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Fish swimming through a kelp forest
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Kelp’s Carbon Sink Potential Could Be Blocked by Coastal Darkening

by Doug Johnson 5 November 202119 November 2021

Coastal darkening, an environmental threat researchers are only beginning to study, is found to dramatically reduce the productivity of kelp.

Loggerhead sea turtle swimming
Posted inNews

What Happens When Six Sea Turtles Go Rogue

by Jenessa Duncombe 26 April 202119 October 2021

In a study of more than 200 sea turtles, researchers were surprised by six turtles that went their own way.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Coastal Ecosystems Under Pressure Worldwide

by T. Malone, A. Malej and J. Faganeli 19 March 202125 October 2021

A new book explores how two river-dominated coastal estuaries are responding to the pressures of human expansion and climate change.

Imagen mostrando bolsas y otros restos de plástico flotando en el océano.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Rastreando cómo se mueve el plástico en el océano costero

by Kate Wheeling 3 March 2021

Investigadores utilizaron un tanque de olas para estudiar el movimiento de partículas de plástico de forma experimental y comprender el papel de la densidad de partículas en el comportamiento de deriva.

Plastic debris floats near the ocean surface, as seen from underwater
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tracking How Plastic Moves in the Coastal Ocean

by Kate Wheeling 21 December 20203 November 2021

Researchers used a wave tank to study the movement of plastic particles experimentally and to understand the role of particle density in drift behavior.

An aircraft releases chemical dispersant on 5 May 2010 over oil floating on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico
Posted inFeatures

¿Por Qué la Luz Solar es Importante para los Derrames de Petróleo en el Mar?

by Collin P. Ward, C. M. Reddy and E. B. Overton 6 October 202018 May 2022

Una década de investigación desde el desastre de Deepwater Horizon ha revelado cómo la luz solar—su importancia subestimada durante mucho tiempo en la ciencia de derrames de petróleo—altera sustancialmente el petróleo que flota en la superficie del mar.

Photo of a low rock jetty separating the ocean from a fish pond
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El Agua Subterránea es la “Conexión Occulta” Entre la Tierra y el Océano

by Richard J. Sima 18 June 20201 December 2020

La importancia del agua subterránea dulce para los ecosistemas costeros es revelada utilizando el primer modelo numérico a escala global.

Men on the deck of a research vessel collect samples from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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Below the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: More Garbage

by Mara Johnson-Groh 4 June 2020

New research is finding there’s more to marine debris than just what appears near the ocean surface, including tons of microplastics extending hundreds of meters into the deep.

Candidatus Macondimonas diazotrophica visible both inside and around the edges of oil droplets
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Deepwater Horizon: La Plataforma Petrolera y el Surgimiento de las Técnicas Ómicas

by J. Kostka, S. B. Joye and R. R. Colwell 29 May 202018 May 2022

Las técnicas de genómica microbiana llegaron a su madurez después del derrame de Deepwater Horizon, ofreciendo a los investigadores una visión incomparable de cómo los ecosistemas responden a tales desastres ambientales.

An aircraft releases chemical dispersant on 5 May 2010 over oil floating on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico
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Why Sunlight Matters for Marine Oil Spills

by Collin P. Ward, C. M. Reddy and E. B. Overton 28 April 202018 May 2022

A decade of research since the Deepwater Horizon disaster has revealed how sunlight—its importance long understated in oil spill science—substantially alters petroleum floating at the sea surface.

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