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: Posted On September 15, 2021

Sunlight Can Break Down Marine Plastic into Tens of Thousands of Chemical Compounds, Study Finds

Sunlight was once thought to only fragment plastics in the marine environment into smaller particles that chemically resemble the original material...

: Posted On September 14, 2021

How Land Birds Cross the Open Ocean

Migrating birds choose routes with the best wind and uplift conditions, helping them to fly nonstop for hundreds of kilometers over the sea

: Posted On September 14, 2021

Transforming Marine Biodiversity Discovery and Monitoring

A new system for sampling fragments of DNA from marine organisms drifting in the ocean is set to create new opportunities for research on...

: Posted On September 13, 2021

The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation Completes the Largest Coral Reef Survey and Mapping Expedition in History

The Global Reef Expedition circumnavigated the globe over the course of ten years to address the coral reef crisis

: Posted On September 9, 2021

Effect of ‘Eddy Killing’ in Oceans is no Longer a Matter of Guesswork

Ocean currents, propelled by kinetic energy from the wind, are the great moderators of the Earth's climate. By transferring heat from the equator to...

: Posted On September 7, 2021

The Right Tools for Right Whales

Advances in technology are enabling a new perspective on the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.

: Posted On September 7, 2021

Tiger Sharks Have Social Preferences For One Another

New research indicates that baited shark diving can influence tiger shark social behavior

: Posted On September 7, 2021

How Climatic Changes Influence the Evolution of Oceanic Insects

The history of insects living on the open ocean tracked with the history of the currents they ride

: Posted On September 2, 2021

Warming Atlantic Forces Right Whales into New Dangerous Habitats

Warming oceans have driven the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population from its traditional and protected habitat, exposing the...

: Posted On August 31, 2021

When Humans Disturb Marine Mammals, it’s Hard to Know the Long-Term Impact

Scientists are developing new tools to determine when short-term changes in behavior caused by human activities have biological significance for...

: Posted On August 31, 2021

New Methods for Tracking Genetically Modified Animals

New CSI-like methods for detecting artificial transgenes

: Posted On August 24, 2021

Volcanism Drove Rapid Ocean Deoxygenation During the Time of the Dinosaurs

Severe ocean deoxygenation events in our planet’s geologic history

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