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Living cells behave like fluid-filled sponges
Jan 14, 2013 (SPX)
Animal cells behave like fluid-filled sponges in response to being mechanically deformed according to new research published in Nature Materials. Scientists fro...
Reefs near Sydney, made 'bald' by pollution, get seaweed transplant
Jan 14, 2013 (UPI)
Australian scientists say they've successfully restored a once thriving seaweed species that vanished during decades of high levels of sewage discharge. The res...
Wales, fishermen discuss protection zones
Jan 14, 2013 (UPI)
The Welsh government, considering the establishment of tightly regulated "marine conservation zones," says it is listening to the concerns of small fishermen. W...
Taiwan mulls shipping water from China as ties improve
Jan 13, 2013 (AFP)
Officials on a Taiwan-controlled island group near the Chinese mainland said Sunday they are considering importing water from China in yet another sign of warmi...
Canada eyes Chilean arm of troubled Spanish fishery firm
Jan 13, 2013 (UPI)
Canadian fisheries group Cooke Aquaculture is looking to acquire Pesca Chile, the Latin American country's subsidiary of the troubled Spanish fisheries multinat...
Interagency Report Published on Information Required for Short-Term Water Management Decisions
Jan 11, 2013 (SPX)
Adapting to future climate change impacts requires capabilities in hydroclimate monitoring, short-term prediction and application of such information to support...
Heat-resistant corals provide clues to climate change survival
Jan 11, 2013 (SPX)
In a future shaped by climate change, only the strong - or heat-resistant - will survive. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Scienc...
Baby sharks stay still to avoid being detected by predators
Jan 10, 2013 (SPX)
Baby sharks still developing in their egg cases can sense when predators are near, and keep very still to avoid being detected, according to research published ...
Blue light special: 180 fish species emit color when under blue light
Jan 09, 2013 (UPI)
It's not a horse of a different color but fish emitting reds, greens and oranges not visible to the human eye and U.S. researchers say they want to know why. Ab...
Melanin in marine fossils offers clues about where they could survive
Jan 08, 2013 (UPI)
The existence of melanin in extinct marine organisms helps provide clues about the environments in which they lived, Swedish researchers found. Dark traces on t...
Despite rains, Dead Sea water levels falls again in December
Jan 08, 2013 (UPI)
Despite rainstorms that have soaked fields and filled reservoirs in Israel during December, the Dead Sea's water level still dropped, water researchers said. El...
Genetics clues to survival of coral reef
Jan 08, 2013 (UPI)
A genetic process that lets some corals withstand high temperatures may hold a key to species survival for organisms around the world, U.S. researchers say. The...
Waterfall-climbing fish use same mechanism to climb waterfalls and eat algae
Jan 08, 2013 (SPX)
Going against the flow is always a challenge, but some waterfall-climbing fish have adapted to their extreme lifestyle by using the same set of muscles for both...
Norway says working to end Russian boycott on fish exports
Jan 08, 2013 (UPI)
Norway is working to end a limited Russian boycott of Norwegian fish exports that took effect Jan. 1, Fisheries Minister Elisabeth Aspaker said this week. Under...
Rural Demand for Better Water Driving Mobile Water Treatment Growth In Asia Pacific
Jan 08, 2013 (SPX)
Rapid urbanization in the Asia Pacific is prompting the rural population to intensify its demands for a better quality of life, which includes access to cleaner...
Scientists off to Pacific to study 'weather chimney' effect on climate
Jan 07, 2013 (UPI)
Atmospheric scientists say they're on their way to the western tropical Pacific Ocean to study the region's "global chimney" effect on the world's climate. With...
Coral records suggest that recent El Nino activity rises above noisy background
Jan 07, 2013 (SPX)
By examining a set of fossil corals that are as much as 7,000 years old, scientists have dramatically expanded the amount of information available on the El Nin...
US study says El Nino, climate change link fuzzy
Jan 07, 2013 (AFP)
The frequency and volatility of El Nino, a weather pattern that hammers the tropical Pacific Ocean every five years or so, does not seem linked to climate chang...
The relationship between CO2 concentrations and sea level
Jan 07, 2013 (SPX)
By comparing reconstructions of atmospheric CO2 concentrations and sea level over the past 40 million years, researchers based at the National Oceanography Cent...
Partnership brings clean water to communities in Haiti, Peru
Jan 06, 2013 (UPI)
An international partnership forged in the United States is bringing clean water to underprivileged communities in Haiti and Peru and further afield in Malawi, ...
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