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UNH Researchers Find Climate Change and Turf Seaweed Causing “Patchy” Seascape

November 15, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Climate Change, Ocean, Seaweed

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire find that environmental developments caused by climate change are contributing to the transformation of the seafloor to a lower, more patchy seascape dominated by shrub-like seaweed which could impact species habitats and the structure of the food web.

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Breaking the (SeaFood) Chain

November 13, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments California, Coast, Education, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Ocean, Research, Science, Seawater

If you want to understand what happens when seawater becomes more acidic, ask an oyster farmer. Specifically, talk to one in the Pacific Northwest. Researchers still aren’t sure how ocean acidification (OA) affects ocean water exactly, but oyster larvae in Washington State are already dying by the billions. Over the next 50 years, OA is predicted to reduce U.

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The Rise of Orpheus

November 12, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Ocean, OCEANOGRAPHY, Robots

WHOI’s new deep-sea autonomous underwater vehicle moves one step closer to exploring the hadal zone—the deepest region of the ocean—to search for new clues about the limits of life on Earth, and possibly beyond.

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Poisoned by Plastic

November 6, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Environmental Science, Marine Life, Ocean, Plastics, Science

Too many of the plastic cups, chip bags, cigarette butts and take-out containers you see littering California’s beaches don’t stay on the sand. An estimated 17.6 billion pounds of plastic make their way into the world’s oceans annually, the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck full of plastic into the ocean every minute—and 80 percent of that comes directly from littering on land.

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Red Algae Thrive Despite Ancestor’s Massive Loss of Genes

October 29, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Adaptation, Algae, China, Climate Change, Coastal, coastlines, Coral Reefs, Crops, Ecology, Ecosystem, Emulsifiers, Environment, Evolution, extreme environments, food thickeners, genes, Genetics, Genome, Habitats, Hot Springs, Japan, Korea, Kyungpook National University, Light, light-harvesting, linker proteins, Molecular Biology, near-shore, New Jersey, NJ, Nori, Ocean, Oceans, Pests, Phoenix, Photosynthesis, photosystem II, phycobilisomes, Phytoplankton, Pollution, Porphyridium, proteins, red algae, red seaweeds, Research, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Science, Seaweed, shorelines, South Korea, Sungkyunkwan University, Sushi, water

You’d think that losing 25 percent of your genes would be a big problem for survival. But not for red algae, including the seaweed used to wrap sushi. An ancestor of red algae lost about a quarter of its genes roughly one billion years ago, but the algae still became dominant in near-shore coastal areas around the world, according to Rutgers University–New Brunswick Professor Debashish Bhattacharya, who co-authored a study in the journal Nature Communications.

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Rutgers Expert Can Discuss Proposed High Seas Biodiversity Treaty

October 16, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Environment, fish, Fisheries, Fishing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Greenhouse Gases, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, IPCC, Ocean, Oceans, Pollution, Shellfish, Shipping, Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere, Sustainability, UN, United Nations

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Rutgers Shellfish Expert Available to Discuss East Coast Oyster Breeding Project

October 15, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Aquaculture, Breeding, Environment, genes, Genetics, New Jersey, NJ, Ocean, Oceans, Research, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Science, Seafood, Technology

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Rutgers Experts Available to Discuss U.N. Report on Climate Change, Oceans

September 25, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Adaptation, Animals, Climate, Climate Change, Ecosystems, fish, ice, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, IPCC, Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Jersey, NJ, Ocean, Oceans, Resilience, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Science

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With #HurricaneDorian’s approach comes the threat of power loss, which can disrupt transportation and put lives at risk. @JohnsHopkins engineer Umesh Korde suggests that harnessing energy from ocean waves can help restore power more quickly.

August 29, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Energy, Engineering, Hurricane, Hurricane Dorian, Ocean

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Scientists Discover Key Factors in How Some Algae Absorb Solar Energy

August 14, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments 3D bioimaging tools, Algae, Antenna, Atmosphere, Baylor College Of Medicine, biochemical energy production, Biofuels, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, cars, Central South University, chemical energy, China, Chlorophyll, Climate Change, CO2, Diatoms, Energy, Environment, fossil fuel burning, natural oils, New Jersey, Ocean, Oceans, Photosynthesis, photosystem II, Planes, proteins, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Solar energy, sunlight, Trains, Trucks, Xiangya Hospital

Scientists have discovered how diatoms – a type of algae that produces 20 percent of the Earth’s oxygen – absorb solar energy for photosynthesis. The Rutgers University-led discovery, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could help lead to more efficient and affordable algae-based biofuels and combat climate change from fossil fuel burning.

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NASA Makes Dual Investment in Ocean Worlds Research at WHOI

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 Author 0 Comments Astrobiology, Life On Other Planets, Ocean, ocean worlds, Solar system

Agency funds five-year effort to understand the potential for life in outer solar system and establishes a new Network for