Corals from the twilight zone: Who eats what on a deep Red Sea reef
Credit: Marcos Schonholz Many coral reefs are found below scuba diving depth. Because of the difficulty in visiting these parts ...
Tag: Oceanography
Research on large storm waves could help lessen their impact on coasts
Credit: Frederic Dias When cyclones or other massive oceanic storms make landfall, their giant waves batter coastlines and sometimes cause ...
Red algae thrive despite ancestor’s massive loss of genes
Study may spawn ways to genetically alter and control red seaweedsCredit: Debashish Bhattacharya/Rutgers University-New Brunswick You'd think that losing 25 ...
Extinction of cold-water corals on the Namibian shelf due to low oxygen contents
New study now published in the journal GeologyCredit: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen They were ...
Genetics reveal Pacific subspecies of fin whale
New findings highlight diversity of marine mammalsCredit: Paula Olson/NOAA Fisheries New genetic research has identified fin whales in the northern ...
Reframing Antarctica’s meltwater pond dangers to ice shelves and sea level
There's a speed limit on the damage surface ponds can do to ice shelves, but that doesn't mean they're not ...
Public, schools are invited to join interactive broadcasts from the Antarctic
Polar scientists to share how region is responding to rapid warmingCredit: United States Antarctic Program KINGSTON, R.I., - October 25, ...
UTA investigating best ways to protect coastal communities from rising sea levels
New strategies to ease coastal floodingCredit: UT Arlington As sea levels rise worldwide, coastal areas of the United States are ...
FSU research: Strong storms generating earthquake-like seismic activity
Credit: Bruce Palmer/FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida State University researcher has uncovered a new geophysical phenomenon where ...
Deep Purple — future biological darkening of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Purple algae are making the western Greenland Ice Sheet melt faster, as the algae darken the ice surface and make ...
Bid to reconstruct richness of prehistoric oceans
Credit: Paul Butler Scientists are reconstructing the world's "pristine" prehistoric oceans. Ocean conservation is a global concern, but the researchers ...
Study offers solution to Ice Age ocean chemistry puzzle
Credit: IMAS New research into the chemistry of the oceans during ice ages is helping to solve a puzzle that ...
Sunlight degrades polystyrene faster than expected
Credit: Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution A study published by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...
Hush, little baby: Mother right whales ‘whisper’ to calves
Credit: Photo by Dana Cusano, Syracuse University; NMFS Permit #775-1875 On June 20, a whale researchers had named Punctuation was ...
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