07 Apr 2026

Photo by Rogue Li   New research into the acoustic impact of offshore wind farms on marine life has produced a series of counterintuitive findings — and raised questions about how well the industry understands its effects on the underwater environment. PhD candidate and marine biologist Fien Demuynck, of Leiden University, spent years conducting fieldwork along the […]

12 Aug 2025

Photo by alexlesho17    After years of scientific investigation, researchers have finally identified the cause behind one of the largest marine mass mortalities on record—a bacterial pathogen that has killed more than 6 billion sea stars along the Pacific coast since 2013.  A team of West Coast researchers published their breakthrough findings in Nature Ecology […]