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Ashley Marranzino

Marine Biology

University of Rhode Island

Ashley has authored 9 articles

The oceans contain vast mineral resources. Can the deep sea be mined without catastrophic results?

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Mining agencies promise to minimize harm to ocean ecosystems. Scientists say we can't predict its full extent — or how to reverse it

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Albatrosses can spy on illegal fishing in international waters

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But could satellite-tagging further endanger these seabirds?

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Stopping floods, protecting lives, and saving money? Mangroves do it all for free

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Mangroves save millions of lives and up to $65 billion in flood damage each year

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Bertha Parker, the trailblazing first Indigenous North American archaeologist, taught herself how to excavate a site

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What she found in a tiny crevice in Gypsum Cave rewrote the history of humans in North America

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How machine learning reveals the true costs of high-seas fishing

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Before now this unsustainable and unprofitable practice has been too big to measure

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Where do aquarium fish come from?

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It's crucial to know before you buy for conservation purposes

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Deep-sea creatures are weirder than we ever suspected

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Rare anglerfish footage shows glowing fins and parasitic mating

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Floating detritus is giving new insights into deep-sea corals

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Environmental DNA is a less invasive way to solve long-submerged mysteries

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These weird ocean 'aliens' are basically invisible

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Researchers didn't even realize they had caught one until they bumped into it.

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The long-standing myth of sea monsters has a dark explanation

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Mythical sea serpents were probably marine animals tangled in fishing gear

Could wild fisheries keep us alive after a global nuclear war?

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Managing our fisheries now could save us in the future

Human activity forces predators to compete with each other

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Foxes, coyotes, and bobcats can normally coexist. But what happens when their hunting grounds are disrupted by humans?

Protecting 8% of the ocean from fishing could generate an extra $15 billion worth of seafood annually

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Marine Protected Areas will drastically increase production from fisheries in a more sustainable way

Ocean heatwaves leave fish susceptible to bacterial infection

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Climate change is killing hundreds of coral reef fish... all at once

Keystone predators could help mitigate the effects of climate change

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Sea otters keep Aleutian kelp forests healthy

Sea bird poop is worth over $1 billion USD per year

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The nutrients in guano fertilize both farm fields and ocean reefs

Environmental stresses reshuffle ocean food webs, making them less secure

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New experiments show important food web redundancies get left behind

An artificial intelligence algorithm designed to beat a video game takes on ecology and evolution

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The algorithm Alphastar was originally developed to play Starcraft II

Regular soap and water is enough to fend off coronavirus. Don't use antibacterials

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Antibacterial soaps are no more effective than regular soaps, and could be doing harm down the line

Researchers study the economics of mangroves by looking at nighttime satellite photos

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Coastlines with wide bands of mangroves are relatively well-protected from economic downturn after hurricanes

Scientists outfitted cuttlefish with 3D goggles to understand how their brains perceive depth

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Humans aren't the only animals that can see in three dimensions, but not all animals perform this feat in the same way

Researchers develop an app for tracking trade of endangered fish

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Say "cheese!" for Napoleon wrasse conservation

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Ocean heatwaves like "The Blob" cause lasting damage to marine ecosystems

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Recent research details The Blob's effects on the Alaska pollock fishery

Keira Monuki

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COVID-19 lockdown has changed how we use recreational drugs

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Boredom and more free time increased alcohol consumption while increased anxiety drives benzodiazepine use

Christine Jack

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Whale sharks' huge bodies mean they've never really been cold-blooded

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Studying these enormous animals requires close collaboration between scientists and aquariums

Brittney G. Borowiec

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A viper's zig-zag colors help blur their predators' vision

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Scientists previously thought that animals' color patterns were either warning signs or camouflage — on these snakes, they are both

Sam Zlotnik

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Antibiotics in fish farming create resistance and are an animal welfare disaster. It’s time for a change

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Aquaculture, like agriculture, has an antibiotic problem

Lauren Sara McKee

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Melting sea ice gives phytoplankton the space to pump out cloud-forming gasses

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With warming temperatures, microscopic plankton are creating big clouds that could further affect Arctic temperatures

Elisa Bonnin

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