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Spring rains bring life to Midwest granaries but foster Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone'
Apr 15, 2013 (SPX)
The most serious ongoing water pollution problem in the Gulf of Mexico originates not from oil rigs, as many people believe, but rainstorms and fields of corn a...
EU's Damanaki calls for high seas biodiversity protection treaty
Apr 15, 2013 (UPI)
An updated U.N. treaty governing the exploitation of deep-sea bioresources is urgently needed, EU Maritime Affairs Commissioner Maria Damanaki says. Damanaki, s...
Philippines discovers pangolins on Chinese poacher boat
Apr 15, 2013 (AFP)
The Philippine coast guard said Monday it had found hundreds of frozen scaly anteaters, or pangolins, in the cargo hold of a Chinese boat that ran aground in a ...
Extreme Algae Blooms: The New Normal?
Apr 12, 2013 (SPX)
A 2011 record-breaking algae bloom in Lake Erie was triggered by long-term agricultural practices coupled with extreme precipitation, followed by weak lake circ...
Research Enables Fishermen to Harvest Lucrative Shellfish on Georges Bank
Apr 12, 2013 (SPX)
Combined research efforts by scientists involved in the Gulf of Maine Toxicity (GOMTOX) project, funded by NOAA's Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Bloo...
Scientists use islands to gauge rainfall's effect on landscapes
Apr 12, 2013 (SPX)
If you've ever stood on a hill during a rainstorm, you've probably witnessed landscape evolution, at least on a small scale: rivulets of water streaming down a ...
Osmosis is not driven by water dilution
Apr 11, 2013 (SPX)
Osmosis - the flow of a solvent across a semipermeable membrane from a region of lower to higher solute concentration - is a well-developed concept in physics a...
Air pollution stunts coral growth
Apr 11, 2013 (SPX)
A new study has found that pollution from fine particles in the air - mainly the result of burning coal or volcanic eruptions - can shade corals from sunlight a...
Remote reefs can be tougher than they look
Apr 11, 2013 (SPX)
Isolated coral reefs can recover from catastrophic damage as effectively as those with nearby undisturbed neighbours, a long-term study by marine biologists fro...
Extreme algal blooms: The new normal?
Apr 11, 2013 (SPX)
A research team, led by Carnegie's Anna Michalak, has determined that the 2011 record-breaking algal bloom in Lake Erie was triggered by long-term agricultural ...
Call issued for nationwide U.S. marine biodiversity monitoring network
Apr 11, 2013 (UPI)
Nationwide marine biodiversity monitoring could help address threats from climate change, overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction, U.S. scientists say. R...
Taiwan, Japan sign disputed isles fishing accord
Apr 10, 2013 (AFP)
Taiwan and Japan Wednesday signed a fishing rights accord for waters near islands at the centre of a territorial row that has soured ties between Beijing and To...
Chinese fishing boat runs aground in Philippines
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese fishing boat has run aground on a World Heritage-listed coral reef in the Philippines, roughly 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles) from China's nearest maj...
S. Africa sets up first offshore marine protection zone
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
South Africa has turned two small islands in the southern Indian Ocean into its first offshore marine protected area, the environment ministry said Tuesday. The...
Dead fish cause for concern in China river
Apr 08, 2013 (UPI)
Dead fish found on the shorelines of a Shanghai river have sparked safety fears. Small carp-type dead fish were first sighted last week in a river in Shanghai's...
Temperature difference between hemispheres could shift rainfall patterns
Apr 06, 2013 (SPX)
One often ignored consequence of global climate change is that the Northern Hemisphere is becoming warmer than the Southern Hemisphere, which could significantl...
Shark tooth weapons reveal missing shark species in Central Pacific islands
Apr 05, 2013 (SPX)
The Gilbert Island reefs in the Central Pacific were once home to two species of sharks not previously reported in historic records or contemporary studies. The...
Tiny Grazers Play Key Role in Marine Ecosystem Health
Apr 05, 2013 (SPX)
Tiny sea creatures no bigger than a thumbtack are being credited for playing a key role in helping provide healthy habitats for many kinds of seafood, according...
Chinese foreign fisheries catch 12 times more than reported
Apr 05, 2013 (SPX)
Chinese fishing boats catch about US$11.5 billion worth of fish from beyond their country's own waters each year - and most of it goes unreported, according to ...
Bans unlikely to halt bottled water's popularity: executive
Apr 04, 2013 (AFP)
Local bans are unlikely to stop bottled water overtaking soda pop as Americans' preferred beverage by the end of the decade, the chairman of Nestle Waters North...
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