Entanglement is one of the primary anthropogenic threats to the North Atlantic right whale ( Eubalaena glacialis ; right whale) whose habitat overlaps fixed-gear fishing grounds in the Northwest Atlantic with entanglements representing around half of the mortality and serious injury incidents. Right whale mortality has reached levels that require intervention under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, creating the need for a tool...

Eruptions from the Katla central volcano occur through the overlying Mýrdalsjökull ice cap, meaning proximal deposits are usually not well preserved or exposed. Two nunataks, Enta and Klakksfjöll, crop out above the ice cap close to the Katla caldera rim and offer exceptional exposure of proximal rhyolitic eruptive products from this predominantly basaltic volcano. Geological mapping of these nunataks reveals silicic tephra wi...

In the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean, there are at least five populations of pygmy blue whales, Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda , residing in the Northwest Indian Ocean (NWIO, Oman), central Indian Ocean (CIO, Sri Lanka), Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO, Madagascar to Subantarctic), Southeast Indian Ocean (SEIO, Australia to Indonesia), and Southwest Pacific Ocean (SWPO, New Zealand). Each population produces a d...