Coastal Job: Sea Ice Corer
This sea ice scientist tracks methane in a changing Arctic Ocean.
Dec 3, 2021 | 650 words, about 3 minutes
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In a First, Alaska’s Arctic Waters Appear Poised for Dangerous Algal Blooms
Climate change is bringing potentially deadly dinoflagellate blooms to the Far North, posing a new risk to food security.
Dec 2, 2021 | 650 words, about 3 minutes
Scientists Are Running Out of Salmon to Study
With west coast salmon populations withering, these researchers are heading for the Great Lakes.
Dec 1, 2021 | 750 words, about 3 minutes
My Family’s Pacific Island Home Is Grappling with Deep-Sea Mining
Here’s what I’ve learned being up close and personal with the debate.
Nov 30, 2021 | 4,200 words, about 21 minutes
Using the Sound of the Sea to Help Rebuild Ocean Habitats
Playing recordings of a healthy ocean attracts animals to degraded habitats, suggesting that sound could be used to help restore marine ecosystems.
Nov 29, 2021 | 650 words, about 3 minutes
Fourteen New Coastal Kids’ Books to Entertain and Inspire Readers of All Ages
This season’s selections feature guessing games, solutions to plastic pollution, and some gnarly narwhals.
Nov 25, 2021 | 2,900 words, about 15 minutes
Why Are There So Many Kinds of Phytoplankton?
Considering what the world looks like to a plankton offers a new path to solving the paradox of the plankton.
Nov 24, 2021 | 750 words, about 3 minutes
Checkpoints, Machine Guns, and Fences: This Pakistani Port Is Not for the People
A massive port project—part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative—is more military base than port, further disenfranchising people in a region with a history of political tension and violence.
Nov 23, 2021 | 2,600 words, about 13 minutes