These sharks don't sweat temperature changes
Florida International University
Published: 15 March 2026
Great hammerhead sharks maintain peak hunting performance across a wide range of ocean temperatures, with a novel thermal performance curve showing their decline rate is unusually low compared to other marine species.
Keywords: great hammerhead sharks, thermal performance, biologging, climate adaptation, marine predators, ocean temperature, Journal of Experimental Biology
Tremendous amount of plastic floats as nanoparticles in the ocean
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Published: 9 July 2025
NIOZ researchers estimated 27 million tons of nanoplastics in the North Atlantic — more than all known micro- and macroplastics in all oceans combined, solving the missing plastic paradox.
Keywords: nanoplastics, North Atlantic, ocean pollution, microplastics, RV Pelagia, Nature, marine debris, plastic pollution
Did Impacts From Meteors Help Start Life on Earth?
Rutgers University
Published: 3 April 2026
A Rutgers study argues hydrothermal systems created by meteor impacts may have been critical for life's origin, strengthening the case beyond deep-sea vent theories with implications for Europa and Enceladus.
Keywords: meteor impacts, origin of life, hydrothermal vents, astrobiology, Europa, Enceladus, deep-sea, marine geology
