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Seafarers' scourge provides hope for biofuel future
Mar 08, 2010 |
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For centuries, seafarers were plagued by wood-eating gribble that destroyed their ships, and these creatures continue to wreak damage on wooden piers and docks in coastal communities.
Experts reaffirm asteroid impact caused mass extinction 65 million years ago (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 04, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Responding to challenges to the hypothesis that an asteroid impact caused a mass extinction on Earth 65 million years, a panel of 41 scientists re-analyzed data and provided new evidence, ...
Improved near-real-time tracking of 2010 El Nino reveals marine life reductions
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Mar 03, 2010 |
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The ongoing El Nino of 2010 is affecting north Pacific Ocean ecosystems in ways that could affect the West Coast fishing industry, according to scientists at NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC ...
France's crumbling sea walls no match for ocean
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Mar 03, 2010 |
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(AP) -- The moon was full, the wind roared, the tide was high and people died by the dozens. After a wall of ocean water engulfed picturesque towns along France's Atlantic coast, residents, officials and ...
Old diving tank air extends CSIRO Air Archive
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Atmospheric scientists believe air contained in disused dive tanks can potentially extend what is already the longest record of greenhouse gases in the Southern Hemisphere.
Barnacles prefer upwelling currents, enriching food chains in the Galapagos
Mar 02, 2010 |
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There's been a rich debate in marine ecological circles about what happens to a key food source along rocky coastlines dominated by upwelling. The literature is filled with studies suggesting that the larvae ...
Faster method to detect bacterial contamination in coastal waters
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Currently, beachgoers are informed about water-quality conditions based on results from the previous day's sample. Scientists must collect samples in the field, then return to a lab to culture them for analysis -- a process ...
Mercurial tuna: Study explores sources of mercury to ocean fish
Mar 02, 2010 |
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With concern over mercury contamination of tuna on the rise and growing information about the health effects of eating contaminated fish, scientists would like to know exactly where the pollutant is coming from and how it's ...
Chile quake occurred in zone of 'increased stress'
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Mar 01, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The massive, 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile Feb. 27 occurred in an offshore zone that was under increased stress caused by a 1960 quake of magnitude 9.5, according to geologist ...
How can accidental captures of loggerhead turtles be reduced?
Feb 26, 2010 |
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Spanish scientists have studied interactions between the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and fishing gear such as longline hooks used at the water surface, mass beachings, and the effects of climate change ...
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