by Admin | Nov 18, 2016 | Climate Change, Conservation, Resources
Sharks are an essential part of the ecosystems in which they live. Many operate as apex predators. They are at the top of the food chain and help keep ecosystems balanced by preventing prey animals from spreading too quickly. When sharks have plentiful food and...
by Admin | Nov 11, 2016 | Climate Change
Thanks to some ingenious new measurement technology created by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), we can get accurate, up-to-date measurements of the phytoplankton Synechococcus, a bacterium that is a key species in some marine ecosystems. Because of...
by Admin | Nov 9, 2016 | Climate Change, Conservation
Most people don’t think much about butterflies aside from noticing when one happens to flutter past them. But for those studying ecosystems, they can be important indicator species. Indicator species like butterflies help scientists judge the ability of other...
by Admin | Nov 4, 2016 | Climate Change, Sustainability
Oxygen is not only important to life, it has a great impact on evolution. Previous eras in the Earth’s history have had more atmospheric oxygen than we do now, and that contributed to the life that formed. Dinosaurs, for example, lived in an era with more oxygen,...
by Admin | Oct 21, 2016 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
When we talk about carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, we’re not talking about all the carbon that exists on earth. There are a number of natural factors that reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere by sequestering carbon: trees and other plants, as well as the ocean...
by Admin | Oct 14, 2016 | Climate Change, Information
Climate change is going to have a very strong impact on the world, and especially on the oceans. Rising temperatures and acidification, the latter caused by the ocean sequestering more carbon dioxide than normal, is already having a negative impact on corals and other...
