellfish - plays ...
Study describes cocktail of pharmaceuticals in waters in Bangladesh
Antifungals, antibiotics and other drugs were found in water in urban and rural areas, raising concerns about the spread of ...
What did scientists learn from Deepwater Horizon?
Paper reviews major findings, technological advances that could help in next deep-sea spill.Credit: (Photo by Cabell Davis, © Woods Hole ...
Rare video captures humpback whale nursing behaviors in UH Mānoa research
Video news releaseCredit: UH Mānoa Marine Mammal Research Program WHAT: An exciting new project that aims to quantify the nursing ...
Rising carbon dioxide levels will change marine habitats and fish communities
Credit: Nicolas Floc'h Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the consequent changes created through ocean acidification will cause severe ...
Extinction of threatened marine megafauna would lead to huge loss in functional diversity
The extinction of threatened marine megafauna species could result in larger than expected losses in functional diversity, according to research ...
Earth Day alert to save our frogs
Study warns of amphibian conservation shortfallsCredit: Kate Mason With climate action a theme of Earth Day 2020 (22 April 2020), ...
New textile could keep you cool in the heat, warm in the cold
Credit: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c02300 Imagine a single garment that could adapt to changing weather conditions, ...
Additions to resource industry underwater robots can boost ocean discoveries
Remotely operated vehicles used by the oil and gas sector can be enhanced to gather more scientific data, researchers sayCredit: ...
Estuaries are warming at twice the rate of oceans and atmosphere
Study of 166 rivers, lakes and lagoons in Australia shows fisheries face big challengesCredit: NSW DPIE Estuaries on the south-east ...
When fathers are pregnant
Immune system alteration identified as key process in the male pregnancy of pipefishes and seahorsesCredit: S. Kaehlert, GEOMAR How the ...