The increasing flow of nitrates from human and animal waste into Puget Sound are a boon to algae. And as the algae bloom, they set up the Sound for acidification beyond what global climate change is driving. Read more here.
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One Mukilteo resident has been sharing his decades of marine science and policy expertise by volunteering with the Snohomish County Marine Resources Advisory Committee. His day job is an environmental compliance analyst, but in his free time UW alum Lincoln Loehr has helped analyze reams of data from mussels collected along the shoreline, contributing key insights into the pollution patterns in Puget Sound. Read more here! A new study in Biology Letters has found that at least one insect has found a use for the increasing abundance of plastic in the ocean — as a place to lay eggs. The increase in abundance of this insect, and the potential effects on plankton, crabs, and other community members, is uncertain. OCEAN‘s Giora Proskurowski is quoted. Read more here. New research by OCEAN’s Giora Proskurowski shows that wind pushes plastics below the surface of the ocean. This means that the decades of research on trash in the ocean, based on surface skimming, may have vastly underestimated the quantity. Read more here or check out this video! A new study out in Nature finds that human-emitted aerosols may be largely to blame for the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation–and therefore that this apparently cyclical climate phenomenon may be neither multidecadal nor an oscillation. Read a perspective on this article here. Senators Maria Cantwell (WA) and Mark Begich (AK) spoke last week at the Seattle Aquarium about the importance of being prepared to deal with tsunami debris that may land on the west coast. Oceanography Professor Parker MacCready attended the event, and his lab’s oceanographic models are helping inform what may become of some of the debris. Read more here. The Premier of British Columbia and the governors of Oregon, Washington and California have announced that they will collaborate to manage potential marine debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan that may wash up along the West Coast. Read the full press release and background information here. |
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