Today we published “Evidence of acclimatization or adaptation in Hawaiian corals to higher ocean temperatures“. In this study, scientists replicate a landmark coral bleaching study from the 1970s to determine changes in coral sea temperature...
This week we published the study RNA expression and disease tolerance are associated with a “keystone mutation” in the ochre sea star Pisaster ochraceus by V. Katelyn Chandler and John P. Wares. Using RNA sequencing methods,...
Changes to bio-oceanographic conditions can trigger devastating mortality events for marine mammals. In March 2015, by far the largest reported mass mortality of baleen whales took place in a gulf in Southern Chile. In...
Whale sharks are a majestic and endangered species on the IUCN red list whose numbers have been heavily impacted by human activity. As with many other oceanic species, there is very little known about their...
Materials and press release provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. For such small and delicate creatures, they can pack mighty painful stings. Known as clinging jellyfish because they attach themselves to seagrasses and seaweeds,...
Materials and press release provided by the Field Museum What’s brightly colored, lives on shipwrecks, filter-feeds like a whale, and shoots webs like Spiderman? If you can’t readily come up with an answer, that’s okay:...
Today we published “Ship noise extends to frequencies used for echolocation by endangered killer whales”. In this study, author Scott Veirs, and his colleagues discuss the results of a study on how sounds produced by ships...
Guest blog post from Tim Deprez & Katherine Brownlie of Ghent University The organisers of the Mares Conference on Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation 2016 (Feb 1-5, 2016) are pleased to have made an...
We recently published “Can sea urchins beat the heat? Sea urchins, thermal tolerance and climate change”. In this study, author Elizabeth Sherman examined the effects of rising sea temperatures on sea urchins. Elizabeth comments on her research and...
We recently published “Self-generated morphology in lagoon reefs”. In this study, author David Blakeway and his co-author Michael Hamblin discuss their research on coral reefs and reef simulations. In this post, David comments on his research and...
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