Oceanography

Revelations from a submerged archipelago

Beaches, rivers, and mangroves covered a mountain range that was above sea level 40 million years ago

A coveted territory

A treaty signed 60 years ago governs occupation and scientific research in Antarctica

Storms in the Ice Age

In the last glacial period, torrential rainfall in what is now Brazil was mostly concentrated in the Northeast and the Amazon

Underwater nursery

The Okenia polycerelloides sea slug reproduces in the pantry

Revelations from a submerged archipelago

Beaches, rivers, and mangroves covered a mountain range that was above sea level 40 million years ago

Giants with their own light source

Researchers have now isolated the substances involved in Dosidicus gigas bioluminescence

The changing venom of a stingray

Stingray venom changes as the fish mature

How to protect sharks

Research group tracks oceanic sharks and maps them onto fishing zones in order to propose conservation areas | 3'40"

Sources of methane

Two thousand craters releasing the greenhouse gas found off the Brazilian coast

The progressive destruction of Brazilian beaches

Loss or accumulation of sand and mud has altered 60% of the Brazilian coastline

Floating laboratory

Brazilian Navy survey vessel to receive R$75 million in funding under new agreement

Underwater Forest

Coral reefs at the mouth of the Amazon River may be larger, deeper, and more complex than expected

Sources of methane under the sea

Two thousand craters releasing greenhouse gas found off the Brazilian coast

The sea’s advance

Brazilian beaches under erosive processes have increased from 40% to 60% since 2003.

New species of colorful fish stuns researchers

Discovery off the São Pedro and São Paulo Archipelago is evidence of a unique and little known fauna

Deep sea alliances

Six species of cleaner fish from the Rocas Atoll obtain food by removing parasites from larger fish

This is not a fried egg

At the bottom of the Amazon

At the bottom of the Amazon

Deep sea alliances

Cleaner fish obtain food by removing parasites from larger fish

Researchers of the sea

Oceanography began to be consolidated in Brazil in the 1940s

Sea levels along the Brazilian coast are expected to rise

Sea levels along the Brazilian coast are expected to rise

Ocean reefs may have emerged 20 million years earlier than previously thought

Ocean reefs may have emerged 20 million years earlier than previously thought

This is not a fried egg

This is not a fried egg

Perfect match

Algae were already living in symbiosis with corals 210 million years ago

Carnival all year round

Carnival all year round

Back to sea

The oceanographic research vessel owned by USP returned to the sea

Studying the sea

A new unit of Unesp, the Institute of Advanced Studies of the Sea was opened

Underwater vehicles

Underwater robots are tested in oil exploration and research

New polar research ships

The UK’s polar research ship is scheduled to begin operating in 2019

Good-bye to the Prof. Besnard

University has to remove oceanographic vessel from the port