North Pole Marathon Offers Forum for Climate Change Science Aboard Icebreaker
is very important. And that means working across boundaries because the types of data that we need to understand what's happening and what the impacts are going to be, aren't things that one individual country can do on its own.”With Russia claiming "almost 50%" of the Arctic Ocean coastline, Spence highlighted the need for Russia to expand its global cooperation with other Arctic countries to collectively combat climate change.The environmental crisis in the Arctic also influences the insurance sector, Bolttech insurance services CEO Rob Schinek said during a talk at the Forum
NOAA, Partners to Announce Findings From 2025 Gulf of America "Dead Zone" Monitoring
federal and state initiatives in the Mississippi River watershed focused on reducing nutrient runoff into the Gulf.Speakers will include:Cassandra Glaspie, Associate Professor, Louisiana State University; Chief scientist of survey cruiseSean Corson, Director, NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean ScienceGretchen Oelsner, Hydrologist, Water Mission Area, U.S. Geological SurveyTBD, Environmental Protection AgencyMike Naig, Secretary of Agriculture, State of IowaMeeting link: https://msstate.webex.com/msstate/j.php?MTID=m1c34a3e67235d7db9f2fbc6144564f11Meeting number (if you join by phone): 2870
Nortek Nucleus Supports Coral Reef Photogrammetry Project
In a collaboration between the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), University of Sydney, California Academy of Sciences (CalAcademy), Oceanly, University of Western Australia, and University of Auckland, supported by Inkfish, the University of Sydney’s Seeker AUV, equipped with a Nortek Nucleus 1000, worked alongside divers to create a 3D map of a coral reef off the coast of Tonga.Researchers from NTNU, the University of Sydney, and CalAcademy are working together to investigate how mesophotic reefs (low-light coral reefs in middle-depth waters) support the genetic diversity
NOAA: Life-Size Interactive Inflatable Whale Coming to Boston Harbor Islands
This coming Saturday, July 19th from 10am-5pm, NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and the Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park are partnering to bring a life-size inflatable humpback whale, Salt, to Spectacle Island.The life-size whale replica will be open for interactive tours throughout the day, which includes inflatable organs, and educational tours from Stellwagen Bank experts about whale anatomy, biology, and local research.Ferry service to Spectacle Island runs daily and can be found on the Boston Harbor Islands website: https://www.bostonharborislands.org/ferryschedul
Whale Fecal Samples Link Ocean Warming to Rising Algal Toxins in Arctic Waters
Rising toxins found in bowhead whales, harvested for subsistence purposes by Alaska Native communities, reveal that ocean warming is causing higher concentrations of algal toxins in Arctic food webs, according to new research published in the journal Nature.Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) were a part of the multi-institutional, multi-year study that focused on this critical issue, which threatens food security for coastal communities that rely on marine life, including clams, fish, and whales, for food and other resources. Communities in Alaska are now asking researchers
MacArtney Supplies Fully Integrated Clean Lab Solutions to the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research
In line with India's growing focus on deep-sea science and infrastructure, the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) has deployed a fully integrated clean lab, winch, and CTD system supplied by MacArtney. The solution enables high-precision data acquisition while preserving sample integrity to support marine science ambitions.Ensuring clean sampling conditions is essential for obtaining reliable water data that supports research into the seafloor, deep-ocean chemistry, and the dynamics of our marine environment. However, operating in deep-sea conditions presents inherent challenges
Scientists Discover Giant Sand Bodies Beneath the North Sea
Scientists have discovered hundreds of giant sand bodies beneath the North Sea that appear to defy fundamental geological principles and could have important implications for energy and carbon storage.Using high-resolution 3D seismic (sound wave) imaging, combined with data and rock samples from hundreds of wells, researchers from The University of Manchester in collaboration with industry, identified vast mounds of sand—some several kilometers wide—that appear to have sunk downward, displacing older, lighter and softer materials from beneath them.The result is stratigraphic inversion—
Harnessing Plankton Research Is Crucial to Inform Climate Models
revolutionized the science from the 1980s onward, so too must simulation modeling become embedded in plankton research. This work was supported by the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council as part of the “Simulating Plankton” project, contributing to the UN Decade of Ocean Science and the Digital Twins of the Ocean (DITTO) initiative
Light Pollution Shown to Negatively Some Static Marine Organisms
A new study reveals the harmful influence of artificial light at night on the immobile species, the snakelocks anemone.The study, "The disruption of a symbiotic sea anemone by light pollution: Non-linear effects on zooxanthellae and molecular indicators," was published in Science of the Total Environment and is a collaborative effort between the University of Prince Edward Island, Plymouth Marine Laboratory and the University of Exeter.The issue of artificial light at night (ALAN) is rapidly growing in prominence. However, there are still significant research gaps before there is a good
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