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Viruses Could be the Key to Healthy Corals
Sep 03, 2012 (SPX)
Corals are an invaluable part of the marine ecosystem, fostering biodiversity and protecting coastlines. But they're also increasingly endangered. Pathogenic ba...
New DNA-method tracks fish and whales in seawater
Sep 03, 2012 (SPX)
Danish researchers at University of Copenhagen lead the way for future monitoring of marine biodiversity and resources by using DNA traces in seawater samples t...
Fishermen battle for tradition amid French Riviera luxury
Aug 31, 2012 (AFP)
The fishing villages have become chic resorts and the yachts of the wealthy dominate the waters of the French Riviera, but the 300 odd fishermen who remain on t...
Less is more for reef-building corals
Aug 31, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Hawaii - Manoa (UHM) School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) made a discovery that challenges a major theory i...
After drenching New Orleans, Isaac threatens dam
Aug 31, 2012 (AFP)
Authorities in two states along the US Gulf Coast have urged residents to seek shelter amid fears a dam could fail, as a weakening Isaac has doused an already d...
New Maps May Reduce Tourism Impacts on Hawaiian Dolphins
Aug 30, 2012 (SPX)
Over-eager tourists intent on seeing spinner dolphins up close may inadvertently be disturbing the charismatic animals' daytime rest periods and driving them ou...
Pacific leaders hold retreat before Clinton arrival
Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)
Pacific Islands Forum leaders gathered on a remote Cook Islands atoll to discuss issues facing the region Thursday, ahead of US Secretary of State Hillary Clint...
Survival without water: A key trait of an aquatic invader to spread
Aug 30, 2012 (SPX)
Nowadays, an increasing number of rivers and lakes are being invaded by exotic snails, which come from remote regions, and even other continents. Such species r...
Water research thrives as new report highlights spiralling growth year on year
Aug 30, 2012 (SPX)
Research into water is growing faster than the average 4% annual growth rate for all research disciplines, claims a new report presented by Elsevier and Stockho...
Morocco's illegal mussel pickers ply non-eco trade
Aug 29, 2012 (AFP)
Thousands of Morocco's unemployed slum-dwellers head to the Atlantic coast every morning to scrape a living as illegal mussel pickers. But experts say they thre...
Cook Islands declares world's largest marine park
Aug 29, 2012 (AFP)
The Cook Islands announced the creation of world's largest marine park at the opening of the Pacific Islands Forum Tuesday, a vast swathe of ocean almost twice ...
Forest dam threatens Thailand's tigers: WWF
Aug 29, 2012 (AFP)
A proposed dam that would flood part of a national park in western Thailand represents a "significant new threat" to the kingdom's tigers, wildlife group WWF wa...
New Survey of Ocean Floor Finds Juvenile Scallops are Abundant in Mid-Atlantic
Aug 29, 2012 (SPX)
NOAA researchers are getting a comprehensive view of the ocean floor using a new instrument, and have confirmed that there are high numbers of young sea scallop...
Eastern Pacific Barrier is Virtually Impassable by Coral Species
Aug 29, 2012 (SPX)
A coral species that is found in abundance from Indonesia eastward to Fiji, Samoa, and the Line Islands rarely crosses the Eastern Pacific Barrier toward the co...
Children at risk from rural water supplies
Aug 29, 2012 (SPX)
Children drinking from around half the UK's private water supplies are almost five times more likely to pick up stomach infections - according to research from ...
How methane becomes fish food
Aug 28, 2012 (SPX)
produced at the bottom of our lakes provides nutrition for microorganisms and eventually becomes an indirect food source for fish. These findings were presented...
MBL Scientists Discover Nerves Control Iridescence in Squid's Remarkable Electric Skin
Aug 28, 2012 (SPX)
Squid's colorful, changeable skin enables the animal-and their close relatives, cuttlefish and octopus-to display extraordinary camouflage, the speed and divers...
Desalination plant needed in Gaza by 2020: minister
Aug 28, 2012 (AFP)
The Palestinian Authority's minister in charge of water issues, Shaddad Attili, on Tuesday stressed the urgency of having a desalination plant in place in Gaza ...
How ocean currents affect global climate is a question oceanographer may be close to answering
Aug 28, 2012 (SPX)
Kevin Speer has a "new paradigm" for describing how the world's oceans circulate - and with it he may help reshape science's understanding of the processes by w...
Finland leads major counter-pollution drill in Baltic Sea
Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)
Finland on Monday led one of the biggest counter-pollution drills on the Baltic Sea, involving 70 vessels in the exercise. The drill simulates a collision betwe...
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