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Scientists solve Washington's milky rain puzzle
Jun 10, 2015 (UPI)
In early February, parts of the Pacific Northwest experienced what was described as "milky rain," precipitation characterized by suspended silty particulates. O...
Nine Chinese fishermen freed from Philippine jail
Jun 10, 2015 (AFP)
The Philippines has freed nine Chinese fishermen convicted of poaching endangered sea turtles after they completed one-year jail terms, officials said Wednesday...
A check on runaway lake drainage
Jun 09, 2015 (SPX)
Each summer, Greenland's ice sheet - the world's second-largest expanse of ice, measuring three times the size of Texas - begins to melt. Pockets of melting ice...
Sudden draining of glacial lakes explained
Jun 09, 2015 (SPX)
In 2008 scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of Washington documented for the first time how the icy bottoms of lakes ...
Researchers find deepest high-temperature hydrothermal vents in Pacific
Jun 07, 2015 (SPX)
In spring 2015, MBARI researchers discovered a large, previously unknown field of hydrothermal vents in the Gulf of California, about 150 kilometers (100 miles)...
Habitats contracting as fish and coral flee equator
Jun 07, 2015 (SPX)
Many species are migrating toward Earth's poles in response to climate change, and their habitats are shrinking in the process, researchers say. Two new reports...
Great Barrier Reef marine reserves combat coral disease
Jun 07, 2015 (SPX)
A new and significant role for marine reserves on the Great Barrier Reef has been revealed, with researchers finding the reserves reduce the prevalence of coral...
Spotlight on marine litter
Jun 07, 2015 (SPX)
A new book gives an overview of the current state of research and of research gaps concerning litter in our oceans: "Marine Anthropogenic Litter" will be releas...
Warmer, lower-oxygen oceans will shift marine habitats
Jun 07, 2015 (SPX)
Modern mountain climbers typically carry tanks of oxygen to help them reach the summit. It's the combination of physical exertion and lack of oxygen at high alt...
Trouble in the tide pools
Jun 07, 2015 (SPX)
In August 2011, scientists at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory walked into their labs to a strange, disturbing sight: Thousands of purple sea urchins and o...
Few opportunities to change
Jun 07, 2015 (SPX)
If you want to live, you need to breathe and muster enough energy to move, find nourishment and reproduce. This basic tenet is just as valid for us human beings...
Latest FARC attack leaves Colombia town without water
Jun 06, 2015 (AFP)
FARC rebels blew up a water plant in southwestern Colombia, military officials said Saturday, in the latest alleged attack by the guerrilla movement on the nati...
Climate stress model challenges doomsday for world's coral reefs
Jun 05, 2015 (SPX)
Recent forecasts on the impacts of climate change on the world's coral reefs--especially ones generated from oceanic surface temperature data gathered by satell...
Invasive climbing perch is nearing the Australian mainland
Jun 05, 2015 (UPI)
A walking, breathing fish is threatening to invade mainland Australia, and scientists are concerned the invasive species' arrival could spell trouble for a vari...
Scientists use unmanned aerial vehicle to study gray whales from above
Jun 05, 2015 (SPX)
One recent spring day, John Durban, a NOAA Fisheries marine mammal biologist, stood on the California coast and launched an unmanned aerial vehicle into the air...
Acid saline groundwaters and lakes of southern Western Australia
Jun 05, 2015 (SPX)
The "wheat belt" and "gold fields" of southern Western Australia are associated with a regional acid saline groundwater system. Groundwaters hosted in the Yilga...
Invasive microbe protects corals from global warming, but at a cost
Jun 05, 2015 (SPX)
An invasive species of symbiotic micro-alga has spread across the Caribbean Sea, according to an international team of researchers. These single-cell algae, whi...
Hitchhiking to Caribbean coral
Jun 05, 2015 (SPX)
University of Delaware's Daniel "Tye" Pettay reports new evidence that Symbiodinium trenchii (S. trenchii), a stress-tolerant zooxanthellae alga found in coral ...
Protecting the ocean could boost economy by $900 bn, says WWF
Jun 04, 2015 (AFP)
More than $920 billion could be generated by 2050 and 180,000 jobs created by expanding the ocean's protected zones, according to a study published Thursday by ...
Chinese firm picked to help build UK tidal power plant
Jun 03, 2015 (AFP)
A Chinese company has been selected to help build the world's first artificial tidal lagoon to generate clean electricity for British homes, the company behind ...
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