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Streamflow Alteration Impacts Fish Diversity in Local Rivers
Jan 20, 2014 (SPX)
A new USGS study quantifies change in fish diversity in response to streamflow alteration in the Tennessee River basin. The USGS study highlights the importance...
Bald reef gets new growth with seaweed transplant
Jan 17, 2014 (SPX)
Marine ecologists in Sydney have successfully restored a once thriving seaweed species, which vanished along a stretch of the city's coastline during the 1970s ...
Coral Reefs in Palau Surprisingly Resistant to Naturally Acidified Waters
Jan 17, 2014 (SPX)
Ocean researchers working on the coral reefs of Palau in 2011 and 2012 made two unexpected discoveries that could provide insight into corals' resistance and re...
Key species of algae shows effects of climate change over time
Jan 17, 2014 (SPX)
A study of marine life in the temperate coastal waters of the northeast Pacific Ocean shows a reversal of competitive dominance among species of algae, suggesti...
Sunscreen Chemical In Soaps, Cosmetics And Body Fragrances Threaten Coral Reefs
Jan 17, 2014 (SPX)
A team of marine scientists from Virginia, Florida, Israel, and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a study demonstrating that a ...
The life cycle of a jellyfish and a way to control it
Jan 17, 2014 (SPX)
Those free-swimming jellyfish in the sea don't start out in that familiar medusa form, but rather start as sessile and asexual polyps. Now, researchers reportin...
Study explains origins of giant underwater waves
Jan 17, 2014 (SPX)
Their effect on the surface of the ocean is negligible, producing a rise of just inches that is virtually imperceptible on a turbulent sea. But internal waves, ...
Researchers target sea level rise to save years of archaeological evidence
Jan 17, 2014 (SPX)
Prehistoric shell mounds found on some of Florida's most pristine beaches are at risk of washing away as the sea level rises, wiping away thousands of years of ...
Warmer Pacific worsened cyclone risk for E. Asia
Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)
China, Korea and Japan have been placed in the firing line of powerful tropical cyclones by a warming of water in the western Pacific, according to a three-deca...
Ahoy! First ocean vesicles spotted
Jan 14, 2014 (SPX)
Marine cyanobacteria - tiny ocean plants that produce oxygen and make organic carbon using sunlight and CO2 - are primary engines of Earth's biogeochemical and ...
Researchers unveil rich world of fish biofluorescence
Jan 14, 2014 (SPX)
A team of researchers led by scientists from the American Museum of Natural History has released the first report of widespread biofluorescence in the tree of l...
Study highlights snowball effect of overfishing
Jan 14, 2014 (SPX)
Florida State University researchers have spearheaded a major review of fisheries data that examines the domino effect that occurs when too many fish are harves...
New study finds extreme longevity in white sharks
Jan 14, 2014 (SPX)
Great white sharks-top predators throughout the world's ocean-grow much slower and live significantly longer than previously thought, according to a new study l...
Coral chemical warfare: Suppressing a competitor enhances susceptibility to a predator
Jan 14, 2014 (SPX)
Competition may have a high cost for at least one species of tropical seaweed. Researchers examining the chemical warfare taking place on Fijian coral reefs hav...
Radiocarbon dating suggests white sharks can live 70 years and longer
Jan 14, 2014 (SPX)
Adult white sharks, also known as great whites, may live far longer than previously thought, according to a new study that used radiocarbon dating to determine ...
Marine bacteria to fight tough infections
Jan 14, 2014 (SPX)
Aggressive infections are a growing health problem all over the world. The development of resistant bacteria is rampant and, in the United States, resistant sta...
Tracking the deep sea paths of tiger sharks
Jan 14, 2014 (SPX)
Shark research scientist, Dr Jonathan Werry, has undertaken a four year study tracking the migratory patterns of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) across the Sou...
West Virginia starts lifting water ban
Jan 13, 2014 (AFP)
West Virginia on Monday began lifting a ban on tap water imposed in the state last week after a chemical leak into a key river. Hundreds of thousands of people ...
Canada's closure of science libraries riles researchers
Jan 11, 2014 (AFP)
Canada's closure of science libraries containing a vast repository of environmental data dating back more than a century has researchers worried that valuable b...
China defends South China Sea fishing rule
Jan 10, 2014 (AFP)
Beijing on Friday rejected US criticism of a measure requiring foreign fishing vessels to secure permission to enter much of the South China Sea, which it claim...
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