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Long-term eelgrass loss due to joint effects of shade, heat

Feb 15, 2017 (SPX)

A new study led by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science links a long-term decline in Chesapeake Bay's eelgrass beds to both deteriorating wat...

Oceans have lost 2 percent of oxygen, says study

Feb 15, 2017 (AFP)

The world's oceans have lost more than two percent of their oxygen since 1960, with potentially devastating consequences for sea plants and animals, marine scie...

El Nino resulted in unprecedented erosion of the Pacific coastline

Feb 15, 2017 (SPX)

Last winter's El Nino might have felt weak to residents of Southern California, but it was in fact one of the most powerful climate events of the past 145 years...

Ethiopia dam causes Kenya water shortage: rights group

Feb 14, 2017 (AFP)

A huge newly-built Ethiopian dam is cutting off the supply of water to Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, rights group Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. The Gibe...

Mismatched eyes help squid survive ocean's twilight zone

Feb 14, 2017 (SPX)

From eyes the size of basketballs to appendages that blink and glow, deep-sea dwellers have developed some strange features to help them survive their cold, dar...

Mass evacuation as rain strains tallest US dam

Feb 14, 2017 (AFP)

Almost 200,000 people were under evacuation orders in northern California on Monday after a threat of catastrophic failure at the tallest dam in the United Stat...

Race for kilowatts empties Bosnian lake

Feb 12, 2017 (AFP)

Bosnia's fisheries watchdog gazes over an expanse of sand and mud, a space once occupied by a large thriving lake but recently emptied in the race for electrici...

Splitfin flashlight fish uses bioluminescent light to illuminate plankton

Feb 10, 2017 (SPX)

The flashlight fish uses bioluminescent light to detect and feed on its planktonic prey, according to a study published February 8, 2017 in the open-access jour...

Litter is piling up on the Arctic sea floor

Feb 10, 2017 (UPI)

Marine scientists from Germany have been monitoring litter levels in the Arctic since 2002. They say the problem is getting worse. Litter is identified in photo...

Study: Deep-sea mining causes long-lasting ecological damage

Feb 10, 2017 (UPI)

Analysis by scientists at the National Oceanography Center in England suggest deep-sea mining operations will have long-lasting ecological consequences. Researc...

Subsea mining moves closer to shore

Feb 10, 2017 (SPX)

The demand for raw materials is rising continuously, forcing mining companies to use lower-grade ores and to explore at greater depths. This could lead to a dec...

Decoding ocean signals

Feb 10, 2017 (SPX)

With the ocean absorbing more carbon dioxide (CO2) over the past decade, less of the greenhouse gas is reaching the Earth's atmosphere. That's decidedly good ne...

NASA studies growing Louisiana deltas

Feb 10, 2017 (JPL)

The Louisiana coastline is sinking under the Gulf of Mexico at the rate of about one football field of land every hour (about 18 square miles of land lost in a ...

U.S. Navy tests new diving equipment

Feb 10, 2017 (UPI)

U.S. Navy personnel completed an 11-day evaluation of the branch's HeliCom Matrix, a device designed to improve helium-influenced communications. During the tes...

RE2 Robotics to further develop EOD underwater manipulator system

Feb 08, 2017 (UPI)

RE2 Robotics is to develop an inflatable Underwater Dual Manipulator system for the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research. The award for underwater manipulator a...

Scientists find huge ancient landslide on Great Barrier Reef

Feb 08, 2017 (AFP)

A massive underwater landslide that could have triggered a towering tsunami some 300,000 years ago has been discovered in the depths of Australia's Great Barrie...

Size matters for marine protected areas designed to aid coral

Feb 07, 2017 (SPX)

For marine protected areas established to help coral reefs recover from overfishing, size really does seem to make a difference. In a study that may sound a new...

Great Barrier Reef building coral under threat from poisonous seaweed

Feb 07, 2017 (SPX)

The Griffith University study, conducted in collaboration with national and international experts in reef and chemical ecology, showed that if the world continu...

Marine ecosystems show resilience to climate disturbance

Feb 03, 2017 (SPX)

Climate-driven disturbances are having profound impacts on coastal ecosystems, with many crucial habitat-forming species in sharp decline. However, among these ...

Life-cycle study provides detailed look at decentralized water systems

Feb 03, 2017 (SPX)

The "decentralized" water system at the Center for Sustainable Landscapes (CSL) at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, which treats all non-potable water...