Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024 media tips


Recommended sessions by topic from OSM24 Media Relations. Listed start times are US Central Standard Time (UTC-6 hours).

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Animals

TOP TIP: First observations of shy harbor porpoises’ mating behavior–the males get airborne
Thursday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

First smalltooth sand tiger shark in Puerto Rico identified
Monday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Where in the Salish Sea will the invasive European Green Crab settle next?
Tuesday 8:30 AM R08, Second Floor

Whale news favors distant disasters
Tuesday 2:00 PM 208-209, Second Floor

Ringed seals and commercial vessels overlap in Canadian Arctic
Tuesday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Some northwest Atlantic blue whales hang out there all year instead of migrating
Wednesday 8:30 AM 206-207, Second Floor

Horseshoe crabs in Long Island Sound face mounting environmental pressures
Wednesday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Elusive sei whales detected by hydrophones off Oregon coast
Wednesday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

No tin foil hat needed: High-voltage seafloor cables don’t affect crab behavior
Wednesday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor
more about electromagnetic effects on crabs Thursday 8:30 AM 217-219, Second Floor

Lalo atoll is the main nesting site for endangered Hawaiian green sea turtle
Wednesday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Krill populations can predict penguin colonization on Western Antarctic Peninsula
Wednesday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

How wind power could impact right whales, by way of zooplankton
Thursday 2:00 PM 229-230, Second Floor

Juvenile sea turtles near North Pacific Garbage Patch contain plastic
Thursday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Octopus nurseries discovered at seamounts off western Costa Rica
Thursday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Bowhead whales get chatty when the krill banquet is laid
Thursday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

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Anthropocene

Lake Pontchartrain Estuary needs better forecasts for toxic algae blooms
Monday 8:30 AM Great Hall A, First Floor

UV exposure kills tiny plankton too
Tuesday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Coastal development in Doha, Qatar ups water residence time by 6 days, exacerbating pollution problems
Tuesday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Data combats ship collisions, illegal fishing in the West African ocean (online)
Wednesday 8:30 AM 229-230, Second Floor

First details of three aircraft carriers sunk in Battle of Midway revealed, including new views of USS Yorktown
Wednesday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Seaweed could be critical crop after nuclear war–if we’re ready
Thursday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor
see also the Earth’s Future paper


Climate

How climate imacts Florida B&B’s economics
Wednesday 8:30 AM 229-230, Second Floor

A shipload of limestone could help commercial vessels offset their emissions
Wednesday 2:00 PM R04-R05, Second Floor
more research on this: Friday 10:30 AM R06-R07, Second Floor

Marine cold spells displace blue whales off Californian coast
Wednesday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

The seafloor isn’t safe from marine heatwaves
Thursday 10:30 AM Great Hall A, First Floor

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Climate intervention

Meet the players in ocean carbon dioxide removal
Wednesday 8:30 AM R04-R05, Second Floor

Combined climate interventions in sea and air could have combined side effects
Wednesday 8:30 AM R04-R05, Second Floor

Can atmospheric geoengineering keep marine heatwaves at bay?
Wednesday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Cape Cod tests sand treatment for local ocean acidification
Thursday 10:30 AM eLightning Theater, First Floor

sessions:

Marine-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR): The Science, Engineering, Ethics, Social, and Governance Needs

  • I Oral Wednesday 21 February 8:30 am – 10:00 am, R04-R05, Second Floor
  • II Oral Wednesday 21 February 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, R04-R05, Second Floor
  • III Poster Wednesday 21 February 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Poster Hall

Establishing the Scientific Basis for Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR)

  • I eLightning Thursday 22-Feb 10:30:00 am – 12:00 pm, eLightning Theater, First Floor
  • II Poster, Thursday 22 February 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Poster Hall, First Floor
  • III Oral, Friday 23 February 10:30 am – 12:00 pm, R06-R07, Second Floor

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Coasts

Diving into a well-preserved baldcypress forest that grew more than 60,000 years ago
Monday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Ancient Louisiana shoreline, newly discovered, could supply sand for barrier island restoration
Monday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor
more about sand: Monday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Three-quarters of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands will drown by 2070 if we stay on the current climate trajectory
Tuesday 2:00 PM Great Hall A, First Floor

Restoring Oregon’s wetlands could ease nuisance flooding, but only in low sea-level rise scenarios
Thursday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Building climate resilience in coastal Puerto Rico
Friday 2:00 PM 211-213, Second Floor


Coral

Can’t get to a reef? Try visiting its digital twin instead
Monday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Marine heatwaves associated with coral bleaching are extending deeper and lasting longer
Thursday 2:00 PM Great Hall A, First Floor

Extreme marine heatwaves of 2023 and severe coral bleaching
Thursday 2:00 PM Great Hall A, First Floor

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Fisheries

Mapping distribution of swordfish, an important food for Chumash people, in proposed marine sanctuary
Monday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Being a shrimp isn’t easy: understanding shrimp locomotion to build better underwater robots
Monday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Beach seine fishing bycatch rules could revive shellfish species in Ghana
Wednesday 8:30 AM 229-230, Second Floor

Historic archive of fish scales reveals 100 years of salmon distribution in North Pacific
Wednesday 8:30 AM 206-207, Second Floor

Climate change chips away at suitable snow crab habitat
Wednesday 8:30 AM R08, Second Floor

TOP TIP: Problem carp good bait for Louisiana crawfish farming
Wednesday 8:30 AM 229-230, Second Floor

Boat noise stresses Atlantic salmon
Thursday 4:00 PM eLightning Theater, First Floor

US fisheries are catching more tropical fish as waters warm and species shift
Friday 2:00 PM 229-230, Second Floor

“Ghost fishing”: Abandoned lobster traps keep killing in Long Island Sound
Friday 2:00 PM 229-230, Second Floor

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Indigenous and community action

TOP TIP: Coastal Louisiana tribe maps land lost to sea-level rise in petition for federal recognition
Wednesday 2:00 PM 229-230, Second Floor

Planning for first tribal-nominated marine sanctuary in US is underway
Wednesday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Native American Louisiana performance artist on ecology, waterways, boatbuilding and more
Thursday 10:30 AM 208-209, Second Floor

To expel invasive lionfish, scientists must work with local Colombian fishers
Thursday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

App helps small fisher communities connect equitably with markplaces, manage fisheries
Thursday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Senors, solar and cell phones blend new tech with traditional fishponds in Hawaii
Friday 2:00 PM 229-230, Second Floor

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Pollution

TOP TIP: World’s sea turtles contain up to 7 million tons of plastic
Thursday 10:30 AM 229-230, Second Floor

How to catch oil polluters in the Niger Delta (online)
Wednesday 8:30 AM 229-230, Second Floor

Whales’ baleen can collect important PFAS records
Wednesday 2:00 PM 208-209, Second Floor

Deep sea fish don’t hear much–except when vessels roar by
Wednesday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Microplastics accumulated exponentially over 20th century in urban Rhode Island estuary
Thursday 8:30 AM 229-230, Second Floor

Seven years of plastics data from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Thursday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Sea turtles near the surface eat more plastic than deeper-diving relatives
Friday 8:30 AM 229-230, Second Floor

Which marine megafauna are hanging out at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch these days?
Friday 8:30 AM 229-230, Second Floor

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Seafloor mining

How deep-sea nodule mining disturbs the seafloor, 40 years later
Monday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Low faunal diversity on seafloor more than 50 years after nodule mining
Monday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

A close look at plumes from seafloor nodule mining, set to begin in 2025
Thursday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

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Louisiana

Lake Pontchartrain Estuary needs better forecasts for toxic algae blooms
Monday 8:30 AM Great Hall A, First Floor

Ancient Louisiana shoreline, newly discovered, could supply sand for barrier island restoration
Monday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor
more about sand: Monday 4:00 PM Poster Hall, First Floor

Three-quarters of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands will drown by 2070 if we stay on the current climate trajectory
Tuesday 2:00 PM Great Hall A, First Floor

Problem carp good bait for Louisiana crawfish farming
Wednesday 8:30 AM 229-230, Second Floor

Coastal Louisiana tribe maps land lost to sea-level rise in petition for federal recognition
Wednesday 2:00 PM 229-230, Second Floor

Native American Louisiana performance artist on ecology, waterways, boatbuilding and more
Thursday 10:30 AM 208-209, Second Floor