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World's large river deltas continue to degrade from human activity
Feb 25, 2016 (SPX)
From the Yellow River in China to the Mississippi River in Louisiana, researchers are racing to better understand and mitigate the degradation of some of the wo...
Researchers sequence seagrass genome, unlocking valuable resource
Feb 24, 2016 (SPX)
The University of Delaware's Pamela Green is part of an international consortium of researchers from 35 laboratories that have published the genome of the seagr...
Barrier Reef at greater risk than thought: study
Feb 23, 2016 (AFP)
Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR), the world's largest coral bank, is at greater risk than previously thought of dissolving as climate change renders the oce...
Delhi warns water crisis could run for another 15 days
Feb 23, 2016 (AFP)
A water crisis in India's capital will take up to two weeks to fix, authorities warned Tuesday as taps ran dry, days after protesters sabotaged a canal to deman...
New research reveals sound of deep-water animal migration
Feb 23, 2016 (SPX)
New research finds there is a distinct sound coming from a massive community of fish, shrimp, jellies and squid as they travel up and down from the depths of th...
Sea level rise in 20th century was fastest in 3,000 years, Rutgers-led study finds
Feb 23, 2016 (SPX)
Global sea level rose faster in the 20th century than in any of the 27 previous centuries, according to a Rutgers University-led study published this week. More...
Intense deep-ocean turbulence in equatorial Pacific could help drive global circulation
Feb 23, 2016 (SPX)
Waves crashing on the equatorial seafloor generate centimeter-scale turbulence that is crucial for driving ocean circulation on a global scale, Stanford scienti...
Dangerous fishing may be endangered
Feb 23, 2016 (SPX)
Catch shares, a form of "rights-based" fisheries management adopted for several fisheries in the Pacific Northwest, may put an end to the kind of daring exploit...
ASU to study origin of Earth's water
Feb 19, 2016 (SPX)
A group of scientists based at Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) are heading up a multi-faceted project to study the origi...
How climate change will affect western groundwater
Feb 18, 2016 (SPX)
By 2050 climate change will increase the groundwater deficit even more for four economically important aquifers in the western U.S., reports a University of Ari...
Marine virus outbreaks linked to coral bleaching
Feb 18, 2016 (SPX)
A study by biologists from Rice University and Oregon State University has found that significant outbreaks of marine viruses may be associated with coral bleac...
DNA evidence shows that salmon hatcheries cause substantial, rapid genetic changes
Feb 18, 2016 (SPX)
A new study on steelhead trout in Oregon offers genetic evidence that wild and hatchery fish are different at the DNA level, and that they can become different ...
Beavers bring environmental benefits
Feb 17, 2016 (SPX)
Beavers are beneficial to the Scottish environment, say academics from The University of Stirling. A study into the ecology and habitat engineering of beavers r...
Research offers new evidence about the Gulf of Mexico's past
Feb 17, 2016 (SPX)
Geologists studying a region in the Mexican state of Veracruz have discovered evidence to explain the origin of the Wilcox Formation, one of Mexico's most produ...
Disease, warming oceans rock lobster and sea star populations
Feb 17, 2016 (SPX)
Two new Cornell University studies show how diverse marine organisms are susceptible to diseases made worse by warming oceans. The first study warns that warm s...
Ocean oases: How islands support more sea-life
Feb 17, 2016 (SPX)
A 60 year-old theory to explain why seas surrounding islands and atolls are particularly productive has just been proven by a marine biologist from Bangor Unive...
Research explains near-island biological hotspots in barren ocean basins
Feb 17, 2016 (SPX)
Coral reef islands and atolls in the Pacific are predominantly surrounded by vast areas of ocean that have very low nutrient levels and low ecological productio...
Study finds fish larvae are better off in groups
Feb 16, 2016 (SPX)
A recent study provides new evidence that larvae swim faster, straighter and more consistently in a common direction when together in a group. The research led ...
A new form of frozen water
Feb 16, 2016 (SPX)
Amid the season known for transforming Nebraska into an outdoor ice rink, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln-led research team has predicted a new molecular form ...
Testing detects algal toxins in Alaska marine mammals
Feb 15, 2016 (SPX)
Toxins from harmful algae are present in Alaskan marine food webs in high enough concentrations to be detected in marine mammals such as whales, walruses, sea l...
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