High frequency (HF) radar systems measure the speed and direction of ocean surface currents in near real time. Currents in the ocean are equivalent to winds in the atmosphere because ...

The decrease in calcium carbonate saturation state from is important to Pacific Northwest shellfish living in conditions that are naturally close to harmful saturation thresholds.  Anthropogenic additions of carbon dioxide ...

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This project will expand , a collaborative network established in partnership with MBON and ATN to identify and characterize critical biodiversity hotspots along the U.S. eastern seaboard where threatened marine ...

The Great Lakes are seeing dramatic shifts and losses in biodiversity that threaten ecosystem services in these inland seas of North America, which are under pressure from invasive species, climate ...

Biodiversity is a sentinel of ocean health and an increasingly crucial component of ocean observing. Marine Biodiversity Observing Networks, part of a global effort to understand changes and connections between ...

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science researchers Caroline Tribble (left) and Amber Fandel (right) deploying an F POD (bioacoustics instrument) with rockhopper at the Maryland Wind Energy Area (credit ...

The project will continue and expand the Gulf of Maine Marine Biodiversity Observing Network by supporting continued biodiversity and oceanographic sampling at established locations along the Maine Coastal Current and ...

Acid eats away at calcium carbonate, the primary ingredient of shells and skeletons that many ocean animals depend on for survival. The shell pictured here is a victim of this ...

There is considerable interest in the offshore exploration, and possible development, of hydrocarbon resources in Alaska’s Chukchi and Beaufort shelf seas. Drilling activity can only proceed during the open water ...