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In the Southern Ocean, a carbon-dioxide mystery comes clear
Feb 04, 2016 (SPX)
Twenty thousand years ago, when humans were still nomadic hunters and gatherers, low concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere allowed the earth to fal...
US proposes to curb illegal fishing by tracing imports
Feb 04, 2016 (AFP)
Shrimp, swordfish, cod and crab are among more than a dozen types of seafood that would be subject to increasing scrutiny under a US plan to curb illegal import...
SMIT Salvage: Global recoverer of famous shipwrecks
Feb 03, 2016 (AFP)
Dutch-based SMIT Salvage, which on Wednesday towed the stricken cargo ship Modern Express to the Spanish port of Bilbao, has worked on some of the most high-pro...
Small ponds produce an outsized share of greenhouse gases
Feb 03, 2016 (SPX)
Tiny ponds play a disproportionately large role in global greenhouse gas emissions from inland waters, according to a new study by Yale's School of Forestry and...
High-tech river studies reveal benefits of habitat restoration for fish
Feb 02, 2016 (SPX)
An emerging research method to gauge the benefits of stream restoration for salmon and other native fish is revealing improvements in fish numbers, survival and...
Iraq awards Italy's Trevi contract to fix imperilled dam
Feb 02, 2016 (AFP)
Iraq said Tuesday that Italian firm Trevi will repair and maintain the country's largest dam, which is in danger of a catastrophic collapse that would devastate...
Mercury in seafood not harmful to aging brain: study
Feb 02, 2016 (AFP)
Eating seafood may lead to higher levels of mercury in the brain, but a study out Tuesday found that increased mercury does not appear to raise the risk of deme...
Microsoft testing underwater datacenters
Feb 01, 2016 (AFP)
Microsoft on Monday revealed that as the world turns to computing power in the cloud it is working to put datacenters under water. Researchers working on "Proje...
Satellites show Florida beaches becoming darker, and that's good for sea turtles
Jan 29, 2016 (SPX)
Newly published research that started as a high school science project confirms that the density of sea turtle nests on Florida beaches is reduced where artific...
New detection method for Goby invasion
Jan 28, 2016 (SPX)
Conventional methods of stock monitoring are unsuitable for certain fish species. For example, the infestation of an area with invasive Ponto-Caspian gobies can...
US monitoring Iraq's largest dam for signs of collapse
Jan 28, 2016 (AFP)
The United States is monitoring Iraq's largest dam for signs of further deterioration that could point to an impending catastrophic collapse, US army officers s...
Replace pipes that 'poisoned' Flint water, lawsuit demands
Jan 28, 2016 (AFP)
The downtrodden US city of Flint was poisoned in a misguided drive by penny-pinching officials to save money, a lawsuit filed Wednesday claimed, demanding that ...
An abundance of viruses that infect ocean microorganisms
Jan 28, 2016 (SPX)
Viruses infect more than humans or plants. For microorganisms in the oceans - including those that capture half of the carbon taken out of the atmosphere every ...
Mercury levels in rainfall are rising in parts of North America
Jan 28, 2016 (SPX)
An analysis of long-term trends in the amount of mercury in rainfall and other forms of precipitation in North America found recent increases at many sites, mos...
Pressure building on global water supply
Jan 27, 2016 (SPX)
If current trends continue, domestic and industrial water demand would more than double by the year 2050, and continue to increase after that, according to a ne...
Replace corroded lead pipes in Flint, lawsuit demands
Jan 27, 2016 (AFP)
Corroded lead pipes which have been contaminating the tap water of Flint, Michigan must be replaced, says a lawsuit filed Wednesday, as the US state's embattled...
Climate change: Ocean warming underestimated
Jan 27, 2016 (SPX)
To date, research on the effects of climate change has underestimated the contribution of seawater expansion to sea level rise due to warming of the oceans. A t...
Removal of derelict fishing gear has major economic impact
Jan 25, 2016 (SPX)
A new study by researchers at William and Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows that removal of derelict fishing gear could generate millions of dol...
MH370 hunt loses hi-tech sonar probe to undersea volcano
Jan 25, 2016 (AFP)
An underwater sonar vehicle used in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines plane MH370 has now been lost to the deep ocean floor after hitting an undersea vol...
Natural oil seeps encourage microbial life in Gulf of Mexico
Jan 25, 2016 (UPI)
Scientists from Columbia University's Earth Institute have discovered a new biological phenomenon in the Gulf of Mexico. Phytoplankton communities are thriving ...
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