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Scientists find some thrive in acid seas
Oct 21, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers from James Cook University have found that ocean acidification may not be all bad news for one important sea-dwelling plant. A JCU team led by Dr Ca...
Sunscreen chemicals may be killing coral reefs popular with tourists
Oct 20, 2015 (UPI)
In recent decades, public health officials have pushed for increased sunscreen use in an effort to curb rising rates of skin cancer. But what's good for sunbath...
UCI-led group suggests ways to better manage urban stormwater runoff
Oct 20, 2015 (SPX)
As meteorologists monitor the El Nino condition currently gaining strength in the Pacific Ocean, Californians look with hope to the much-needed rain and snow it...
Novel algorithm simulates water evaporation at the nanoscale
Oct 20, 2015 (SPX)
We are all familiar with boiling a pot of water--flame from a stove heats the base of a metal pot, the metal transfers the heat to the water, and the temperatur...
Ocean protection gaining momentum, but still lags progress made on land
Oct 16, 2015 (SPX)
Extraordinary progress in the past decade has brought 1.6 percent of the world's ocean to a category of "strongly protected," researchers say in a new analysis,...
Study shows new potential indirect effects of humans on water quality
Oct 16, 2015 (SPX)
A study published this week shows that a newly studied class of water contaminants that is known to be toxic and hormone disrupting to marine animals is present...
New study questions long-held theories of climate variability in the North Atlantic
Oct 16, 2015 (SPX)
A University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric-led study challenges the prevailing wisdom by identifying the atmosphere as the driver of...
Scientists track speed of powerful internal waves
Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)
For the first time researchers directly measured the speed of a wave located 80 meters below the ocean's surface from a single satellite image. The new techniqu...
Cyprus blasts 'illegal' pipeline from Turkey
Oct 15, 2015 (AFP)
Cyprus on Thursday slammed as illegal a water pipeline connecting Turkey to the Turkish-held north of the divided island, saying it undermined ongoing peace tal...
Chesapeake Bay surface water temperature is increasing over time
Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)
A new study shows that surface water temperature in the Chesapeake Bay is increasing more rapidly than air temperature, signaling a need to look at the impact o...
Marine mathematics helps to map undiscovered deep-water coral reefs
Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)
A team of marine scientists has discovered four new deep-water coral reefs in the Atlantic Ocean using the power of predictive mathematical models. Located at d...
New concept to help set priorities in water management
Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)
The basic principle behind most strategies aimed at renaturalising ecosystems is to increase biodiversity by restoring natural habitat structure, which should l...
Tracking Agricultural Water Use on a Smartphone
Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)
This fall scientists at the University of Nebraska, with partners at Google, Inc. and the University of Idaho, introduced the latest evolution of METRIC technol...
Bubble plumes off Oregon suggest ocean may be releasing frozen methane
Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)
Warming ocean temperatures a third of a mile below the surface, in a dark ocean in areas with little marine life, might attract scant attention. But this is pre...
In dryland Africa limiting wildlife water access can reduce water quality
Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)
Water-dependent wildlife populations in sensitive African dryland regions need continued access to limited surface water resources - even as human development i...
OECD warns on fishing capacity as Asia share grows
Oct 14, 2015 (AFP)
Years of overfishing have cut OECD countries' productive capacity while Chinese-led consumption growth has shifted production focus to Asia, a report by the Par...
Global marine analysis suggests food chain collapse
Oct 13, 2015 (SPX)
A world-first global analysis of marine responses to climbing human CO2 emissions has painted a grim picture of future fisheries and ocean ecosystems. Published...
Sea level rise will swallow Miami, New Orleans: study
Oct 12, 2015 (AFP)
Say goodbye to Miami and New Orleans. No matter what we do to curb global warming, these and other beloved US cities will sink below rising seas, according to a...
To make ocean conservation work we should keep the noise down
Oct 12, 2015 (SPX)
Quiet areas should be sectioned off in the oceans to give us a better picture of the impact human generated noise is having on marine animals, according to a ne...
NOAA declares third ever global coral bleaching event
Oct 12, 2015 (SPX)
As record ocean temperatures cause widespread coral bleaching across Hawaii, NOAA scientists confirm the same stressful conditions are expanding to the Caribbea...
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