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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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APR 10, 2024Plants & Animals
Climate change can have drastic consequences for marine life resulting from warmer and more acidic seawater. But is it r ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 27, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Some very diverse neurological systems have evolved in animals, like those carried by cephalopods, compared to those fou ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can ocean heat waves disrupt their corresponding ecosystems? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 12, 2024Earth & The Environment
With coral reefs under attack from ongoing climate change effects, what steps can be taken to reverse the damage? This i ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 08, 2024Earth & The Environment
How can murky waters from melting ice impact the biodiversity in shallow waters? This is what a recent study published i ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 31, 2024Earth & The Environment
Last year, drought in the Amazon caused utter devastation. Vast amounts of vegetation dried out, fires burned towns so b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 23, 2024Earth & The Environment
New research has determined that a type of fishing known as bottom trawling is a major, and unaccounted for source of ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
Mercury (Hg) is an extremely toxic element. The use of mercury in industry is being phased out in many places ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2023Earth & The Environment
The Arctic is on the front lines of climate change. It is a region that is warming faster than other parts of the globe, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken an innovative approach to investigate the ancient past of Antarctica; they have analyzed octopus g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2023Microbiology
Microbes are everywhere, even inside of our bodies. The gut microbiome has been shown to have a powerful influence on bi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2023Earth & The Environment
Can marine protected areas (MPAs) have a positive effect on the scuba diving industry? This is something a recent study ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 15, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Little sacs can bud from cells, and they are known as extracellular vesicles. These little sacs can contain many molecul ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2023Microbiology
Rotifers are a type of microscopic zooplankton that lives in freshwater ecosystems and oceans around the world. Ne resea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2023Technology
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines the use of Softbotics to mimic ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 09, 2023Earth & The Environment
The Gulf Stream is a critical part of the global climate system; warm waters move from the Caribbean, along the US East ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2023Earth & The Environment
The world needs metals, especially as we transition to renewable forms of energy that require elements like lithium.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2023Earth & 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 LeitchAUG 23, 2023Earth & 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 LeitchAUG 11, 2023Earth & 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 RhodelandAUG 07, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Rotifers are multicellular, microscopic marine animals that live in soils and freshwater environments. They are transpar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2023Plants & Animals
A recent study published in JMIRx Bio examines the longstanding “eel hypothesis” to explain the size of the ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 11, 2023Earth & 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, MScJUN 19, 2023Genetics & 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
APR 10, 2024
Plants & Animals
Climate change can have drastic consequences for marine life resulting from warmer and more acidic seawater. But is it r
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 27, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Some very diverse neurological systems have evolved in animals, like those carried by cephalopods, compared to those fou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can ocean heat waves disrupt their corresponding ecosystems? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 12, 2024
Earth & The Environment
With coral reefs under attack from ongoing climate change effects, what steps can be taken to reverse the damage? This i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 08, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can murky waters from melting ice impact the biodiversity in shallow waters? This is what a recent study published i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 31, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Last year, drought in the Amazon caused utter devastation. Vast amounts of vegetation dried out, fires burned towns so b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2024
Earth & The Environment
New research has determined that a type of fishing known as bottom trawling is a major, and unaccounted for source of ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Mercury (Hg) is an extremely toxic element. The use of mercury in industry is being phased out in many places ...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The Arctic is on the front lines of climate change. It is a region that is warming faster than other parts of the globe,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken an innovative approach to investigate the ancient past of Antarctica; they have analyzed octopus g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2023
Microbiology
Microbes are everywhere, even inside of our bodies. The gut microbiome has been shown to have a powerful influence on bi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Can marine protected areas (MPAs) have a positive effect on the scuba diving industry? This is something a recent study
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 15, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Little sacs can bud from cells, and they are known as extracellular vesicles. These little sacs can contain many molecul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2023
Microbiology
Rotifers are a type of microscopic zooplankton that lives in freshwater ecosystems and oceans around the world. Ne resea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2023
Technology
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines the use of Softbotics to mimic
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 09, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The Gulf Stream is a critical part of the global climate system; warm waters move from the Caribbean, along the US East
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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