Tag: Science

Autonomous ‘Bugs’ Can Skim Ocean Bacteria to Collect Data

8/1/2024 - By oceannews.com. Futurists predict that more than one trillion autonomous nodes will be integrated into all human activities by 2035 as part of the “Internet of Things.” Soon, pretty much any object—big or small—will feed information to a central database without the need for human involvement. Making this idea tricky… SEE MORE

How Saharan dust regulates hurricane rainfall

7/31/2024 - By sciencedaily.com. Giant plumes of Sahara Desert dust that gust across the Atlantic can suppress hurricane formation over the ocean and affect weather in North America. But thick dust plumes can also lead to heavier rainfall -- and potentially more destruction -- from landfalling storms, according to a July 24… SEE MORE

Climate change causing more change in rainfall, fiercer typhoons, scientists say

7/30/2024 - By David Stanway. Climate change is driving changes in rainfall patterns across the world, scientists said in a paper published on Friday, which could also be intensifying typhoons and other tropical storms. Taiwan, the Philippines and then China were lashed by the year's most powerful typhoon this week, with schools, businesses and… SEE MORE

More Whale Falls Found off Los Angeles than in the Rest of the World Combined

7/16/2024 - By Douglas Main. A mysterious discovery reveals how little we know about the deep ocean. A pair of scientific surveys recently turned up a few surprises on the seafloor off the coast of Los Angeles, California. First, there were the tens of thousands of naval weapons. And then, researchers found… SEE MORE

Blue Crabs in Chesapeake Bay; Scientists Look Back at Two Decades of Management

7/15/2024 - By news.maryland.gov. In the late 2000s, the outlook for blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay was grim. Known for its ups and downs, the blue crab harvest was going through a long stretch of almost all downs. The crab population steeply declined after 1997 and remained at record low harvests… SEE MORE

Dolphins with Elevated Mercury Levels in Florida and Georgia

6/28/2024 - By ecomagazine.com. In a study with potential implications for the oceans and human health, scientists reported elevated mercury levels in dolphins in the US Southeast, with the greatest levels found in dolphins in Florida's St. Joseph and Choctawhatchee Bays. Dolphins are considered a "sentinel species" for oceans and human health… SEE MORE

Geoscientists Found the Most Dangerous Part of a Famous West Coast Fault

6/20/2024 - By Nikk Ogasa. The most destructive Cascadian earthquakes are likely to slam offshore of Washington state and Vancouver Island, new data reveal. The Cascadia megathrust is a massive fault thought capable of generating devastating magnitude 9 earthquakes similar to the 2011 Tohoku temblor, but its structure has long eluded scientists.… SEE MORE

Observing the Ocean

6/12/2024 - By gmri.org. The ocean is a big, ever-changing system. Fish are constantly moving around and weather conditions can change in an instant. This makes studying marine ecosystems challenging, but scientists have some innovative tools at their disposal to make it easier. Looking out at the Gulf of Maine, it may… SEE MORE

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Swarms of Miniature Robots Simultaneously Clean Up Microplastics and Microbes

5/15/2024 - By ecomagazine.com. When old food packaging, discarded children's toys and other mismanaged plastic waste break down into microplastics, they become even harder to clean up from oceans and waterways. These tiny bits of plastic also attract bacteria, including those that cause disease. In a study in ACS Nano, researchers describe swarms… SEE MORE

Rapid Oyster Reef Restoration Gives Hope for Repairing the Sea

5/11/2024 - By ecomogazine.com. After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan Adelaide coastline. Research by University of Adelaide marine scientists has revealed that the astonishing ecological recovery occurred within two and a half years of the reef being… SEE MORE