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SEA to conduct expedition dedicated to measuring plastic marine debris in the North Atlantic Ocean

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sea Education Association (SEA) is preparing to conduct the first-ever research expedition dedicated solely to examining the accumulation of plastic marine debris in the North Atlantic Ocean.





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Leonid meteor shower peaks Tuesday, Nov. 17

Leonid meteor shower peaks Tuesday, Nov. 17 (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Leonid meteor shower best viewing this year will be in the hours before dawn on Nov. 17.


Marine aquaculture could feed growing world population

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The oceans could become the source of more of humanity's food if steps are taken to expand and improve marine aquaculture, according to a study published in the December 2009 issue of BioScience.


The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower

The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, Nov. 17th. If forecasters are correct, the shower should produce a mild but pretty sprinkling of meteors over North America followed by a more intense outburst ...


Station Prepares For New Spacecraft, Monitors Debris

Station Prepares For New Spacecraft, Monitors Debris

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

The station crew prepared Friday for the arrival of the Russian Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) which is scheduled for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Nov. 10. The MRM2 will arrive at the ...


Marine ecosystems get a climate form guide

Marine ecosystems get a climate form guide

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first-ever Australian benchmark of climate change impacts on marine ecosystems and options for adaptation is being released in Brisbane today.


Penguins and sea lions help produce new atlas

Penguins and sea lions help produce new atlas

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recording hundreds of thousands of individual uplinks from satellite transmitters fitted on penguins, albatrosses, sea lions, and other marine animals, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and BirdLife ...


Sharks under threat as environmental change bites hard

Sharks under threat as environmental change bites hard

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Their size and fearsome appearance have made them the stuff of nightmares, but new research just published suggests that sharks may not be as tough as they appear.


A closer look at the Hudson Canyon shows why the canyon is critical for fish

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A series of newly discovered pits in the bottom of the Hudson Canyon, 100 miles southeast of New York Harbor, may be a key ingredient for the abundant and diverse marine ecosystem in and around the canyon, according to research ...


Acid test: Study reveals both losers and winners of CO2-induced ocean acidification

Acid test: Study reveals both losers and winners of CO2-induced ocean acidification

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the world’s seawater becomes more acidic due to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, some shelled marine creatures may actually become bigger and stronger, according to a new study.


Crew plans to cut rope to free Hawaii whale (AP)

Crew plans to cut rope to free Hawaii whale

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Marine sanctuary officials planned to return to Hawaii waters with modified equipment Friday to try to cut loose a young humpback whale entangled in several hundred yards of heavy plastic rope.



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