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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.

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

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

Tonga eruption entombed deep-sea life in ash

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.

By Andrew Chapman Published 27 July 24
Millions of mystery holes at the bottom of the North Sea are not what scientists thought they were

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.

By Andrew Chapman Published 27 February 24