http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Relatively minor increases in ocean acidity brought about by high levels of carbon dioxide have significant detrimental effects on the growth, development, and survival of hard clams, bay scallops, and Eastern oysters, according to researchers at Stony Brook University's School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. http://www.physorg.com/news175792205.html Space & Earth Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:10:48 EST news175792205 Scientists at NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have successfully conducted the first remote detection of a harmful algal species and its toxin below the ocean's surface. The achievement was recently reported in the June issue of Oceanography. http://www.physorg.com/news166807443.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:50:11 EST news166807443 Crop growth, drinking water and recreational water sports could all be adversely affected if predicted changes in rainfall patterns over the coming years prove true, according to research published this month in Biology and Fertility of Soils. http://www.physorg.com/news159023672.html Space & Earth Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:15:02 EST news159023672 An oil spill polluting popular tourist beaches on Australia's northeast coast is 10 times worse than originally reported, according to the state government. http://www.physorg.com/news156269394.html Space & Earth Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:10:17 EST news156269394 (PhysOrg.com) -- New England lobstermen have gone high tech by adding low-cost instruments to their lobster pots that record bottom temperature and provide data that could help improve ocean circulation models in the Gulf of Maine. http://www.physorg.com/news155818404.html Space & Earth Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:54:16 EST news155818404 (PhysOrg.com) -- Not far beneath the ocean's surface, tiny phytoplankton swimming upward in a daily commute toward morning light sometimes encounter the watery equivalent of Rod Serling's Twilight Zone: a sharp variation in marine currents that traps billions of these single-celled organisms and sends them tumbling until a shift in wind or tide alters the currents and sets them free. http://www.physorg.com/news154275440.html Biology Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:17:51 EST news154275440 Cambridge, Md. - An international group of scientists is linking nutrient pollution in the world's coastal seas to an increase in the number of harmful algal blooms reported in recent years. When harmful algal blooms (HAB's) occur, they taint seafood with toxins, cause human respiratory and skin irritations and cause fish or mammal kills in coastal waters. http://www.physorg.com/news150482617.html Space & Earth Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:43:37 EST news150482617 A paper published in the current issue of the International Journal of Environment and Pollution, explains how a DNA test can be used to detect harmful algal blooms across the globe. The approach outlined could help reduce the economic impact on fisheries, recreational activities, and aquaculture sites, such as salmon and shellfish farms, and pearl oyster farms. It could also help decrease the outbreaks of food poisoning due to contamination of seafood by the toxins some of these algae produce. http://www.physorg.com/news142003999.html Biology Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:33:19 EST news142003999