environment coastal & offshore

The study focused on shorelines at Ventura, Santa Monica, and Newport Beach from 1984 through 2022. Each location contains groin fields with different numbers and lengths of structures, allowing researchers to compare how the size and arrangement of groins affect shoreline dynamics.

Groins are designed to interrupt the movement of ...

The observatory, established in 2014 on the Rame Head Peninsula, continuously measures a range of gases in the air, including ozone, sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and methane, alongside aerosols, tiny solid or liquid particles suspended in the air. It also records weather conditions such as wind, temperature, and humidity.

Using field observations, satellite tracking, and genetic analysis, Muñoz followed green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) from nesting and mating sites in the Mariana Archipelago to feeding grounds up to 2,500 km away across the Pacific Ocean. Her dissertation provides some of the first detailed information about the little-studied population of green sea turtles that ne...

The region is home to some of Australia’s most culturally and ecologically significant coral reefs. Yet the waters around Groote Eylandt have remained largely undocumented by modern science.

Now, a new study has provided the most detailed picture yet of these little-studied coral reefs, creating a foundation for future monitoring and conservation.

Annabelle Dohe...

Sharks are covered in dermal denticles, tiny tooth-like scales that are shed continuously through life and settle into reef sediments, where they can survive for millions of years. Count the denticles in a well-dated slice of sediment, and you have an estimate of how many sharks swam overhead. The team applied this approach on both sides of the Isthmus of Panama, comparing se...