Report cards show continued sea-level rise on East & Gulf coasts
Nearly all non-Alaskan West Coast tide stations also saw higher seasCredit: © J.D. Loftis/VIMS. Researchers at William & Mary's Virginia ...
Tag: Oceanography
CCNY’s Nir Krakauer in monsoon research breakthrough
Credit: Nir Krakauer With average precipitation of 35 inches per four-month season over an area encompassing most of the Indian ...
2 Rice faculty members awarded Sloan Research Fellowships
Torres, Yi selected for work in ocean sciences, physicsCredit: Photo courtesy of Dawn Harmer/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory HOUSTON -- (Feb. ...
Researchers discover a flipping crab feeding on methane seeps
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers have documented a group of tanner crabs vigorously feeding at a methane ...
Synchrotron light to analyse mining waste in marine sediment in the Portman bay
Fighting marine pollutionCredit: GRC- Marine Geosciences /University of Barcelona The light of ALBA Synchrotron will enable revealing the environmental impact ...
The smallest skeletons in the marine world observed in 3D by synchrotron techniques
Credit: NASA Coccolithophores are microscopic marine algae that use carbon dioxide to grow and release carbon dioxide when they create ...
Sea Grant & ASLO bring helping hands to Puerto Rico
Annual scientific meeting features community service projects SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Scientists from 52 countries will be providing hands-on ...
Half-Earth preservation with Natura 2000
In recent years, calls to preserve greater swaths of the Earth's land- and seascapes have grown. In particular, numerous conservationists ...
Undersea gases could superheat the planet
Carbon reservoirs on the ocean bottom caused global warming before -- and could do it again, according to research by ...
New deep sea animal discoveries warrant expanded protections in Costa Rican waters
Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute. PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA - A three week expedition off the coast of Costa Rica has just ...
NUS marine scientists find toxic bacteria on microplastics retrieved from tropical waters
When these tiny pieces of plastics are ingested by marine organisms, they may accumulate and be transferred up the food ...
Seasons change: Researchers provide new definition for major Indian monsoon season
Credit: Sara Vankm TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Toward the end of every year, the Northeast Indian Monsoon (NEM) batters southern India ...
Think big — at least when it comes to global conservation
Canada and Russia have the most to lose or gain, say researchersCredit: UBC Okanagan According to a group of international ...
Study shows unusual microbes hold clues to early life
Cutting-edge molecular methods reveal unusual metabolism of extreme microbesCredit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, courtesy of University of California, Santa Cruz, ...
'Twilight Zone' could help preserve shallow water reefs
Credit: The University of Queensland Corals lurking in deeper, darker waters could one day help to replenish shallow water reefs ...
Following the light
Researchers show that corals adapt photosynthetic rates to prevailing environmental conditionsCredit: BIOS, Eric Hochberg Similar to forests on land, the ...
Poor diet may have caused nosedive in major Atlantic seabird nesting colony
Credit: Roger Dickey The observed population crash in a colony of sooty terns, tropical seabirds in one of the UK ...
UH marine mammal research captures rare video of newborn humpback whale
Credit: Photo: UH Manoa Marine Mammal Research Program, NOAA permit: #20311-01 The humpback whale calf is so new that its ...
Leipzig researchers on Spanish Antarctic expedition
Focus on interactions between ocean and atmosphere around the Antarctic PeninsulaCredit: Marcel Köning, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Ushuaia/Leipzig. During the next ...
Anemones are friends to fish
UD researchers examine how anemones help fish fend off foesCredit: Photo by Stefan Andrews When predators hunt for small reef ...