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Indonesia, India fingered as biggest shark catchers
Jul 30, 2013 (AFP)
Indonesia and India on Tuesday were named as the world's biggest catchers of sharks in an EU-backed probe into implementing a new pact to protect seven threaten...
Egg-brooding of deep-sea octopus lasts a record 53 months
Jul 30, 2013 (UPI)
A deep-sea octopus called Graneledone boreopacifica is giving helicopter parents a run for their money. Overprotective mothers may dote for twenty-plus years, b...
Pollution plagues China's mega water diversion project
Jul 30, 2013 (UPI)
A crucial water source for China's massive water diversion project, the Danjiangkou Reservoir, is facing problems with pollution, says a local government offici...
A life spent in the wettest place on earth
Jul 29, 2013 (AFP)
Deep in India's northeast, villagers use grass to sound-proof their huts from deafening rain, clouds are a familiar sight inside homes and a suitably rusted sig...
Managing waters shared across national boundaries
Jul 29, 2013 (SPX)
The science-based management and governance of shared transboundary water systems is the focus of a wide-ranging collection of articles now published in a speci...
First-ever Maine Ocean Acidification Commission to meet August 1
Jul 28, 2013 (UPI)
The Maine Ocean Acidification Commission, the first of its kind on the East Coast, is set to hold its inaugural meeting on Friday, August 1. The commission, fea...
Newly discovered marine viruses offer glimpse into untapped biodiversity
Jul 26, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers of the University of Arizona's Tucson Marine Phage Lab have discovered a dozen new types of unknown viruses that infect different strains of marine ...
Study explains Pacific equatorial cold water region
Jul 26, 2013 (SPX)
A new study published this week in the journal Nature reveals for the first time how the mixing of cold, deep waters from below can change sea surface temperatu...
Rapid upper ocean warming linked to declining aerosols
Jul 24, 2013 (SPX)
They partly attribute the observed warming, and preceding cooling trends to ocean circulation changes induced by global greenhouse gas emissions and aerosols pr...
NUS researchers developed world's first water treatment techniques using apple and tomato peels
Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)
One of the most crucial problems affecting the world today is the scarcity of potable water. In a bid to make clean water available at low cost, Mr Ramakrishna ...
From obscurity to dominance: Tracking the rapid evolutionary rise of ray-finned fish
Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)
Mass extinctions, like lotteries, result in a multitude of losers and a few lucky winners. This is the story of one of the winners, a small, shell-crushing pred...
Carnegie Mellon-Developed Chemicals That Break Down Water Contaminants Pass Safety Test
Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)
A family of molecules developed at Carnegie Mellon University to break down pollutants in water is one step closer to commercial use. Study results published on...
Scotland backs Hebrides conservation area despite fishing objections
Jul 22, 2013 (UPI)
Scotland has designated a pristine marine area in Hebrides Islands as a European Union "special area of conservation" despite strong opposition from fishermen. ...
Evolutionary changes could aid fisheries
Jul 22, 2013 (SPX)
Sustainable fishing practices could lead to larger fishing yields in the long run, according to a new study that models in detail how ecology and evolution affe...
US says bombs dropped on Australia reef to avoid boats
Jul 22, 2013 (AFP)
The United States military said Monday it had jettisoned four unarmed bombs on Australia's Great Barrier Reef during a training exercise only because civilian b...
Stanford researchers reveal great white sharks' fuel for oceanic voyages: liver oil
Jul 22, 2013 (SPX)
Great white sharks are not exactly known as picky eaters, so it might seem obvious that these voracious predators would dine often and well on their migrations ...
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Widespread in Hudson River, Study Finds
Jul 22, 2013 (SPX)
The risk of catching some nasty germ in the Hudson River just started looking nastier. Disease-causing microbes have long been found swimming there, but now res...
First global atlas of marine plankton reveals remarkable underwater world
Jul 22, 2013 (SPX)
Under the microscope, they look like they could be from another planet, but these microscopic organisms inhabit the depths of our oceans in nearly infinite numb...
European fish stocks poised for recovery
Jul 19, 2013 (SPX)
The results of a major international effort to assess the status of dozens of European fish stocks find that many of those stocks in the northeast Atlantic are ...
First atlas on oceanic plankton
Jul 19, 2013 (SPX)
In an international collaborative project, scientists have recorded the times, places and concentrations of oceanic plankton occurrences worldwide. Their data h...
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