Sea turtle: Sentinels and victims of plastic pollution in the Adriatic Sea
Credit: Carlo Marinacci Sea turtles are witnesses and victims of the high level of plastic pollution of the Adriatic Sea. ...
Tag: Oceanography
WHOI and NOAA fisheries release new North Atlantic right whale health assessment review
North Atlantic right whales are a critically endangered species with less than 366 left on the planetCredit: Photo: J. Durban, ...
Tool that more efficiently analyzes ocean color data will become part of NASA program
Stevens uses machine learning-driven techniques to develop a long-awaited tool that better reveals the health of Earth's oceans and the ...
Record-high Arctic freshwater will flow to Labrador Sea, affecting local and global oceans
Credit: Francesca Samsel and Greg Abram Freshwater is accumulating in the Arctic Ocean. The Beaufort Sea, which is the largest ...
Follow the smell of the ocean to find where marine predators feed
The chemical DMSP is released when phytoplankton are consumed by zooplankton such as krill. A joint research project between organizations ...
‘Problem of missing ice’ finally solved by movement of the earth’s crust
A new global ice sheet reconstruction for the past 80,000 yearsCredit: NIOZ, Kim Sauter During ice ages, the global mean ...
Whale Sharks show remarkable capacity to recover from injuries
Credit: Marine Conservation Society Seychelles A new study has for the first time explored the rate at which the world's ...
Study reveals energy sources supporting coral reef predators
Study reveals open ocean waters once assumed to be unproductive are in fact teeming with an abundance of life on ...
Sweet marine particles resist hungry bacteria
All algae sugars are entirely degraded by bacteria; well, not all; one sugar holds out against the invaders and could ...
A natural protection racket among damselfish and mysid shrimp
New UD study finds first example of underwater domesticator-domesticate relationshipCredit: Illustration by Rohan Brooker Throughout nature, there are instances of ...
Fishes contribute roughly 1.65 billion tons of carbon in feces and other matter annually
Study estimates fishes contribute about 16 percent of the sinking carbon in upper ocean watersCredit: Grace Saba Scientists have little ...
Scientists awarded Fulbright scholarships to study climate and the environment
Lora Harris and Christina Goethel to begin research exchange in Finland and IcelandCredit: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science ...
International research team begins uncovering Arctic mystery
New study on submarine permafrost suggests locked greenhouse gases are emergingCredit: Artwork by Victor O. Leshyk, Center for Ecosystem Science ...
New factor in the carbon cycle of the Southern Ocean identified
GEOMAR scientists show that besides iron, manganese can also limit the growth of photosynthesis-performing planktonCredit: Thomas Browning/GEOMAR The term plankton ...
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