Tag: ecology

Determining how much carbon is locked away in the ocean is critical to understanding Earth's changing climate. However, measuring and monitoring oceanographic processes on a massive scale poses a challenge to scientists.

Five different shark and ray species were detected in four offshore wind farms.

Satellites orbiting Earth offer great potential to better understand the world’s reefs over time beyond the sites visited by researchers, University of Queensland research has found.

Findings pave the way for improving wave forecasts, helping coastal communities become more resilient as they prepare for floods and storm surge.

Biomedical engineers at USC Viterbi have created a new biocompatible material that is safe for marine life and avoids harmful microplastics.

A study of bacteria on microplastics in nine European rivers shows salinity to serve as a barrier stopping serious pathogens travelling large distances on plastic debris.

Researchers analyzed the full lifecycle of several fuel options and found this approach has a comparable environmental impact, overall, to burning low-sulfur fuels.

Researchers surveyed inland, riverine, and coastal habitats across six metropolitan regions across Australia

The University of Barcelona is working on a citizen science project to better understand the origins and final destination of the plastics that reach the sea

A network of so-called uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) could transform how scientists understand the critical boundary layer where the ocean meets the atmosphere, ushering in improvements in weather forecasting, climate research and marine ecosystem monitoring.

These powerful flows could be capable of traveling at speeds of up to eight meters per second, carrying plastic waste from the continental shelf to depths of more than 3,200 metres.

Seventy percent of the residual raw materials that occur in the ocean-going fishing fleet are discarded back into the sea.