Tag: Oceanography

New findings suggest that abnormal ocean currents cause the occasional appearance of pelagic red crabs outside their native rangeCredit: Photo ...

How ethane-consuming archaea pick up their favorite dish

Scientists of Bremen sucessfully decoded the structure of the enzyme responsible for ethane fixationCredit: Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology/ ...

The missing ocean plastic sink: Gone with the rivers

The mysterious ocean plastic sinkCredit: CEFREM/UPVD Plastics are a growing problem for natural ecosystems around the globe, and in particular ...

Guadalupe fur seals continue to recover as new colony discovered

Credit: Jorge Paul Orduño García. Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) have established a large resting colony in the Gulf of ...

A future ocean that is too warm for corals might have half as many fish species

June 30, 2021

Credit: Davide Seveso Predicting the potential effects of coral loss on fish communities globally is a fundamental task, especially considering ...

FAU lands $736,000 from NASA to study the coastal carbon budget from space

FAU harbor branch gulf of Mexico project among 10 grants in the nation and the only university in Florida selected ...

DNA data and modelling reveal potential spread of invasive species

Scientists at the University of Southampton have found that a marine invasive species - a sea squirt that lives on ...

Scientists use NASA satellite data to track ocean microplastics from space

Scientists from the University of Michigan have developed an innovative way to use NASA satellite data to track the movement ...

Coral offspring physiology impacted by parental exposure to intense environmental stresses

Environmental disturbances, such as bleaching events, can have lasting consequences across generations of corals Adult corals that survive high-intensity environmental ...

These sea anemones have a diverse diet. And they eat ants

A study describes the gut contents of giant plumose anemones off the coast of the state of Washington BUFFALO, N.Y. ...

Some seafloor microbes can take the heat: And here’s what they eat

WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- It's cold in the depths of the world's oceans; most of the seafloor is at a ...

No northern escape route for Florida’s coral reefs

Florida Tech research shows climate change will suppress reef growth from north and south Warming seas are driving many species ...

New geochemical study confirms cause of end-Permian mass extinction event

Results demonstrate the power of nickel isotope analyses, which are relatively new, to solve long-standing problems in the geosciences The ...

Sulfur enhances carbon storage in the Black Sea

Study finds new explanation for the accumulation of organic compounds in oxygen-depleted marine areas The Black Sea is an unusual ...

Numerical study first to reveal origin of ‘motion of the ocean’ in the straits of Florida

Scientists identify mechanisms of instability responsible for the formation of sub-mesoscale eddies Ocean currents sometimes pinch off sections that create ...

Underwater robot offers new insight into mid-ocean “twilight zone”

An innovative underwater robot known as Mesobot is providing researchers with deeper insight into the vast mid-ocean region known as ...

Microbes in ocean play important role in moderating Earth’s temperature

Methane-eating microbes help regulate Earth's temperatures with remarkably high metabolic rates within seafloor carbonate rocks Methane is a strong greenhouse ...

Combating maritime litter

Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon categorizes innovative solutions for fighting pollution in the oceans Plastic bottles drifting in the sea; bags in the ...

The rocky road to accurate sea-level predictions

Dirt and water under Greenland control future sea The type of material present under glaciers has a big impact on ...

IPBES/IPCC: Tackling the biodiversity and climate crises together, and their combined social impacts