For the first time ever researchers from The Queensland University of Technology have documented through time-lapse photography, the event known as coral bleaching. Using a combination of technologies scientists were able to record what they dubbed "pulsed inflation" in-where the coral actively [...]
Don’t miss this week’s podcast about kelp aquaculture and the SheaMoisture commercial.In this week’s podcast we tie kelp aquaculture, third-world economies, sustainability,biochemistry, personal-care products, and consumer segregation into one package. We also get to learn more about what [...]
On the heels of international climate talks in Paris, the World Wildlife Fund has released a startling review of the status of our oceans titled "Living Blue Planet Report." The WWF and the Zoological Society of London releases a bi-annual report that details the state of our planets "health" or [...]
beach print ocean duvet cover ocean pillow ocean light Fall asleep to the soft murmur of waves touching the shore, and awake refreshed. If you can't make it to the ocean this summer, bring a bit of that calm expanse to your bedroom or guest room with soothing decor that captures [...]
A Labyrinthula-infected eelgrass frond. Sometimes regarded as rare or insignificant, marine fungi are both phylogenetically and ecologically diverse. Like all fungi, marine fungi are heterotrophic. Although a large portion of marine fungi are saprobes – organisms that feed on decaying [...]
Release the Kracken! A few simple touches can liven up the bath. How about a desert-island theme to give morning routines a taste of high-seas adventure? The octopus wall decal is from So Sticky, the sea life soap dishes are from Pottery Barn, the mermaid jewelery holder is from By the [...]
An otolith with visible annuli. These structures, which are used as gravity, balance, and movement indicators, grow continuously throughout a fish’s life and exhibit a unique growth pattern. This growth pattern is thought to be a result of seasonal temperature changes – during the winter, the [...]
An international team led by the James Cook University CoralCoE has provided some promising news for corals dealing with rising levels of acidification. "Our aim was to explore the effect of a more acidic ocean on every gene in the coral genome," adds lead author Dr Aurelie Moya, a molecular [...]
