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Neurotoxins in shark fins: A human health concern
Mar 01, 2012 (SPX)
Sharks are among the most threatened of marine species worldwide due to unsustainable overfishing. Sharks are primarily killed for their fins alone, to fuel the...
Ocean acidification may be worst in 300 million years: study
Mar 01, 2012 (AFP)
High levels of pollution may be turning the planet's oceans acidic at a faster rate than at any time in the past 300 million years, with unknown consequences fo...
Forest refuse indirectly feeding bottom fish in the submarine canyons off Moloka'i
Mar 01, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists from the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaii - Manoa (UHM) and colleagues recently discovered that l...
Research challenges the theories on the global increase in jellyfish population
Feb 29, 2012 (SPX)
An international research, involving the participation of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), provides a new perspective on the jellyfish proliferatio...
Phytoplankton key to a healthy planet
Feb 28, 2012 (SPX)
Maria Maldonado, Canada Research Chair in Phytoplankton Trace Metal Physiology at The University of British Columbia, has made understanding the intricacies of ...
Philippines plans to slash fish catch to save stocks
Feb 28, 2012 (AFP)
The Philippines plans to impose wider limits on fish catches for up to two years to allow depleted stocks to recover, an official said Tuesday. The plan would f...
New protected areas for dolphins declared
Feb 28, 2012 (SPX)
The Government of Bangladesh recently declared three new wildlife sanctuaries for endangered freshwater dolphins in the world's largest mangrove ecosystem - the...
Climate change may increase risk of water shortages in hundreds of US counties by 2050
Feb 27, 2012 (SPX)
More than 1 in 3 counties in the United States could face a "high" or "extreme" risk of water shortages due to climate change by the middle of the 21st century,...
Radium Testing of Groundwater Shows Most Susceptible Regions are Central U.S. and East Coast
Feb 27, 2012 (SPX)
Groundwater in aquifers on the East Coast and in the Central U.S. has the highest risk of contamination from radium, a naturally occurring radioactive element a...
Climate change leads to pollution of indigenous people's water supplies
Feb 24, 2012 (SPX)
Indigenous people around the world are among the most vulnerable to climate change and are increasingly susceptible to the pathogen loads found in potable water...
World Bank proposes global coalition to save oceans
Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)
The World Bank on Friday said the world's oceans were at risk and called for a coalition of governments, NGOs and other groups to protect them, aiming to raise ...
Marine protected areas: changing climate could require change of plans
Feb 24, 2012 (SPX)
Marine protected areas (MPAs) may turn out to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. As a result of changing conditions, marine species have been on the move ...
From Earth's Water to Cosmic Dawn: New Tools Unveiling Astronomical Mysteries
Feb 24, 2012 (SPX)
Two new and powerful research tools are helping astronomers gain key insights needed to transform our understanding of important processes across the breadth of...
Coastal drinking water more vulnerable to water use than climate change
Feb 23, 2012 (SPX)
Human activity is likely a greater threat to coastal groundwater used for drinking water supplies than rising sea levels from climate change, according to a stu...
New York eyes shark fin trade ban
Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)
A group of New York legislators on Tuesday unveiled a draft law banning trade in shark fins, saying the practice, which serves the market for Chinese shark fin ...
Wild west approach to claiming the oceans' genetic resources must end
Feb 21, 2012 (SPX)
New international agreements are required to ensure nations benefit equally from medicines, foods and biofuels derived from the ocean's untapped genetic riches,...
In 40 years, US could face water crisis
Feb 21, 2012 (IANS)
Global warming and climate change are likely to unfold a water crisis in the United States within the next 40 years, says a new report. It concluded that seven ...
Mother of pearl tells a tale of ocean temperature and depth
Feb 21, 2012 (SPX)
Nacre - or mother of pearl, scientists and artisans know, is one of nature's amazing utilitarian materials. Produced by a multitude of mollusk species, nacre is...
Coasts in peril plan ahead for rising seas
Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)
Scientists warn that by the end of this century, the sea level along North America's west coast will rise by about a meter due to global warming and melting arc...
Animal diseases increasingly plague the oceans
Feb 20, 2012 (AFP)
When dead sea mammals started washing ashore on Canada's west coast in greater numbers, marine biologist Andrew Trites was distressed to find that domestic anim...
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