Ocean sediment is a ‘mudtropolis’ – meet the carbon-cycling creatures thriving beneath the seabed

There is a diversity of life within our seabeds, capable of moving mountains of mud and slowing the effects of climate change.

Tara Williams, PhD Candidate, School of Environment, University of Exeter • conversation
Sept. 17, 2024 ~5 min

Baleen whales are among the biggest creatures on Earth – science is revealing new secrets about their size

Baleen whales include the blue whale, the largest animal ever known.

Sam McKee, Associate Tutor and PhD Candidate in Philosophy of Science, Manchester Metropolitan University • conversation
Sept. 11, 2024 ~7 min


Whales are recovering from near extinction, but industrial fishing around Antarctica competes for their sole food source

The Southern Ocean’s krill-rich waters attract multiple species of filter-feeding whales – and, increasingly, fishing boats.

Matthew Savoca, Research scientist, Stanford University • conversation
Sept. 10, 2024 ~5 min

Surf therapy connects people to water – ocean health depends on this ‘blue attunement’

Ocean therapy provides a lens to see, understand and experience the ocean as healing, restorative and health-enabling.

Easkey Britton, Associate research scientist in Oceans and Human Health, University of Galway • conversation
Sept. 9, 2024 ~9 min

The workhorse ship of ocean drilling may have made its last voyage – here’s why scientists don’t want to see the JOIDES Resolution mothballed

The National Science Foundation says that the JOIDES Resolution has become too costly to fund. But scientists say its $72 million annual budget pales compared with discoveries the ship has enabled.

Suzanne OConnell, Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science, Wesleyan University • conversation
Sept. 3, 2024 ~11 min

Deep sea ‘dark oxygen’ raises questions about alien life

Researchers have made a startling discovery: rocks are generating “dark oxygen” in an area being explored for deep-sea mining.

Boston University • futurity
Aug. 29, 2024 ~9 min

Connection with coast and inland waterways has multiple health benefits – here’s how we measure them

Looking at, listening to, and immersing ourselves in inland and coastal waters can directly benefit our physical and mental health - here’s how the study of blue health has evolved.

Mathew White, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Psychology, University of Exeter • conversation
Aug. 29, 2024 ~8 min

What is an Atlantic Niña? How La Niña’s smaller cousin could affect hurricane season

It’s rare to see both Nina’s at the same time, but both appeared to be developing in August 2024. That could help soften hurricane season, but don’t bet on it.

Zachary Handlos, Atmospheric Science Educator, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
Aug. 27, 2024 ~7 min


Bayesian yacht disaster: how specialist search and rescue teams work underwater

Underwater search and rescue teams have been working in challenging conditions off the coast of Sicily.

Vivienne Heaton, Lecturer in Forensic Anthropology and Biology, Keele University • conversation
Aug. 22, 2024 ~7 min

A 600-year-old coral shows us how the Pacific Ocean has changed since 1370

Our work shows the ocean around Fiji is the hottest it has been in at least the past 653 years.

Jens Zinke, Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Leicester • conversation
Aug. 15, 2024 ~7 min

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