Ocean Ecosystems

Celebrating Geodiversity Day with five spectacular undersea features

What’s geodiversity you ask? It’s short for geological diversity - the diversity of the natural parts of our planet that aren’t alive. The rocks, soils, sediments, landforms, and hydrological features, for example, and the processes that create and change these and other non-living features. Geodiversity isn’t just the stuff we see on the land. It’s underwater too. Let’s take a peek at just five spectacular undersea features that make up some of our World’s geodiversity.

From the seawire: ocean news in March 2024

From the seawire: ocean news in March 2024

Missed out on March 2024's ocean news? Here's a glimpse into what went down in Davy Jones's Locker this month. News relates to marine animals & plants, the climate crisis and the ocean, fisheries and aquaculture, marine technology, oceanography, and people and the sea.

From the seawire: ocean news in February 2024

From the seawire: ocean news in February 2024

Missed out on February 2024's ocean news? Here's a glimpse into what went down in Davy Jones's Locker this month. News relates to marine animals & plants, the climate crisis and the ocean, fisheries and aquaculture, marine technology, oceanography, and people and the sea.

Tiny crustaceans discovered preying on live jellyfish during harsh Arctic night

Scientists used DNA metabarcoding to show for the first time that jellyfish are an important food for amphipods during the Arctic polar night in waters off Svalbard, at a time of year when other food resources are scarce. Amphipods were not only observed to feast on ‘jelly-falls’ of dead jellyfish, but also to prey on live jellyfish. These results corroborate an ongoing ‘paradigm shift’ which recognizes that jellyfish aren’t a trophic dead-end but an important food for many marine organisms.

From the seawire: ocean news in January 2024

From the seawire: ocean news in January 2024

Missed out on January 2024's ocean news? Here's a glimpse into what went down in Davy Jones's Locker this month. News relates to marine animals & plants, the climate crisis and the ocean, fisheries and aquaculture, marine technology, oceanography, and people and the sea.

From the seawire: ocean news in December 2023

From the seawire: ocean news in December 2023

Missed out on December 2023's ocean news? Here's a glimpse into what went down in Davy Jones's Locker this month. News relates to marine animals & plants, the climate crisis and the ocean, fisheries and aquaculture, marine technology, oceanography, and people and the sea.

From the seawire: ocean news in November 2023

From the seawire: ocean news in November 2023

Missed out on November 2023's ocean news? Here's a glimpse into what went down in Davy Jones's Locker this month. News relates to marine animals & plants, the climate crisis and the ocean, fisheries and aquaculture, marine technology, oceanography, and people and the sea.