Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Here's ...

The deep ocean off southern California has historically been a dumping ground for the pesticide DDT and other industrial wastes. Scripps Institution of Oceanography and collaborators are investigating ...

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Benthic Invertebrate Collection (SIO-BIC) is an active research repository housing 86,000+ lots, representing 1,000,000+ specimens and 9,000+ species from ...

Benthic foraminifera are widely used as paleoenvironmental proxies because of their high sensitivity to environmental changes and excellent preservation potential in sediment. Affected by global ...

Benthic algae mats often appear attached to the floor of a waterway or floating in water in clumps. The bacteria were also reportedly seen earlier this week. Earlier this week, Clark County Public ...

Our team investigates questions in marine benthic ecology, with a common interest in marine conservation related issues. Research lines include disturbance ecology, spatial ecology, biodiversity and ...

A mat of benthic green and blue-green algae removed from the bottom of the Shenandoah River was collected during a harmful algal bloom. This type of algae was first found in the Columbia River in late ...