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Hardened shorelines reduce species diversity and abundance
Aug 12, 2016 (SPX)
Shoreline hardening, defined as the installation of structures to prevent erosion or provide flood protection, is a common practice worldwide. Over 22,000 kilom...
Drought-hit Swaziland imposes four day water cuts
Aug 11, 2016 (AFP)
Drought-stricken Swaziland Thursday said it would begin sever water rationing in the capital Mbabane after levels in the main dam supplying the city fell to a c...
Double whammy for important Baltic seaweed
Aug 10, 2016 (SPX)
Wherever ecosystems rich in species develop on the rocky shores of the Baltic Sea, the bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus has provided perfect groundwork. By colon...
Why are New England's wild blue mussels disappearing?
Aug 10, 2016 (SPX)
The Gulf of Maine coastline, historically home to one of the richest shellfish populations in the U.S., is undergoing a dramatic change, with once-flourishing w...
Lake Tanganyika fisheries declining from global warming
Aug 10, 2016 (SPX)
The decrease in fishery productivity in Lake Tanganyika since the 1950s is a consequence of global warming rather than just overfishing, according to a new repo...
Rising water temperatures and acidification affect important plankton organism
Aug 10, 2016 (SPX)
Ocean acidification, rising temperatures, eutrophication and loss of oxygen: Life in the oceans has to cope with a variety of factors. How will plants and anima...
USF researchers expect no major red tide outbreaks on Florida's west coast this year
Aug 10, 2016 (SPX)
Research conducted by a team from the University of South Florida College of Marine Science and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission suggests c...
K computer and high-tech weather radar come together to predict sudden torrential rains
Aug 10, 2016 (SPX)
Today, supercomputer-based weather predictions are typically done with simulations that use grids spaced at least one kilometer apart, and incorporate new obser...
No major red tide outbreaks on Florida's west coast, scientists say
Aug 09, 2016 (UPI)
New scientific models predict the west coast of Florida will remain free of red tide outbreaks this summer and fall. Scientists with the University of South Flo...
Looking back into the future: Are corals able to resist a declining pH
Aug 08, 2016 (SPX)
Because the oceans absorb man-made carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, its pH declines. Effects of this chemical change on tropical coral reefs can be exa...
'Alarming' bleaching of Maldives corals: conservationists
Aug 08, 2016 (AFP)
Coral reefs in the Maldives are under severe stress after suffering mass bleaching this year as sea temperatures soared, a top conservationist body warned Monda...
Global warming, a dead zone and surprising bacteria
Aug 08, 2016 (SPX)
In ocean expanses where oxygen has vanished, newly discovered bacteria are diminishing additional life molecules. They help make virtual dead zones even deader....
CO2 rise makes night fall
Aug 04, 2016 (SPX)
Much of the excess carbon dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere, released from burning fossil fuels, is taken up by the oceans. Yet the dissolved CO2 increases the ac...
The oceans are full of barriers for small organisms
Aug 04, 2016 (SPX)
Subtle and short-lived differences in ocean salinity or temperature function as physical barriers for phytoplankton, and result in a patchy distribution of the ...
Uncovering what lies beneath the oceans
Aug 04, 2016 (ESA)
A key feature of the James Webb Space Telescope is helping to shed light on what goes on underneath boats in stormy weather and around the structures of offshor...
China sinkhole swallows passers-by: report
Aug 03, 2016 (AFP)
A huge sinkhole opened up in China, swallowing a section of road and passers-by and leaving at least one person missing, state media reported Wednesday. At leas...
Researchers pinpoint abrupt onset of modern day Indian Ocean monsoon system
Aug 02, 2016 (SPX)
A new study by an international team of scientists reveals the exact timing of the onset of the modern monsoon pattern in the Maldives 12.9 million years ago, a...
Veolia net profit hit by restructuring charge
Aug 01, 2016 (AFP)
Waste management firm Veolia said Monday a restructuring charge bit into first-half net profit but had already improved its operational performance in a challen...
Reclaimed city off Singapore triggers ecology fears
Jul 31, 2016 (AFP)
A planned multi-billion-dollar new city near Singapore is attracting interest from investors with promises of luxury living but there are questions over its fut...
Monsoon intensity enhanced by heat captured by desert dust
Jul 29, 2016 (SPX)
Variations in the ability of sand particles kicked into the atmosphere from deserts in the Middle East to absorb heat can change the intensity of the Indian Sum...
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