Tag: marine life
My art uses plastic recovered from beaches around the world to...
Pam Longobardi, Georgia State University
I am obsessed with plastic objects. I harvest them from the ocean for the...
Disease-causing parasites can hitch a ride on plastics and potentially spread...
Karen Shapiro, University of California, Davis and Emma Zhang, University of California, Davis
Typically...
Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the...
Matthew Savoca, Stanford University; Anna Robuck, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Lauren Kashiwabara, University of the Pacific
Marine life is fleeing the equator to cooler waters. History tells...
Anthony Richardson, The University of Queensland; Chhaya Chaudhary, University of Auckland; David Schoeman, University of the Sunshine Coast, and Mark John Costello,...
One of Earth’s most biodiverse habitats lies off the Scottish west...
Heidi Burdett, Heriot-Watt University and Cornelia Simon-Nutbrown, Heriot-Watt University
Maerl beds stud the ocean floor like underwater brambles. They’re pastel pink and, despite their knobbly...
Retired oil rigs off the California coast could find new lives...
Ann Scarborough Bull, University of California, Santa Barbara and Milton Love, University of California, Santa Barbara
Offshore oil and gas drilling has been a contentious...
Meet the ocean creatures that use a mesh of mucus to...
Kelly Sutherland, University of Oregon
All animals must eat to survive. If you’ve heard the term “grazer” before, it may bring to mind familiar farm...
Tiny beads, big problem, easy fix: why scientific evidence supports a...
Chelsea Rochman, University of California, Davis and Sara Kross, University of California, Davis
Every day, millions of people around the world wash their skin and...