Andrew Chapman

Andrew Chapman is a freelance science journalist based in Truckee, California. I write about life sciences and the environment. My work has appeared in Scientific American, Science Magazine, Eos, and Hakai Magazine, amongst others.

Latest articles by Andrew Chapman

Three men stand on the deck of a ship working with a large ball-shaped instrument suspended in the air

Scientists are 'gobsmacked' by strange reversals in deep-ocean currents

By Andrew Chapman published

The speed and direction of deep currents off Mozambique’s coast are more subject to change than scientists expected.

Rivers & Oceans
A dark, blurry underwater photo of a rocky sea floor

Tonga eruption entombed deep-sea life in ash

By Andrew Chapman, Eos.org published

When Hunga erupted in 2022, ash "decimated" slow-moving species living on the seafloor. More mobile species were able to hoof it out of harm's way.

Rivers & Oceans
sonar image showing holes in the seafloor

Millions of mystery holes at the bottom of the North Sea are not what scientists thought they were

By Andrew Chapman published

Holes in the seafloor off the coast of Germany looked like those associated with methane. They might actually be the work of porpoises looking for eels.

Marine Mammals