News tagged with gulf of alaska
Seaglider sets new underwater endurance and range records
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Washington Seaglider operated for 9 months and 5 days in the Pacific Ocean, an endurance record more than double what any other autonomous underwater vehicle has accomplished ...
Blue whales returning to former Alaska waters
May 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Blue whales are returning to Alaska in search of food and could be re-establishing an old migration route several decades after they were nearly wiped out by commercial whalers, scientists say.
Blue whales re-establishing former migration patterns: research (w/Video)
May 11, 2009 |
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Scientists have documented the first known migration of blue whales from the coast of California to areas off British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska since the end of commercial whaling in 1965.
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Warmer water leaves sea birds hungry
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Apr 06, 2007 |
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U.S. researchers say warmer currents from the Gulf of Alaska may not be producing enough plankton to support West Coast seabirds.
New findings show increased ocean acidification in Alaska waters
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 13, 2009 |
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The same things that make Alaska's marine waters among the most productive in the world may also make them the most vulnerable to ocean acidification. According to new findings by a University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist, ...
Texas is second to Alaska in acres of forest land
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The first detailed statewide tree count in Texas history is headed toward this conclusion: Texas is No. 2.
Hurricane-caused oil spills threaten gulf
Sep 09, 2005 |
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Oil from storage tanks ruptured by Hurricane Katrina is threatening the Gulf of Mexico.
Study provides new insights into marine ecosystems and fisheries production
Sep 30, 2009 |
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NOAA and Norwegian researchers recently completed a comparative analysis of marine ecosystems in the North Atlantic and North Pacific to see what factors support fisheries production, leading to new insights that could improve ...
Pacific tsunami threat greater than expected
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2009 |
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The potential for a huge Pacific Ocean tsunami on the West Coast of America may be greater than previously thought, according to a new study of geological evidence along the Gulf of Alaska coast.
Biofuel production could undercut efforts to shrink Gulf 'Dead Zone'
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Scientists in Pennsylvania report that boosting production of crops used to make biofuels could make a difficult task to shrink a vast, oxygen-depleted "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico more difficult. The ...
Research finds higher acidity in Alaska waters
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Erosion threatens to topple coastal Alaskan villages. Melting ice threatens polar bears. Now, a marine scientist says the state's marine waters are turning acidic from absorbing greenhouse gases faster ...
Bioavailable contaminants come from the Exxon Valdez oil catastrophe
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Contaminants from natural coal deposits in the Gulf of Alaska are not easily bioavailable, unlike the crude oil from the Exxon Valdez tanker catastrophe. This clearly disproves the theory that natural coal ...
Mass. center to build ocean monitoring stations
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Sep 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Massachusetts ocean studies institute is building underwater data collection stations to help researchers understand the ocean's role in climate change.
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