
Oceanography
A Texas A&M-Galveston professor is developing a tool to save whales from colliding with ships.
Scientists have found that ocean events, such as a heatwave and a recent storm, can contribute to strengthening hurricanes.
Study Says Carbon Dioxide Levels Rising In Gulf Of Mexico
Jul 23, 2020 • 4 min. readTexas A&M team finds Gulf waters becoming harmful to marine life, commercial fishing could be threatened.
30-Year-Old ‘Snail Mail’ Leads To Collection Of Extinct Species Discovered By Texas A&M-Galveston Professor
May 28, 2020 • 4 min. readMarine biologists are studying snails and other marine life from Pacific locations to learn more about species facing extinction.
Study Reveals Ancient Ocean Oxygen Levels Associated With Changing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
May 20, 2020 • 4 min. readA Texas A&M-led study analyzed ocean floor sediment cores to provide new insights into the relationship between deep ocean oxygenation and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels in the 50,000 years before the last ice age.
A Decade After BP Oil Spill, Texas A&M Experts Say It Could Happen Again
Apr 14, 2020 • 5 min. readOceanography professors say the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010 changed the Gulf of Mexico in ways we are still trying to understand.
Texas A&M Scientists Find Trace Elements Increasing In Rapidly Changing Arctic Ocean
Apr 14, 2020 • 4 min. readOceanographers used data from a pan-Arctic survey of carbon and trace elements to better understand how climate change will affect ecosystems in one of the fastest-warming regions of the world.
The cores show life present at 2,600 feet below the Indian Ocean seafloor. The discovery could lead to similar finds around the world.
Explanation Found For Die-Off Of Coral Reefs In Gulf Of Mexico
Jan 3, 2020 • 5 min. readA Texas A&M research team says processes leading to hypoxia led to the death of parts of the reefs at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.
Trailblazing Oceanography Grad Will Be Ocean Educator In Florida Keys
May 10, 2019 • 7 min. readVictoria Scriven helped lead the way for younger Aggies pursuing ocean science as the first Texas A&M undergraduate student to ever major in Oceanography.