Studying humpbacks with new methods Cholewiak, a researcher with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, has uncovered the first known instances of what looks like whales responding musically to each other’s songs.
For the first time a team of nine researchers from UC Santa Cruz, Texas A&M University, and University of Texas started a research expedition to the Antarctic in winter. Their intention is to study the Weddell seals, the only mammal to live in McMurdo Sound during the brutal winter month and discover how they survive beneath the sea ice.
Field Reports about the latest study on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill are the unvarnished, unedited journal entries of marine researchers in the field. They are intended to give readers a unique, inside look at the day-to-day nature of field work, an essential part of all marine science.
The Oscar Elton Sette, one of NOAA’s research vessels is currently at the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument on its first of two planned expeditions this year outlined to remove deserted fishing gear to save marine life, especially in coral reef ecosystems of the North West Hawaiian Islands (NWHI).
A team of international scientists will work together on a new study of the open water and ice-covered regions of the Amundsen Sea to understand the physical, chemical, and biological interactions that make this region the most biologically productive of any waters adjacent to the Antarctic continent and how the system might change in the face of future increases in regional temperature and in the rate of Antarctic glacier melting.
Seahorse Ways Co. runs a culturing farm of seahorses in Minami-Kyshu, Japan hoping to help reverse the decline of the species.
The oldest fossils date back 13 million years to the Middle Miocene (found in the Tunjice Hills in Slovenia) and are of two pipefish-like species.
The University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) announced this week that Dr. Roni Avissar, a distinguished atmospheric scientist and scholar, has joined the school as its new Dean.
NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) is awarding a total of $21 million this year, split among 11 regions.
The goal of each regional observing system is to maintain and enhance ocean and coastal observations in the area, giving planners and policymakers the information needed to improve safety, enhance the economy, and protect the environment.
Expedition to learn about the size of the “garbage patch” and the threats it poses to marine life and the gyre’s biological environment back.
On August 2, 2009 researchers left on the Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition (SEAPLEX) on board the research vessel (R/V) New Horizon.
Introducing Orca Network, an organization dedicated to the whales of the Pacific Northwest, and their healthy and safe habitats.
Their projects include the Whale Sighting Network, Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network, Education Programs, Free Lolita Campaign, salmon habitat restoration, restoration of Puget Sound and surrounding watersheds from toxic pollution.
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