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Can Pumping Up Cold Water from Deep Within the Ocean Halt Coral Bleaching?
New research shows that pulses of cooler deep water reduced heat stress responses in corals
Read MoreShedding Light on Coral Reefs
New research quantifies light availability on coral reef ecosystems
Read More“An Epic Mission”: Slocum Glider “Silbo” Circumnavigates the Atlantic Ocean
Teledyne Marine reports that its Slocum G2 Glider dubbed Silbo, manufactured by Teledyne Webb Research, completed a 4+-year journey that circumnavigated the Atlantic Ocean in four legs, a first for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV).
Read MoreOcean Prosperity Programme Anniversary
Today [June 5] marks the one year anniversary of the Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme [BOPP], a partnership to create a binding marine spatial plan to sustainably manage Bermuda’s ocean environment and identify sustainable growth possibilities for ocean industries like fishing and tourism.
Read MoreUpper ocean water masses shrinking in changing climate: Less efficient CO2 sink
The oceans help buffer the Earth from climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide and heat at the surface and transporting it to the deep ocean. New research indicates the North Atlantic Subtropical Mode Water, an upper ocean water mass, is shrinking in a changing climate and becoming a less efficient sink for heat and carbon dioxide.
Read MoreWith Ships Docked And Labs Closed, Scientists’ Field Research Season Fades Away
From WBUR: Around this time last year, oceanographer Maureen Conte was on a research ship off the coast of Bermuda, hauling scientific instruments up out of the ocean.
Read MoreVirtual series to explore ocean depths
International ocean experts have joined forces to launch a “virtual education series” on the seas around Bermuda.
Read MoreBIOS Microbiologist Helping With Covid-19
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences [BIOS] microbiologist and doctoral candidate Rachel Parsons Biggs has been seconded to Helix Bermuda where she is one of the many people helping the island in the fight against Covid-19.
Read MoreThe Ocean Responds to a Warming Planet
New research indicates that upper ocean water masses are shrinking in a changing climate
Read MoreRobot Triton to explore underwater caves
A robot submarine is to be deployed in a bid to study microscopic organisms in the island’s underwater caves.
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