Unusual currents explain mysterious red crab strandings
New findings suggest that abnormal ocean currents cause the occasional appearance of pelagic red crabs outside their native rangeCredit: Photo ...
Tag: Oceanography
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
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
Credit: Marc Rius Scientists at the University of Southampton have found that a marine invasive species - a sea squirt ...
Scientists use NASA satellite data to track ocean microplastics from space
Credit: Courtesy of Nicole Trenholm / Ocean Research Project Scientists from the University of Michigan have developed an innovative way ...
Coral offspring physiology impacted by parental exposure to intense environmental stresses
Environmental disturbances, such as bleaching events, can have lasting consequences across generations of coralsCredit: Kevin Wong Adult corals that survive ...
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 WashingtonCredit: Credit: Christopher ...
Some seafloor microbes can take the heat: And here’s what they eat
Credit: Teske et al, Front. Microbiol., 2021. Based on a template courtesy of C. Mortera, UNAM. WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- ...
No northern escape route for Florida’s coral reefs
Florida Tech research shows climate change will suppress reef growth from north and southCredit: Alexander Modys, Florida Atlantic University Warming ...
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 geosciencesCredit: Northern ...
Sulfur enhances carbon storage in the Black Sea
Study finds new explanation for the accumulation of organic compounds in oxygen-depleted marine areasCredit: © Nelli Sergeeva The Black Sea ...
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 eddiesCredit: Florida Atlantic University/Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Ocean currents ...
Underwater robot offers new insight into mid-ocean “twilight zone”
Credit: Evan Kovacs/©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution An innovative underwater robot known as Mesobot is providing researchers with deeper insight into ...
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 rocksCredit: Courtesy of Courtesy of the ...
Combating maritime litter
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon categorizes innovative solutions for fighting pollution in the oceansCredit: Photo: Brian Yurasits via Unsplash Plastic bottles drifting in ...
The rocky road to accurate sea-level predictions
Dirt and water under Greenland control future seaCredit: Henning Åkesson The type of material present under glaciers has a big ...
IPBES/IPCC: Tackling the biodiversity and climate crises together, and their combined social impacts
Global experts identify key options for solutions; First-ever collaboration between IPBES- and IPCC-selected scientistsCredit: IPBES BONN, 10 June - Unprecedented ...