Ocean acidification impacts oysters’ memory of environmental stress
Credit: Yaamini Venkataraman/University of Washington As oceans absorb more carbon dioxide, they are becoming increasingly acidic and shifting the delicate ...
Tag: Marine/Freshwater Biology
Uncovering the origin of symbiosis
Credit: Research team Professor Lutz Becks Lutz Becks is a professor of limnology at the University of Konstanz's Department of ...
Underwater adhesive technology moves to the market
Credit: (Mussel Polymers Inc. A novel underwater adhesive technology, based on a glue used naturally by marine creatures, soon may ...
Climate change could threaten sea snails in mid-Atlantic waters
Common whelk live in one of the fastest warming marine areas, Rutgers-led study saysCredit: Sarah Borsetti/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Climate change ...
Microplastics affect the survival of amphibians and invertebrates in river ecosystems
A study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has demonstrated that 15 days' exposure to microplastics affects some freshwater ...
Wearing clothes could release more microfibres to the environment than washing them
Credit: Francesca De Falco Wearing clothes can release even greater quantities of microfibres to the environment than washing them, new ...
Climate variations may impact the base of the food web along the California coast
Recent study reveals that natural climate cycles influence the base of the food web along the California coast and provides ...
Fresh groundwater flow important for coastal ecosystems
International researchers led by University of Göttingen develop first global computer model of groundwater flow into world's oceansCredit: Nils Moosdorf, ...
Ship noise leaves crabs too stressed to hide from danger
Credit: Martin Stevens The ocean is getting too loud even for crabs. Normally, shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) can slowly change ...
Gene regulatory factors enable bacteria to kill rivals and establish symbiosis in a squid
Credit: Nate Follmer, Penn State Two factors that control the expression of a key gene required by luminescent bacteria to ...
West coast dungeness crab stable or increasing even with intensive harvest, research shows
Central California crab numbers rise to an average of five times that of past decadesCredit: NOAA Fisheries/NWFSC The West Coast ...
World-first system forecasts warming of lakes globally
Research will enable better predictions of the impact of climate change on surface water temperatures and ecologyCredit: UKCEH A groundbreaking ...
Satellite data boosts understanding of climate change’s effects on kelp
Credit: Image provided by Sara Hamilton, OSU College of Science. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Tapping into 35 years of satellite imagery, ...
Scientists say it is time to save the red sea’s coral reef
Credit: Ove Hoegh-Guldberg The news in brief: 1) Red Sea corals and especially corals of the Gulf of Aqaba in ...
The health of coral reefs in the largest marine protected area in the world
Scientists on the Global Reef Expedition release their assessment of the health and resiliency of coral reefs in the Cook ...
Deep-sea fish community structure strongly affected by oxygen and temperature
Research on deep-sea fish density and diversity in the Gulf of California has implications for climate changeCredit: Photo provided by ...
What we don’t know (about lakes) could hurt us
As extreme weather increases, scientists from 20 countries warn of risk to lakes and water qualityCredit: Samuel Nanchen As the ...
Waves and tides have bigger impact on marine life than human activity
Study of over 170 species in Swansea Bay, WalesCredit: Ruth Callaway/Swansea University The biggest impacts on the sea life in ...
New model shows winners, losers among marine microbes in warming oceans
A USC-led research team developed a new tool to show how rising ocean temperatures help and hurt various marine microbesCredit: ...
Nutrient pollution and ocean warming negatively affect early life of corals
Credit: Raphael Ritson-Williams Corals are constantly exposed to multiple environmental stressors at any given time. On a global scale, climate ...