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Marine Biology
Marine Biology: the scientific study of organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather than on taxonomy. The habitats studied in marine biology include everything from the tiny layers of surface water in which organisms and abiotic items may be trapped in surface tension between the ocean and atmosphere, to the depths of the oceanic trenches, sometimes 10,000 meters or more beneath the surface of the ocean. Specific habitats include coral reefs, kelp forests, seagrass meadows, the surrounds of seamounts and thermal vents, tidepools, muddy, sandy and rocky bottoms, and the open ocean (pelagic) zone. The organisms studied range from microscopic phytoplankton and zooplankton to huge cetaceans (whales) 30 meters (98 feet) in length.
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SEP 22, 2023Earth & The Environment
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SEP 22, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The world needs metals, especially as we transition to renewable forms of energy that require elements like lithium.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Freshwater ecosystems are a crucial part of the world's climate; they provide a habitat for a wide variety of plants and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas that traps more heat per molecule than carbon dioxide. But where is it all comi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Though now extinct, ammonoids (a group of marine mollusks with shells) evolved for 350 million years, always with a tend
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
AUG 07, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Rotifers are multicellular, microscopic marine animals that live in soils and freshwater environments. They are transpar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2023
Plants & Animals
A recent study published in JMIRx Bio examines the longstanding “eel hypothesis” to explain the size of the
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 11, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines how movements throughout the 36
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 19, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
In the 1970s, an entirely new group of organisms that were not bacterial or eukaryotic was discovered - archaea. Some ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2023
Plants & Animals
Today is a special day for a special species of ancient Earth, Megalodons, also known as Otodus megalodon, as June 15 is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 05, 2023
Microbiology
Sargassum is a brown macroalgae that is abundant in the ocean. It has many appendages and 'berries' that are ful
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Can we use artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor environmental sites using remote sensing images, either from satellit
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 02, 2023
Microbiology
The Tara Oceans project has been aiming to reveal more about the vast world of marine microbes, which we now know little
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2023
Plants & Animals
A new study by scientists at UC Santa Cruz found that male California sea lions have gotten larger o
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
APR 23, 2023
Earth & The Environment
While ocean plastic has become quite the environmental concern, a team of researchers recently discovered this hasn&rsqu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 12, 2023
Plants & Animals
Four southern sea otters observed stranded off the coast of California near Santa Cruz and San Luis Obispo between Febru
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
MAR 31, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Carl Sagan is famously quoted for saying, "We are made of star stuff", because when a star dies, it sheds its material b
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 19, 2023
Chemistry & Physics
A team of researchers from the University of Nebraska used a sea slug to recently examine how neurons can be activated t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 18, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new report in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease has suggested that a common chemical used in dry cleaning, decaffeina
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A team of researchers led by Rutgers University recently examined chalk (calcium carbonate) plates, also known as coccol
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 20, 2023
Earth & The Environment
During its approximately 4.5 billion years of existence, the planet Earth has been home to around 8.7 million species of
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 17, 2023
Chemistry & Physics
The bathroom can be a sacred place in one's home. A moment of silence, some privacy, or a place for self-care even.
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
FEB 01, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were able to take advantage of "an incredibly unique opportunity" to study the microbial life that rapidly c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2023
Plants & Animals
Yesterday a story started to pop up everywhere about a terrifying beach discovery. A woman walking along Crystal Beach i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 08, 2023
Microbiology
It seems that ocean water can contain genetic material from microbes, who are sharing genes, and modifying their functio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch