Upper ocean water masses shrinking in changing climate: Less efficient CO2 sink
The oceans help buffer the Earth from climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide and heat at the surface and transporting it to the deep ocean. New research indicates the North Atlantic Subtropical Mode Water, an upper ocean water mass, is shrinking in a changing climate and becoming a less efficient sink for heat and carbon dioxide.
Ocean Prosperity Programme Anniversary
Today [June 5] marks the one year anniversary of the Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme [BOPP], a partnership to create a binding marine spatial plan to sustainably manage Bermuda’s ocean environment and identify sustainable growth possibilities for ocean industries like fishing and tourism.
Virtual series to explore ocean depths
International ocean experts have joined forces to launch a “virtual education series” on the seas around Bermuda.
The Ocean Responds to a Warming Planet
New research indicates that upper ocean water masses are shrinking in a changing climate
Bermuda Principles Foundation Conference
BIOS scientist to speak at Bermuda Principles Foundation Conference, with this year’s event focused on transcriptomics.
RenaissanceRe Sponsor BIOS Programme
BIOS has announced that RenaissanceRe will fund the the Mid-Atlantic Robotics IN Education [MARINE] program for the next two years.
URI professor’s video system used to record sharks
Michael R. Bloomberg to speak at first Bermuda Climate Risk Forum
Bloomberg will be the keynote guest at a half-day, thought-leadership forum presented by the BTA later this month in association with the BIOS and the inaugural Bermuda Championship, an official PGA TOUR event.
Hurricane Nicole sheds light on how storms impact deep ocean
A new study of Hurricane Nicole by researchers at the MBL and BIOS has provided novel insight on those impacts. Nicole had a significant effect on the ocean's carbon cycle and deep sea ecosystems, the team reports.
BIOS Announces 2019 Bermuda Program Interns
The Next Generation of Scientists Begin Work at BIOS
Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Program Formed
Today [June 5] the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Waitt Institute, and Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences [BIOS], signed a Memorandum of Understanding [MOU] to form the Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme.
What Makes a Place a Home?
New research reveals that ecological factors influences the distribution of lionfish on deep reefs
Cayman may be spot of hope in coral survival
BIOS scientists, Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley, visits the Central Caribbean Marine Institute in Little Cayman.
Smyrna student on UDel research team that found B-24 wreckage
UDel Student from Colorado joined a January expedition of UDel’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment to the BIOS to study coral reefs and shipwrecks.
Clearwater STEM Class Students Building ROVs
Minister visits Clearwater Middle School where students are building submersible vehicles to enter MARINE ROV Challenge hosted by BIOS.
Hamilton Princess commits to fishing industry
The [Princess] also increased its support for BIOS’s bid to reduce the number of invasive lionfish in Bermuda’s waters by buying more fish from the organisation.
Meet the supervisors who helped to shape four scientists’ careers
Knowing when to hand-hold and when to step back is crucial for helping early-career researchers.
How many powerful storms can possibly form in the Atlantic each year?
Climate simulations and analyses of Atlantic hurricane activity indicate that the record number of tropical cyclones that occurred in 2005 (28 storms) is close to the maximum number that might occur in this region, given existing climate conditions.
What is the maximum possible number of Atlantic tropical cyclones? See the year 2005
Climate simulations and analyses of Atlantic hurricane activity indicate that the record number of tropical cyclones that occurred in 2005 (28 storms) is close to the maximum number that might occur in this region, given existing climate conditions.
Recommendations to Inform a UK Ocean Acidification Monitoring Strategy
A new report, written to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), outlines a framework for a national ocean acidification monitoring strategy for the United Kingdom. The report was submitted by the Defra Science Advisory Council Ocean Acidification sub group, of which BIOS scientist Nicolas Bates is a member.
URI-led consortium selected to operate new research ship to replace R/V Endeavor
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected the East Coast Oceanographic Consortium, led by the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography, to operate a new oceanographic research ship, one of only three such vessels in the nation.
Time for action on ocean risk
The world’s first Ocean Risk Summit held in Bermuda recently drew leaders from across political, economic, environmental and risk sectors to identify the potential exposures to ocean-related risk and tackle its broad-ranging consequences.
Scientists are telling us that the ocean is being transformed faster than anything our planet has experienced in 65 million years and, as such, the results could be transformational from multiple perspectives, including a broad new category of risk.
A new report titled Ocean Risk and the Insurance Industry, written by Falk Niehörster with the support of XL Catlin, was released on the opening day of the summit.
The report leaves no doubt about the urgent need for the insurance industry to equip itself for the severe and far-reaching impacts of ocean change — more intense storms, sea-level rise, loss of fish stocks, and ocean-borne viruses — and stresses that our industry has an opportunity to play a vital role by identifying risk-transfer solutions and mitigation strategies to avoid worst-case scenarios.
Climate change, extreme weather boost supply chain risks
SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Climate risks are directly connected to supply chain risks that should be identified and mitigated as extreme weather events continue to become more severe and intense and cause rising business interruption losses, experts say.
Hurricanes, Climate Change and Seasonal Variation
Dr. Mark Guishard shares take-home points from the33rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.
Teams To Gather For Robotics Challenge
28t teams from 10 Bermuda schools and educational organizations, including two new teams from Bermuda College, will converge on the National Sports Centre on March 25 for the 2018 Marine Advanced Technology in Education [MATE] Bermuda Regional Remotely Operated Vehicle [ROV] Challenge.
Extreme low-oxygen Eddies in the Atlantic produce Greenhouse Gases: International research team discovers previously unknown processes in the Atlantic
07 July 2017 / Kiel. In 2014, an international research team led by the Kiel Cluster of Excellence “The Future Ocean” and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel was able to investigate in detail eddies in the Atlantic Ocean which were characterized by extremely low oxygen concentrations. The interdisciplinary analysis of the data and samples has revealed processes which were not previously known to occur in the Atlantic. This also includes the natural production of considerable amounts of greenhouse gases, as the team has now published in the international scientific journal Scientific Reports.
New level added to robot competition
A new level of competition has been added to the 2017 MATE Bermuda Regional Remotely Operated Vehicle Challenge. The school event, which will be held at the National Sports Centre on Saturday, will feature the ranger class for the first time.
Small Change, Big Improvement: Modified Method Captures the Ocean’s Most Abundant Organism
Little Lives in Bermuda’s Caves
BIOS scientist Leocadio Blanco-Bercial explores Bermuda's caves in search of one of their smallest inhabitants: miniscule aquatic organisms called copepods.
Video: ’10 Most’ Spotlights Dr Goodbody-Gringley
The “10 Most Fascinating People of Bermuda 2016″ series continues today with the fourth video release featuring Dr. Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley.
Olympian, Lionfish Expert & BIOS Supervisor
Flook has spent his life working to bring Bermuda’s marine environment to the forefront, and has now joined BIOS as the Small Boats & Docks Supervisor.
Partnership Enhances School’s Science Program
BIOS’s Ocean Academy Program has a new partner in delivering hands-on science education and learning opportunities to Bermuda’s students: The Chatmore Preparatory School.
BIOS Hydrostation S Receives Funding Support
TechAwards Ceremony Highlights Innovation
BIOS’s Hydrostation S Receives Five More Years of Funding
National Science Foundation commits $4 million for iconic research program, now operating in sixth decade
Study Reveals Corals’ Influence On Reef Microbes
As they grow, corals are bathed in a sea of marine microbes, such as bacteria, algae, and viruses. While these extremely abundant and tiny microorganisms influence coral communities in a variety of ways, a new study by researchers at WHOI, BIOS and UCSB reveals that corals also have an impact on the microbes in waters surrounding them.
Seaweed and the great chalk mound
Ocean Tech Podcast
We sat down with Dr. Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley and Executive Director Andrew Smith to talk about the technology they use and the data the generate.
Scientists Inspect the Great Barrier Reef, From 28,000 Feet Above
Billions Committed at Our Oceans Conference
Participants in the third Our Ocean conference, held September 15-16 in Washington, D.C., announced over 136 new initiatives on marine conservation and protection valued at more than $5.24 billion, as well as new commitments on the protection of almost four million square kilometers (over 1.5 million square miles) of the ocean.
Can killer robots save ocean ecosystems?
Nasa scans Great Barrier Reef to find answers to coral’s poor health
The reef rescuer
BIOS Adjunct scientist, Dr. Samia Sarkis, helped launch the Coral Garden Initiative in June; the project is the brainchild of Living Reefs Foundation, which started in 2013.
Ocean circulation implicated in past abrupt climate changes
There was a period during the last ice age when temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere went on a rollercoaster ride, plummeting and then rising again every 1,500 years or so. Those abrupt climate changes wreaked havoc on ecosystems, but their cause has been something of a mystery. New evidence shows for the first time that the ocean's overturning circulation slowed during every one of those temperature plunges -- at times almost stopping.
NASA to map coral reefs from the air to show impact of climate change
Coral reefs have almost always been studied up close, by scientists in the water looking at small portions of larger reefs to gather data and knowledge about the larger ecosystems. But Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is taking a step back and getting a wider view, from about 23,000 ft above. Read more at TheGuardian.com
Studying coral reefs from up in the sky
NASA and top scientists from around the world are launching a three-year campaign Thursday to gather new data on coral reefs like never before.
NASA Steps Up to Track the Shrinking of Earth’s Coral Reefs
The GREAT BARRIER REEF, transposed to North America’s west coast, would stretch from Baja California to British Columbia. “How do you study that big of an area by doing hour-long hikes?,” says Eric Hochberg, a marine biologist at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences.
New NASA Instrument Brings Coasts and Coral into Focus
The new Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer (PRISM), created at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, is an airborne instrument designed to observe hard-to-see coastal water phenomena. In NASA's upcoming Coral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) field experiment, PRISM will observe entire reef ecosystems in more of the world's reef area - hundreds of times more -- than has ever been observed before.
NASA takes 23,000-foot view of the world’s coral reefs
Coral reefs have almost always been studied up close, by scientists in the water looking at small portions of larger reefs to gather data and knowledge about the larger ecosystems. But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is taking a step back and getting a wider view, from about 23,000 feet above.
Marsh Chair Husbands wins Lifetime Achievement Award announced the Bermuda Business Development Agency today
The award is named in honour of Fred Reiss, a pioneering Ohio engineer who conceived of the idea of “self-insurance,” by which corporations could manage their own risks through a dedicated subsidiary.
NASA Is Getting the “Before” Picture of the World’s Threatened Reefs
The CORAL mission, launching this month, is getting the big picture view of the Pacific’s coral reefs.
Bermuda Sloop Foundation awards night
The prize for most spirited community partners went to J.P. Skinner and his team from the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences and Tom Herbert Evans from the America’s Cup Community Sailing Project.
Restoration boost for the Deliverance
The expo drew more than 50 vendors, ranging from boat dealers, government agencies and water sports groups to children's activities, the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, and children's sailing courtesy of the Endeavour Programme.
Marine ecologists take to the skies to study coral reefs
Satellites and research aeroplanes could offer a better, broader view of coral health.
Guishard challenges hurricane drought views
Local meteorologist Mark Guishard has been highlighted in South Carolina in advance of the 2016 hurricane season.
Hurricane drought? Not so fast. Bermuda-based research says it’s a climatological myth
Forgive Bermudians for questioning the existence of a hurricane drought.
Hurricane Preparedness Week: May 30 – June 3
The Ministry of National Security is taking the opportunity to remind everyone that hurricane season is June 1 – November 30, and from May 30 – June 3, the public is encouraged to observe Hurricane Preparedness Week.
NASA’s CORAL Mission Takes Reef Studies To New Level
NASA plans to take a new and improved approach to studying coral reefs this year, with the launch of a three-year field expedition conducted with advanced instruments to survey the world's reefs in far greater detail than ever before.
Media Invited Behind the Scenes of NASA Coral Reef Study in Hawaii
NASA's new Coral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL), a three-year field study of Earth’s valuable coral reef ecosystems, is mounting an operations readiness test in Kane‘ohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, in early June. Media are invited to meet the scientists, learn about the mission and see CORAL research equipment on June 9, from noon to 4 p.m. HST at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) on Moku o Loʻe (Coconut) Island in Kane‘ohe Bay.
A Reef Scientist Talks About NASA’s CORAL Campaign
NASA’s Game-Changing Plan To Save Coral Reefs
NASA’s high-tech endeavors normally look outward. But given the existential threat facing the world’s coral reefs, the space agency has decided to focus its efforts closer to home — and the result may be game changing.
Photos & Video: BIOS ROV Regional Challenge
Up to twenty-eight teams from nine Bermudian schools and educational organizations converged on the National Sports Center in Devonshire this morning [April 30] for the 2016 MATE Bermuda Regional ROV Challenge.
Bermudian students and community members gather for underwater robot challenge
Hundreds of Bermudian students met at the National Sports Centre pool on Saturday to compete in an undersea robotics challenge, a partnership between BIOS and the Mid Atlantic Robotics In Education Program (MARINE), with lead sponsor HSBC.
Photos & Video: Bermuda’s First Fishackathon
Bermuda coders and science enthusiasts of all ages convened at BIOS last weekend to develop tools to address sustainable fishing issues.
Bermuda Students Set For BIOS ROV Challenge
Twenty-eight teams from nine Bermudian schools and educational organizations will converge on the National Sports Center in Devonshire on Saturday, April 30 for the 2016 MATE Bermuda Regional ROV Challenge.
NASA Gets Down to Earth This Year With Globe-Spanning Expeditions
NASA CORAL Mission to Raise Reef Studies to New Level
A new three-year NASA field expedition gets underway this year that will use advanced instruments on airplanes and in the water to survey more of the world's coral reefs, and in far greater detail, than ever before.
$6M Grant Catalyzes New Study of Ocean Microbes at BIOS
BIOS brings together innovative technology and collaboration to address fundamental ocean ecosystem questions
Remembering John A. Knauss - Oceanographer, Visionary, and BIOS Trustee
It is with sadness that BIOS announces the death of oceanographer John A. Knauss, 90, who served the Institute for 10 years as a board member and later as a trustee until 2005.
Report: why Hurricane Joaquin weakened
Bermuda risk report explores local hurricane preparedness. Read more at TheRoyalGazette.com
Arbitrary focus on hurricane wind speed has birthed a new climate myth
Claims of a ‘hurricane drought’ are based on an arbitrary focus on wind speed while ignoring storm pressure, power, and damage
BIOS probing hurricane risk in new study
BIOS is undertaking new research on hurricane risk on the Island, in addition to its traditional focus on global catastrophic risk.
Hurricane Risk Research to Focus on Bermuda
Registration Now Open for the 2016 Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Challenge
Middle school event will be held April 30 at the National Sports Center
U-32 science teacher lauded
Frequent BIOS visiting teacher, Brian Slopey, is being recognized by the Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering as one of Vermont’s two Outstanding Science Teachers of the Year.
Two Awards Expand Valuable Climate Observations at BIOS
Grants will sustain critical Gulf Stream measurements and revitalize the hurricane-ravaged Tudor Hill atmospheric observatory
Two new gliders arrive at BIOS
“Jack” and “Minnie” will be in Bermudian waters by the end of summer
Radiant reefs found deep in the Red Sea
Corals may glow yellow, orange and red to improve light conditions for algae. Read more in Nature.com.
Scientists Make Unexpected Discovery in the Red Sea That Could Have Medical Applications
Read more at TheBlaze.com
BIOS’s Risk Prediction Initiative will host June workshop for Member companies
The focus will be: “Where have all the US landfalling hurricanes gone?”
In Memoriam: George A. Wardman
It is with great sadness that the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences has received news of the death of trustee George A. Wardman of Paget, Bermuda.
Steinberg receives Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award
BIOS Trustee, Professor Deborah Steinberg, has been selected as one of the Commonwealth’s outstanding faculty members by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
Photos/Video: School Underwater Robot Contest
Some of the island’s brightest young minds showcased their technical skills yesterday [Mar 8], taking their self-built underwater robots to compete in a series of manoeuvrability and speed challenges at the National Sports Centre pool in Devonshire.
Students test their underwater robots
Students put their technical skills to the test yesterday as part of an island-wide competition to design the best underwater robot.
Monster hurricanes reached U.S. during prehistoric periods of ocean warming
New research on coastal sediments, funded in part by BIOS’s Risk Prediction Initiative, shows that prehistoric hurricanes along the northern East Coast of the United States were likely more frequent and intense than those that have hit within recorded history.
“Sea Butterflies” Showing Signs of Struggle
In the last decade, pteropod shells have revealed signs of a struggle: scientists have discovered pitted, rough shells in some pteropod populations.
Warm-water eddy? Ocean phenomenon explained
6 Things to Do in Bermuda That You Probably Never Considered
Six can’t-miss activities to add to your travel itinerary that will have you feeling more like a local....including a tour of BIOS
BIOS Oceanographer recognized for innovative research linking Sargasso Sea microbes and carbon cycle
ASLO honors Craig Carlson with the 2015 G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award
ASLO honors Craig Carlson with the 2015 G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award
2014 Technology Innovation Award Winners
The Ministry of Education and Economic Development announce the winners of the Technology Innovation Awards [TechAwards].
Bermuda has been confirmed as the venue for the 35th America’s Cup in 2017
New global maps detail human-caused ocean acidification
New maps, based in part on long-term data from BIOS, show how changing seasons and geography impact acidification patterns and highlight where marine organisms may face the biggest challenges as carbon dioxide emissions continue to impact ocean chemistry.
BIOS Expert to Join Storm Discussion
Dr Mark Guishard, Program Manager of RPI2.0, is to join the panellists at a roundtable discussion about lessons learnt from last month’s storms.
This Ocean ‘Pollutant’ Isn’t Actually our Fault
Ammonium deposited over the open ocean comes almost entirely from natural marine sources, not from human activities like agriculture, as was previously believed, a new study of rain samples taken in Bermuda suggests.
Researchers Track Ammonium Source in Open Ocean
Two years of rainwater samples collected at the Tudor Hill Marine Atmospheric Observatory enabled a team of researchers from BIOS, Brown University and Princeton University to track sources of nitrogen to the open ocean.
Researchers track ammonium source in open ocean
Two years of rainwater samples collected at the Tudor Hill Marine Atmospheric Observatory enabled a team of researchers from BIOS, Brown University and Princeton University to track sources of nitrogen to the open ocean.
As Bermuda braces for Gonzalo, underwater glider studies hurricane impact
An oceanographer is deploying an undersea glider to take measurements during the Category 3 storm, which is expected to hit Bermuda. Hopefully, the rare underwater perspective will yield insights that can be used to develop forecasting models.
Undersea glider studies hurricane impact
An underwater glider will examine the impact of hurricanes on our ocean.