Noise Pollution Affects Practically Everything, Even Seagrass

Seagrass may not have ears, but that doesn’t stop noise pollution from causing serious damage to the plant’s other structures.

Jul 23, 2021 | 600 words, about 3 minutes

The Pandemic Poaching Pandemic

In Costa Rica, Panama, and elsewhere, COVID-19 lockdowns caused suddenly desperate people to begin poaching sea turtle eggs and meat, threatening hard-won conservation achievements.

Jul 21, 2021 | 1,400 words, about 7 minutes

How Might Fish Farms Be Affecting Lobsters?

Let us count the ways.

Jul 19, 2021 | 650 words, about 3 minutes

Scientists Are Tricking Birds into Finding New Homes

New research has added marbled murrelets to the list of seabirds that can be manipulated with misinformation.

Jul 15, 2021 | 1,000 words, about 5 minutes

Why Nauru Is Pushing the World Toward Deep-Sea Mining

A small South Pacific nation gave the International Seabed Authority a two-year deadline to finalize the rules for mining the deep sea, but the jury is still out on when, exactly, deep-sea mining will begin.

Jul 14, 2021 | 950 words, about 4 minutes

More Intense Marine Heatwaves Are Affecting Life on Land

In coastal cities, marine heatwaves in the adjacent ocean can cause the heat index, a measure of how hot it feels, to rise by several degrees.

Jul 12, 2021 | 550 words, about 2 minutes

Predicting When the Next Bluff Will Fall

Researchers in Southern California are using lidar to improve scientists’ understanding of the erosional forces that cause bluffs to collapse.

Jul 9, 2021 | 950 words, about 4 minutes

Conservationists Set Their Sights on Shipping

Canada already has the legal tools to restrict shipping activity in marine protected areas. These environmentalists think it’s time to start using them more rigorously.

Jul 7, 2021 | 1,000 words, about 5 minutes