3 Ways You Can #SeaTheChange
[ad_1] The plastic pollution problem is vast. Plastics have been found everywhere from the Mariana Trench, the Earth’s deepest trough, to the top of Mount Everest, our planet’s highest peak.…
5 Animals You’ll See on the Great Barrier Reef
[ad_1] The closest I’ve come to visiting the Great Barrier Reef is watching the Disney movie, Finding Nemo, but that hasn’t kept me from dreaming of visiting this natural wonder one…
Five Animals You’ll See on the Great Barrier Reef
[ad_1] The closest I’ve come to visiting the Great Barrier Reef is watching the Disney movie, Finding Nemo, but that hasn’t kept me from dreaming of visiting this natural wonder one…
The function of life – oceanbites
[ad_1] Marine vertebrates have different functions in reef ecosystems – what would happen if they disappeared? Waechter, Luiza S., Osmar J. Luiz, Fabien Leprieur, and Mariana G. Bender. “Functional Biogeography…
What is the Coral Triangle?
[ad_1] Unfortunately, I have some disappointing news: The Coral Triangle is not the forgotten member of Sebastian’s ”Under-the-Sea” band in The Little Mermaid. It is also not the pointy third…
Trailblazers in Marine Biology
[ad_1] Every scientific advancement is built upon the foundational discoveries that came before it. Recognizing the history of ocean research—and the scientists behind it—is an important step in understanding how…
Cheers to Pipefish
[ad_1] Ask anyone on the street, and chances are they can tell you about seahorses. You don’t need to be an expert to recognize these small, odd-looking critters—their long faces…
How impactful is it to sound in the ocean, really? – oceanbites
[ad_1] Rob Williams, Christine Erbe, Alec Duncan, Kimberly Nielsen, Travis Washburn, Craig Smith. Noise from deep-sea mining may span vast ocean areas. Science, 2022; 377 (6602): 157 DOI: 10.1126/science.abo2804 ******************************** On July 7th,…
another wave of the pandemic – oceanbites
[ad_1] Sendra, M., Rodriguez-Romero, A., Yeste, M. P., Blasco, J., & Tovar-Sánchez, A. (2022). Products released from surgical face masks can provoke cytotoxicity in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Science…
the oceanographers you didn’t know about – oceanbites
[ad_1] Source: Wu, Wenbo, Zhongwen Zhan, Shirui Peng, Sidao Ni, and Jörn Callies. “Seismic Ocean Thermometry.” Science 369, no. 6510 (September 18, 2020): 1510–15. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb9519. A warming ocean The impacts…
