News tagged with marine
Increasing carbon dioxide and decreasing oxygen make it harder for deep-sea animals to 'breathe'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New calculations made by marine chemists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) suggest that low-oxygen "dead zones" in the ocean could expand significantly over the next ...
Marine plankton found in amber
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Marine microorganisms have been found in amber dating from the middle of the Cretaceous period. The fossils were collected in Charente, in France. This completely unexpected discovery will ...
Marine worm's jaws say 'cutting-edge new aerospace materials'
Jul 14, 2008 |
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Researchers in California and New Hampshire report the first detailed characterization of the protein composition of the hard, fang-like jaws of a common marine worm. Their work could lead to the design of ...
Canada's shores saved animals from devastating climate change 252 million years ago
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 01, 2008 |
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The shorelines of ancient Alberta, British Columbia and the Canadian Arctic were an important refuge for some of the world's earliest animals, most of which were wiped out by a mysterious global extinction event some 252 ...
Mystery Solved: Marine Microbe Is Source of Rare Nutrient
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of microscopic marine microbes, called phytoplankton, by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of South Carolina has solved a ten-year-old ...
150 years later, Darwin vindicated... by jellyfish: Researchers link tiny sea creatures to large-scale ocean mixing
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Creatures large and small may play an important role in the stirring of ocean waters, according to a study released Wednesday that confirms a theory advanced by Charles Darwin.
Fantastic photographs of fluorescent fish
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Sep 16, 2008 |
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Scientists have discovered that certain fish are capable of glowing red. Research published today in BMC Ecology includes striking images of fish fluorescing vivid red light.
A Zen discovery: Unrusted iron in ocean
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 08, 2009 |
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Iron dust, the gold of the oceans and rarest nutrient for most marine life, can be washed down by rivers or blown out to sea or - a surprising new study finds - float up from the sea floor. The discovery, ...
Disappearing act of world's second largest fish explained
May 07, 2009 |
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Researchers have discovered where basking sharks - the world's second largest fish - hide out for half of every year, according to a report published today in Current Biology. The discovery revises scient ...
Ocean acidification is accelerating and severe damages are imminent
Jan 30, 2009 |
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Urgent action is needed to limit damages to marine ecosystems, including coral reefs and fisheries, due to increasing ocean acidity, according to 155 of the world’s scientific experts who will release the Monaco Declaration ...
Plastics in oceans decompose, release hazardous chemicals, surprising new study says
Aug 19, 2009 |
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In the first study to look at what happens over the years to the billions of pounds of plastic waste floating in the world's oceans, scientists are reporting that plastics -- reputed to be virtually indestructible ...
Acidifying oceans add urgency to CO2 cuts
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 03, 2008 |
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It's not just about climate change anymore. Besides loading the atmosphere with heat-trapping greenhouse gases, human emissions of carbon dioxide have also begun to alter the chemistry of the ocean—often called the cradle ...
Scientists discover new reefs teeming with marine life in Brazil
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Jul 08, 2008 |
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Scientists announced today the discovery of reef structures they believe doubles the size of the Southern Atlantic Ocean's largest and richest reef system, the Abrolhos Bank, off the southern coast of Brazil's Bahia state. ...
Giant Skull of 12m Pliosaur 'Sea Monster' Unearthed in England
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 27, 2009 |
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The fossilised skull of a pliosaur, the largest marine reptile that ever lived, has been discovered along the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.
Global warming threatens Antarctic sea life
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Climate change is about to cause a major upheaval in the shallow marine waters of Antarctica. Predatory crabs are poised to return to warming Antarctic waters and disrupt the primeval marine communities.
