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'Squishy' robot fingers aid deep sea exploration
Jan 22, 2016 (SPX)
During a 2014 talk on his exploration of deep-sea coral reefs, Baruch College marine biologist David Gruber showed a video of clunky robotic hands collecting fr...
Rising CO2 emissions pose 'intoxication' threat to ocean fish
Jan 22, 2016 (SPX)
UNSW Australia researchers have found that carbon dioxide concentrations in seawater could reach levels high enough to make fish "intoxicated" and disoriented m...
Researchers measure fish abundance in lakes using a few water samples
Jan 22, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers from Universite Laval and Quebec's Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks have shown that the DNA suspended in lake water can be used to effectivel...
Water supplies in Tibet set to increase in the future
Jan 21, 2016 (SPX)
The Tibetan Plateau has long been seen as a "hotspot" for international environmental research, and there have been fears that water supplies in the major Asian...
Livermore scientists find global ocean warming has doubled in recent decades
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
Lawrence Livermore scientists, working with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and university colleagues, have found that half of the global ocean ...
Obama anger at Michigan water crisis
Jan 20, 2016 (AFP)
President Barack Obama expressed anger Wednesday at a high-profile health scare in Flint, Michigan, where lead-tainted water is believed to have sickened reside...
Obama hosts mayor of US city at center of water crisis
Jan 20, 2016 (AFP)
President Barack Obama met at the White House on Tuesday the mayor of Flint, the Michigan city at the center of a health scare over tainted tap water, triggered...
Study finds 30 percent of global fish catch is unreported
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
Countries drastically underreport the number of fish caught worldwide, according to a new study, and the numbers obscure a significant decline in the total catc...
New experiments determine effective treatments for box jelly stings
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Hawai'i - Manoa (UHM) developed an array of highly innovative experiments to allow scientists to safely test first-aid measures...
Living fossils and rare corals revealed
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
An investigation of previously unexplored depths of Australia's Coral Sea has revealed living fossils, rare corals and sponges, and ecosystems that have remaine...
Volunteers send water as S.African temperatures soar
Jan 19, 2016 (AFP)
In a large shed to the east of Johannesburg men stacked tens of thousands of litres of water onto a flatbed truck as part of a neighbourhood volunteer campaign ...
Plenty of fish in the sea? Maybe not, says study
Jan 19, 2016 (AFP)
The global fisheries catch has been underestimated by more than half since 1950, with tens of millions of tonnes unreported every year, said a study Tuesday, wa...
Global warming strikes deep into oceans: study
Jan 18, 2016 (AFP)
The oceans have soaked up as much heat from global warming over the last two decades as during the preceding 130 years, according to a study published Monday. W...
Obama declares emergency over foul water in Michigan
Jan 16, 2016 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in Michigan on Saturday, freeing up federal aid to help an area affected by contaminated water, the Whit...
What snapping shrimp sound patterns may tell us about reef ecosystems
Jan 15, 2016 (SPX)
If you put a microphone underwater near the oyster reef in North Carolina's Pamlico Sound, you can hear it: a crisp, crackling noise that sounds like someone ju...
Northwest Atlantic Ocean may get warmer, sooner
Jan 15, 2016 (SPX)
A new study by NOAA researchers suggests future warming of ocean waters off the Northeastern U.S. may be greater and occur at an even faster rate than previousl...
Fish can benefit from restoring and protecting streamside meadows
Jan 15, 2016 (SPX)
Rising temperatures can create stressful and possibly lethal stream habitat for native trout. To help understand the interactive effects of climate warming and ...
Northern methane has a watery source
Jan 13, 2016 (SPX)
Not all sources of methane emissions are man-made. A new study shows that northern freshwaters are critical emitters of this greenhouse gas. The findings from t...
Real-time fishery management significantly reduces bycatch
Jan 13, 2016 (SPX)
Using real-time management policies to regulate fisheries can reduce the accidental bycatch of juvenile fish and endangered species with substantially less econ...
Ocean current in Gulf of Mexico linked to red tide
Jan 13, 2016 (SPX)
A new study found that a major ocean current in the Gulf of Mexico plays an important role in sustaining Florida red tide blooms. The University of Miami (UM) R...
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