Meet the Sarcastic Fringehead
The ocean is full of critters with, shall we say, unusual names. Just take the flamboyant cuttlefish, the blobfish and the frogfish (to name a few). But there is one, lesser-known marine species that might take the prize...
Meet the Sarcastic Fringehead
Opportunity. Partnership. Coordination. We repeatedly heard these inspiring, forward-looking ideas last week in Chile. Along with United States shellfish growers, ocean acidification experts and members of Washington Sta...
Dispatches from Chile
Octopuses have many super powers. They’re brilliant. They’re cunning. They can squeeze through small spaces and escape into the wild. And they manage to do it all without a backbone. This World Octopus Day, we could spen...
How do Octopuses Change Color?
Early fall means hurricane season for those living near the Caribbean, South Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico. We know that hurricanes can be devastating on land—history is full of infamous storms that forever changed the area...
How do Hurricanes Affect Marine Life?
As we have learned from the recent release of the IPCC special report on ocean and cryosphere, changes to our ocean and coasts are coming ever faster, and we need to prepare for them. Last Friday, September 27, by signin...
California Leads the Way in Preparing for Climate Change
On Saturday, September 21, volunteers around the world went out to their local beaches and waterways, rolled up their sleeves and took part in the 34th annual International Coastal Cleanup (ICC). While the results are st...
To All 2019 International Coastal Cleanup Volunteers: Thank You
Imagine moving to a new country, a new city that doesn’t mimic the place that you’ve called home your entire life. You start clinging to things that feel familiar. Whether it’s a Durian fruit that you hated eating growin...
Our Ocean is Home
Today is the last day of fiscal year 2019 for all federal agencies and programs. At midnight tonight, we will enter the next fiscal year (FY20) with lots of uncertainty remaining about the federal budget. Two important d...
Happy New (Fiscal) Year!
For many people, September means the kids are back in school, football season is underway, and the end of summer has come. For Arctic scientists, it is also the time of year that sea ice in the northern hemisphere reache...
We’ve Reached this Year’s Arctic Sea Ice Minimum
As the Arctic goes, so goes the world. That line echoes in my mind as I grapple with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change “Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate” (SROCC) released this...