WATER WORLD

News About The Oceans of Earth

6,978 articles

Tiny plankton can play a major role in CO2 storage in the oceans
Sep 25, 2015 (SPX)
Tiny zooplankton animals, each no bigger than a grain of rice, may be playing a huge part in regulating climate change, research involving the University of Str...
New Zealand deports would-be 'climate change refugee'
Sep 24, 2015 (AFP)
New Zealand has deported a Pacific islander who launched a failed bid to become the world's first climate change refugee, the man's supporters said Thursday. Io...
Research uncovers microsopic key to reducing ocean dead zones
Sep 23, 2015 (SPX)
Along the northern edge of the Gulf of Mexico is a 6,000-square mile dead zone of oxygen-depleted water filled with dead plants, dead fish and a damaged ecosyst...
Reconstructing environmental conditions of Southern Ocean over the past 30,000 years
Sep 23, 2015 (SPX)
In the last 30,000 years there was, at times, more mixing in the Southern Ocean than previously thought. This meant that vast quantities of nutrients were avail...
Can vinegar save the Great Barrier Reef?
Sep 23, 2015 (UPI)
Researchers at Australia's James Cook University have found a cheap and readily available antidote for the plague of reef-eating starfish invading the Great Bar...
A new analysis and approach to watershed management
Sep 23, 2015 (SPX)
The first continent-wide, multi-factor analysis of climate and land cover effects on watersheds in the United States, published this week, provides a broad new ...
Harnessing the energy when freshwater meets the sea
Sep 23, 2015 (SPX)
Harnessing the energy created from salinity gradients - for example, when freshwater meets the sea - could provide a renewable source of power able to mitigate ...
New weapon against the reef eaters
Sep 23, 2015 (SPX)
James Cook University scientists in Australia have made a breakthrough in the war against a deadly enemy of the Great Barrier Reef. The Crown of Thorns Starfish...
Blue crabs more tolerant of low oxygen than previously thought
Sep 23, 2015 (SPX)
Results of a new study led by researchers at William and Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science show that adult blue crabs are much more tolerant of low-ox...
Is climate change killing American starfish?
Sep 22, 2015 (AFP)
On the remote rocky shores of the western United States, low tide brings visitors to wave-splashed tide pools to marvel at ocean wonders usually hidden from vie...
The structural memory of water persists on a picosecond timescale
Sep 22, 2015 (SPX)
A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in Mainz, Germany and FOM Institute AMOLF in the Netherlands have characterized ...
Taiwan boat caught with huge illegal shark fin haul
Sep 19, 2015 (AFP)
A Taiwan-flagged boat has been caught with an illegal haul of more than 100 shark fins and is being escorted back to a home port, Taiwanese authorities said. Fi...
East Ukraine faces winter water shortage threat
Sep 18, 2015 (AFP)
European monitors warned Friday that war-scarred eastern Ukraine faced a severe water shortage this winter because shelling had destroyed much of the industrial...
Griffith Researchers show ocean response to Red Dawn
Sep 18, 2015 (SPX)
The 'Red Dawn' dust storm which enveloped Sydney in 2009 left more than just a huge clean-up bill in its wake. Griffith researchers have shown for the first tim...
Omega-3's are vital for a healthy ocean
Sep 18, 2015 (SPX)
A new study published this week in Nature Scientific Reports reveals the importance of omega-3 fatty acids for the health of the ocean. This research shows that...
Nauru bans transhipping after 'illegal' Taiwan fishing
Sep 17, 2015 (AFP)
The tiny Pacific nation of Nauru on Thursday banned transhipping outside its ports in a bid to tackle lucrative fishing "black" trade, after a Taiwanese ship wa...
The saying 'It never rains but it pours' is truer than ever in Scotland
Sep 17, 2015 (SPX)
New research at the University of Warwick with colleagues from the London School of Economics has identified changes in the shape of rainfall across Europe; cha...
Robots help to map England's only deep-water Marine Conservation Zone
Sep 17, 2015 (SPX)
The first true three-dimensional picture of submarine canyon habitats has been produced using a unique combination of marine robotics and ship-based measurement...
Restoring ocean health
Sep 17, 2015 (SPX)
More than a decade ago, California established marine protected areas (MPAs) in state waters around the northern Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara....
Acidic ocean will bend the mermaid's wineglass
Sep 16, 2015 (SPX)
New research from the University of Washington's Friday Harbor Laboratories shows that a more acidic ocean can weaken the protective shell of a delicate alga. T...
Buy Advertising About Us Editorial & Other Enquiries Privacy statement
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.