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Israeli scientists discover why soft corals have unique pulsating motion
Apr 26, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have discovered why Heteroxenia corals pulsate. One of the mo...
Insights into deadly coral bleaching could help preserve reefs
Apr 26, 2013 (SPX)
Coral reefs are stressed the world over and could be in mortal danger because of climate change. But why do some corals die and others not, even when exposed to...
New Caledonia bans shark fishing
Apr 24, 2013 (AFP)
The government of the Pacific paradise of New Caledonia said Wednesday it had decided to ban fishing of sharks, which are being decimated to feed growing demand...
Climate scientists say Asian monsoon forecasts could improve
Apr 23, 2013 (UPI)
Researchers say summer monsoons important to water and food supplies for more than 1 billion people in Asia may be predictable months in advance. A study led by...
New NASA Satellite Takes the Salton Sea's Temperature
Apr 23, 2013 (SPX)
An image from an instrument aboard NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission or LDCM satellite may look like a typical black-and-white image of a dramatic landscap...
Massive amounts of charcoal enter the worlds' oceans
Apr 23, 2013 (SPX)
Wild fires turn millions of hectares of vegetation into charcoal each year. An international team of researchers led by Thorsten Dittgar from the Max Planck Ins...
Rivers Act As 'Horizontal cooling towers'
Apr 23, 2013 (SPX)
Running two computer models in tandem, scientists from the University of New Hampshire have detailed for the first time how thermoelectric power plants interact...
Ocean acidification as a hearing aid for fish?
Apr 23, 2013 (SPX)
Ocean acidification, which occurs as CO2 is absorbed by the world's oceans, is known to negatively impact a wide variety of marine animals ranging from massive ...
Iraq makes contingency plans for Syria dam collapse
Apr 22, 2013 (AFP)
Iraq has prepared contingency plans in case a dam in northern Syria that fell under rebel control two months ago collapses, an official told AFP on Monday. The ...
Study reveals seasonal patterns of tropical rainfall changes from global warming
Apr 18, 2013 (SPX)
Projections of rainfall changes from global warming have been very uncertain because scientists could not determine how two different mechanisms will impact rai...
Liverpool Bay sediment discovery could save millions
Apr 18, 2013 (SPX)
New research tracking the movement of dredged sediment around Liverpool Bay could save millions of pounds, according to scientists at the National Oceanography ...
New technique measures evaporation globally
Apr 17, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers at Columbia Engineering and Boston University have developed the first method to map evaporation globally using weather stations, which will help sc...
Scientists stress need for national marine biodiversity observation network
Apr 16, 2013 (SPX)
With ocean life facing unprecedented threat from climate change, overfishing, pollution, invasive species and habitat destruction, a University of Florida resea...
Sea Mammals Find U.S. Safe Harbor
Apr 16, 2013 (SPX)
In 1972, a U.S. Senate committee reported, "Many of the great whales which once populated the oceans have now dwindled to the edge of extinction," due to commer...
Cutting specific pollutants would slow sea level rise
Apr 16, 2013 (SPX)
With coastal areas bracing for rising sea levels, new research indicates that cutting emissions of certain pollutants can greatly slow down sea level rise this ...
Mass sea lion strandings baffle California
Apr 16, 2013 (AFP)
Peter Wallerstein realized something was seriously wrong when a sea lion pup turned up seven miles inland at a cellphone store in California. The number of the ...
Stanford seeks sea urchin's secret to surviving ocean acidification
Apr 15, 2013 (SPX)
Stanford scientists have discovered that some purple sea urchins living along the coast of California and Oregon have the surprising ability to rapidly evolve i...
Ocean nutrients a key component of future change say scientists
Apr 15, 2013 (SPX)
Variations in nutrient availability in the world's oceans could be a vital component of future environmental change, according to a multi-author review paper in...
Great White Sharks Scavenging On Dead Whales
Apr 15, 2013 (SPX)
Many terrestrial animals are frequently observed scavenging on other animals- whether it is a hyena stealing a lion kill in the Serengeti or a buzzard swooping ...
Sea level rise: Jeopardy for terrestrial biodiversity on islands
Apr 15, 2013 (SPX)
Model calculations predict a sea level rise of about one meter by the end of this century and of up to five and a half meters by the year 2500. Until now there ...
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