Stopping Marine Roadkill
Scientists are taking cues from road impacts on wildlife to keep whales and sharks safe from ships.
Feb 13, 2019 | 600 words, about 3 minutes
Oceanographic Region: Southern Ocean
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The Stories Whale Lice Tell
Humpbacks can’t tell you who they hang out with. But their lice can.
Jan 2, 2019 | 750 words, about 3 minutes
Frozen Ocean
A photographic primer on the dynamics of marine ice.
Sep 24, 2018 | 1,300 words, 14 photos
How Warming Could Speed up the Sea
As the planet warmed at the end of the last ice age, the abyssal Pacific circulation kicked into high gear.
Aug 16, 2018 | 850 words, about 4 minutes
Animal Trainers Gone Wild
A research team says no to drugs and uses the skills of animal trainers to calm wild Weddell seals.
Feb 13, 2018 | 850 words, about 4 minutes
Tiny Fossils Record Big Shifts in Ocean Currents
Minerals stored in microscopic fossils hint at the subtle ways ocean currents link far-flung food webs.
Jan 3, 2018 | 600 words, about 3 minutes
Breaking. Bad?
New research shows there’s life in the wake of Antarctica’s crack epidemic.
Aug 11, 2017 | 700 words, about 3 minutes
Peeping in on the Mile Deep Club
Braving an Antarctic winter to catch Chilean sea bass in the act.
Aug 8, 2017 | 2,300 words, about 11 minutes