A New Way to Eavesdrop on Ocean Temperature in the Arctic
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 2 February 2026
Researchers demonstrated that acoustic signals transmitted across 2,500+ km of Arctic Ocean can precisely track underwater temperature changes beneath sea ice, enabling year-round climate monitoring in remote polar waters.
Keywords: Arctic Ocean, acoustic thermometry, ocean temperature, sea ice, polar climate, underwater acoustics, CAATEX, environmental monitoring
Climate change may produce fast-food phytoplankton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Published: 31 March 2026
Study finds rising ocean temperatures will shift polar phytoplankton to produce ~20% more carbohydrates and less protein by 2100, creating a less nutritious fast-food ocean at the base of the marine food web.
Keywords: phytoplankton, climate change, polar oceans, marine nutrition, food web, ocean warming, macronutrients, Nature Climate Change
UCSB students discover new crab egg predator
University of California, Santa Barbara
Published: 17 March 2026
Researchers discovered nicothoid copepods parasitizing rock crab eggs off the Pacific Coast for the first time, found on three commercially important crab species near Santa Barbara.
Keywords: marine parasitology, copepod, crab, nicothoid, Pacific Coast, marine biology, species discovery, marine ecology
