“In our work we are seeing that natural catastrophic predation events can change the local predator prey balance in a matter of hours,” says Nicholas Makris, professor of mechanical and ocean engineering at MIT. Image: Christine Daniloff, MIT In the...
Mercury originates from a variety of natural and man-made sources, such as wood and coal combustion and industrial activity. Map: Albert, C., and al., 2024 The flight movements of 837 birds covered the North Atlantic, the Barents Sea and the Kara Sea, and their...
A volcanic vent at great depth. (Photo: Ocean Census) The “Ocean Census Arctic Deep” expedition aims to redefine our understanding of the biodiversity of the deepest marine habitats of the Arctic Ocean. The Arctic remains one of the least explored regions...
Macrobenthos are larger animals that live on the sea floor, such as echinoderms, mussels and worms. According to the current study, these diverse communities are surprisingly unaffected by the seasons. Photo: Peter Leopold, Norsk Polarinstitut Despite the strong...
The scallop shell has a regular pattern of 12 to 17 ribs. Adult mussels usually grow to 10 to 15 cm in size, but more rarely can reach up to 20 cm. The scallop is considered a delicacy among gourmets. Because of the immense damage caused by trawls on the bottom of the...
