Category: Environmental Sciences
A Visit From Earl?
Looks like KZ and I might be getting a visit from Earl later this week.
View More A Visit From Earl?The Tide Pool: Loss of Phytoplankton, War Gods and Corals, and Gulf of Mexico Biodiversity
An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! A new paper by Boyce, Lewis, and Worm…
View More The Tide Pool: Loss of Phytoplankton, War Gods and Corals, and Gulf of Mexico BiodiversityThe Tide Pool: Divergent Flatfish, Eavesdropping Fiddler Crabs, Hurricanes Kill Urchins
An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! ———————————- The western Pacific is broken land, plates…
View More The Tide Pool: Divergent Flatfish, Eavesdropping Fiddler Crabs, Hurricanes Kill UrchinsTeach the Controversy: Seafloor Spreading
My labmate came across this compelling illustration today searching Google Images for seafloor spreading illustrations.
View More Teach the Controversy: Seafloor Spreading12-month running mean global temperature reached new high…
…in 2010 despite recent minimum of solar iridescence. “We conclude that global temperature continued to rise rapidly in the past decade” and “there has been no…
View More 12-month running mean global temperature reached new high…Ocean Warming Melts Methane Hydrates Which Screws Us All
That’s pretty much the message of new study in Geophysical Research Letters. Large deposits of methane hydrates, i.e. methane ice, occur naturally in the seafloor…
View More Ocean Warming Melts Methane Hydrates Which Screws Us AllThe Tide Pool: Super Sperm Whales, Extinction Debts, and Vent Conservation
An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! A new report from Lambert et al. reports…
View More The Tide Pool: Super Sperm Whales, Extinction Debts, and Vent ConservationInteractions in the Dark Ocean
The deep sea, a vast, dark realm featuring disticntive organisms and serving as a massive reservoir of carbon, is the largest and leas explored ecosystem on Earth.…
View More Interactions in the Dark OceanThe Complex Science of Predicting Oil Plumes
Blowouts and the subsequent dispersion of oil and gas in deep and shallow water differ immensely. In shallower waters, expelled gas will contribute to the…
View More The Complex Science of Predicting Oil Plumes