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: Posted On October 28, 2020

Metal Deposits from Chinese Coal Plants End Up in the Pacific Ocean, According to New Findings

Though marine life may benefit from the influx of iron, USC scientists reinforce that the pollution from burning coal will have an adverse effect on...

: Posted On October 27, 2020

Endangered Vaquita Remain Genetically Healthy Even in Low Numbers

Study found no sign of inbreeding or 'extinction vortex' often linked to small populations

: Posted On October 27, 2020

Two New Studies Substantially Advance Understanding of Currents that Help Regulate Climate

Formation of deep water that drives overturning circulation found to have a common origin and to spill over into the North Atlantic via a newly...

: Posted On October 27, 2020

Comprehensive Study Measures Effects of Ocean Acidification on Marine Ecosystems

Marine food webs and biogeochemical cycles react very sensitively to the increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) - but the effects are far more complex...

: Posted On October 26, 2020

Scientists Discover Coral Reef Taller than Empire State Building in the GBR

Australian scientists discover 500-meter-tall coral reef in the Great Barrier Reef--first to be discovered in over 120 years

: Posted On October 20, 2020

DNA Barcoding Unmasks the Origin of Cloning Sea Star

It always pays to think outside of the box. Rachel Collin decided to look further afield to find the adult form that matched a larvae from a...

: Posted On October 20, 2020

Long-Term Data Show A Recent Acceleration in Chemical and Physical Changes in the Ocean

Two open-ocean hydrographic stations record 40 years of change in the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean

: Posted On October 20, 2020

Palau’s Reefs Have Highest Coral Cover Observed on Largest Ever Global Mapping Expedition

The latest report from the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation finds Palau's reefs had the highest coral cover observed on the Global Reef...

: Posted On October 20, 2020

A First-of-its-Kind Catalyst Mimics Natural Processes to Break Down Plastics

While plastics recycling is not new science, current processes don't make it economically worthwhile -- waste plastics get "down-cycled" into lower...

: Posted On October 15, 2020

Study First to Tally Biomass from Oceanic Plastic Debris Using Visualization Method

Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Scientists and Collaborators Obtain Quantitative Number for Biomass — First Estimate of its Kind

: Posted On October 14, 2020

What Tiny Surfing Robots Teach Us About Surface Tension

Propelled by chemical changes in surface tension, microrobots surfing across fluid interfaces lead researchers to new ideas

: Posted On October 13, 2020

Future Ocean Conditions Could Cause Significant Physical Changes in Marine Mussels

The increased temperature and acidification of our oceans over the next century have been argued to cause significant physical changes in an...

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