World’s longest-running carbon dioxide measurement receives continuation funding
$1.45M grants from Eric and Wendy Schmidt to support Keeling Curve, ocean pH programs, key indicators of global warmingCredit: Schmidt ...
Tag: Oceanography
Study confirms plastics threat to south pacific seabirds
Credit: Canterbury Museum Plastic gathered from remote corners of the South Pacific Ocean, including nesting areas of New Zealand albatrosses, ...
Sea star’s ability to clone itself may empower this mystery globetrotter
Credit: Michael Boyle For decades, biologists have captured tiny sea star larvae in their nets that did not match the ...
Ed Fry selected as The Oceanography Society’s 2020 Jerlov Award recipient
For significant advances in knowledge of how light interacts with the oceanCredit: Texas A&M University Dr. Edward S. Fry, distinguished ...
Study first to tally biomass from oceanic plastic debris using visualization method
Scientists obtain quantitative number for biomass -- First estimate of its kindCredit: Shiye Zhao, Ph.D. Trillions of plastic debris fragments ...
Aerodynamicists reveal link between fish scales and aircraft drag
City, University of London's Professor Christoph Bruecker and his team have transferred the idea of fish scales to arrays of ...
Sea-level rise projections can improve with state-of-the-art model
New ice-sheet 'emulator' focuses on Antarctica, Rutgers research showsCredit: Ted Scambos/NSIDC Projections of potentially dramatic sea-level rise from ice-sheet melting ...
Who is driving whom? Climate and carbon cycle in perpetual interaction
Bremen climate scientists disclose changing feedback mechanisms between climate and global carbon cycle over the last 35 million yearsCredit: William ...
Ocean warming and acidification effects on calcareous phytoplankton communities
Credit: ICTA-UAB A new study led by researchers from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma ...
Vessel noise present year-round at Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Credit: J. Stock/Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary NEWPORT, Ore. - The environment in the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary off ...
Is it one or two species? The case of the cluster anemones
Credit: University of Bologna If you dive in the Mediterranean Sea, the cluster anemone is among the most fascinating and ...
Marine biodiversity reshuffles under warmer and sea ice-free Pacific Arctic
Credit: Irene D. Alabia, et al., Science of The Total Environment, supplementary file, July 15, 2020 Climate warming will alter ...
Sentinels of ocean acidification impacts survived Earth’s last mass extinction
Credit: Katja Peijnenburg, Erica Goetze, Deborah Wall-Palmer, Lisette Mekkes. Two groups of tiny, delicate marine organisms, sea butterflies and sea ...
Caribbean islands face loss of protection and biodiversity as seagrass loses terrain
Credit: Rebecca James Tropical islands have an important ally when it comes to battling storms and sea-level rise: seagrass. During ...
5G wireless may lead to inaccurate weather forecasts
Rutgers study is the first to model impact of 5G radiation "leakage" on forecastingCredit: Mohammad Yousefvand Upcoming 5G wireless networks ...
URI grad student finds PFAS in seabirds from Narragansett Bay, Massachusetts Bay, Cape Fear
Credit: (Photo courtesy of Anna Robuck) KINGSTON, R.I. - Sept.23, 2020 - Evidence continues to accumulate about human and wildlife ...
40% of O’ahu, Hawai’i beaches could be lost by mid-century
Credit: Kammie Tavares The reactive and piecemeal approach historically used to manage beaches in Hawai'i has failed to protect them. ...
Southern hemisphere could see up to 30% less rain at end of the century
Analysis published in Scientific Reports is based on climate models for the mid-Pliocene period, which occurred 3 million years ago ...
Understanding the movement patterns of free-swimming marine snails
New research relates shell shapes and body geometries and sizes with swimming abilities and sinking behaviors, which impact vertical migration ...
Ocean acidification puts deep-sea coral reefs at risk of collapse
Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Deep-sea coral reefs face challenges as changes to ocean chemistry triggered by climate change ...