Tag: Plankton

NOAA Autonomous Surface Vehicle in Narragansett Bay during testing. Goat Island and the Newport Bridge in the background.

Beyond Ocean Mapping: Using Uncrewed Vehicles to Advance Ocean Research

Ocean Science

8/26/2026 - By fisheries.noaa.gov, fisheries.noaa.gov. It’s January off of Nantucket Shoals. An uncrewed surface vehicle begins a series of carefully planned transects through Southern New England, collecting data day and night. There are no scientists onboard, but the 30-foot vessel is constantly measuring ocean currents, water temperature, salinity, weather and other ocean… SEE MORE

Phytoplankton blooms in the Barents Sea, shown in natural color from NASA's Aqua satellite on July 10, 2014. The solid white area in the top right corner is cloud cover. Credit: NASA's Earth Observatory.

New Study Shows Effect of Climate Change on Ocean Color

7/31/2023 - By ecomagazine.com. Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have discovered changes in the color of more than half (56%) of the ocean as a result of changes in the plankton communities. The new paper titled “Global climate change trends detected in indicators of ocean ecology” explains that plankton communities… SEE MORE

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Microscopic Monsters of the Ocean: Tuna

7/13/2023 - By saltwatersportsman.com. The life history of most game fishes is pretty amazing. Although some species may grow to more than 1,000 pounds, all begin life as one of millions of eggs the size of a small grain of sand floating about an ocean full of tiny predators, following a full-moon… SEE MORE

This Device Has Been Measuring Plankton Since the 1930s

Ocean Science

10/30/2019 - By Cathleen O'Grady. In the winter of 2013, a mass of warm water began to spread throughout the eastern Pacific Ocean. The Blob wreaked havoc on marine life—sea lion pups starved, seabirds died, and salmon fisheries suffered. Helping to unravel this mess is the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR), an antique… SEE MORE