July 3, 2020 By Simone Del Rosario Q13Fox
Summer is synonymous with seeing whales in the Pacific Northwest, but visits from the locally-beloved southern resident orcas are becoming few and far between. Experts say the dramatic absence is likely directly tied to tanking salmon returns in the Fraser River, which were historically abundant.
July 2, 2020 By Amélie Botollier-Depois AFP
When he sets sail alone for a gruelling round-the-world yacht race this year Fabrice Amedeo will have a scientific mission to add to his sporting goal: collecting microplastics.
July 1, 2020 By Megan Gannon Smithsonian Magazine
Australia has a deep human history stretching back 65,000 years, but many of its oldest archaeological sites are now underwater. In an encouraging sign that Aboriginal artifacts and landscapes may actually be preserved offshore, archaeologists have discovered a 7,000-year-old site submerged along Australia’s continental shelf, the first of its kind. Their discovery is outlined today in the journal PLoS One.
July 1, 2020 By Peter Dockrill Science Alert
Scientists have discovered four new species and two new genera inhabiting the deep, abyssal landscape that lines the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
June 30, 2020 By Rona Kobell Chesapeake Quarterly
When raindrops fall, where do they go? Some fall directly into streams, rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay. Some slide down roofs and driveways and flow into storm drains, which often release this runoff, and all it carries, into nearby bodies of water. And some will hit the ground and sink in, where they may be drawn up by the roots of plants or sink deeper to collect in underground reservoirs, called aquifers.