Author: Steve Williams

  • Bottom feeding fish helping the fight against Global Warming

    Over-fishing is already a concerning problem, but new research indicates that not only could it mean losing fish species, it could also contribute to global warming more than we’d previously thought. That’s because researchers from the Marine Institute and the University of Southampton have found that fish that feed on our ocean floor and do…

  • How Sharks Could Help Predict Hurricanes

    Scientists have embarked on a remarkable new project to use shark and large marine predators as biological sensors in the hopes that they could help us predict the formation and course of potentially dangerous hurricanes. Researchers from the University of Miami have tagged a total of 750 marine animals in the past ten years, all…