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UGA ecologists provide close-up of coral bleaching event
Jun 04, 2014 (SPX)
New research by University of Georgia ecologists sheds light on exactly what happens to coral during periods of excessively high water temperatures. Their study...
Oceans worth up to $222 bln annually in CO2 capture
Jun 04, 2014 (AFP)
By absorbing carbon emissions from the atmosphere, the seas avert climate damage worth up to $222 billion (163 billion euros) every year, according to an estima...
Modern Ocean Acidification Is Outpacing Ancient Upheaval
Jun 03, 2014 (SPX)
Some 56 million years ago, a massive pulse of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere sent global temperatures soaring. In the oceans, carbonate sediments dissolved,...
Rolling old river is indeed changing
Jun 03, 2014 (SPX)
The Hudson River has changed in many far-reaching ways over the past quarter-century as a result of human activity, reports a team of researchers in the June is...
Manitoba stops zebra mussel invasion with fertilizer
Jun 03, 2014 (AFP)
Canadian conservation authorities on Tuesday celebrated a succesful test using liquid fertilizer to kill invasive Zebra mussels in a lakefront harbor in the wes...
Britain's urban rivers cleanest in 20 years
Jun 03, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists from Cardiff University have found that Britain's urban rivers are the cleanest they've been in over two decades. The 21-year study of over 2300 rive...
Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory Passes Starts Mission
Jun 02, 2014 (SPX)
The new Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory satellite is now in the hands of the engineers who will fly the spacecraft and ensure the steady flow ...
13 dead as monsoon triggers havoc in Sri Lanka capital
Jun 02, 2014 (AFP)
Unusually heavy monsoon rains have flooded Sri Lanka's capital and neighbouring districts where mudslides killed at least 13 people, officials said Monday. The ...
Cousteau grandson eyes undersea record, bliss in Florida
Jun 01, 2014 (AFP)
A grandson of French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau will be following in his legendary flipper-steps, heading Sunday to the deep for a record 31 days. "It is sy...
Australian environmentalists welcome bank wariness on reef port
May 24, 2014 (AFP)
Environmentalists on Saturday welcomed Deutsche Bank's reluctance to invest in a major port expansion near Australia's Great Barrier Reef, saying it reflected g...
Bottom trawling causes deep-sea biological desertification
May 22, 2014 (SPX)
A study led by scientists from the Polytechnic University of Marche (Ancona, Italy) involving researchers from the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM, CSIC) and ...
El Nino: Is 2014 the new 1997?
May 22, 2014 (SPX)
Every ten days, the NASA/French Space Agency Jason-2 satellite maps all the world's oceans, monitoring changes in sea surface height, a measure of heat in the u...
Better science for better fisheries management
May 22, 2014 (SPX)
Cod fishing in New England has steadily declined over the past three decades. It's estimated that hundreds of people have lost their jobs as a result and that c...
Turtle migration directly influenced by ocean drift experiences as hatchlings
May 21, 2014 (SPX)
New research has found that adult sea-turtle migrations and their selection of feeding sites are directly influenced by their past experiences as little hatchli...
Different Types of El Nino Have Different Effects on Global Temperature
May 21, 2014 (SPX)
The El Nino-Southern Oscillation is known to influence global surface temperatures, with El Nino conditions leading to warmer temperatures and La Nina condition...
Researchers call for better ocean stewardship
May 21, 2014 (SPX)
It has been said that we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about our own planet's oceans. That especially applies to the deepest parts of our o...
Cutoff switch may limit spread, duration of oxygen minimum zones
May 21, 2014 (SPX)
A new study examining the impact of iron released from continental margin sediments has documented a natural limiting switch that may keep these ocean systems f...
Climate change endangers historic US landmarks
May 20, 2014 (AFP)
Climate change and sea level rise are threatening historic US landmarks, from the Statue of Liberty to NASA's coastal rocket launch sites, and the nation needs ...
The State of Rain
May 20, 2014 (SPX)
Using modern weather satellites to monitor rainfall has become a robust, widely practiced technique. However, establishing a reliable context for relating space...
Research reveals New Zealand sea lion is a relative newcomer
May 20, 2014 (SPX)
The modern New Zealand sea lion is a relative newcomer to our mainland, replacing a now-extinct, unique prehistoric New Zealand sea-lion that once lived here, a...
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