News tagged with ocean ecosystem

Coastal storms have long-reaching effects, study says

Coastal storms are known to cause serious damage along the shoreline, but they also cause significant disruption of the deep-sea ecosystem as well, according to a study of extreme coastal storms in the Western Mediterranean ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Comprehensive study makes key findings of ocean pH variations

A group of 19 scientists from five research organizations have conducted the broadest field study of ocean acidification to date using sensors developed at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Submarine springs offer preview of ocean acidification effects on coral reefs

Observations at submarine springs found along the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula are giving scientists a preview of the possible fate of coral reef ecosystems in response to ocean acidification.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Welsh mudstones reveal ancient sponge ecosystem

A remarkably complete record of a prehistoric seabed ecosystem of a kind never discovered before has been revealed with X-ray scanning.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New report offers broad approach to assessing impacts of ecological damage

The magnitude and depth of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will require an unprecedented effort to determine the extent and severity of ecological damage and to develop restoration plans for affected areas in the Gulf of Mex ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Conservationists call for increased focus on coastal ecosystems

The world's coastal marine ecosystems are being overlooked, both in terms of their ecological importance and their potential as a rallying point for conservation. Writing in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosys ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Researchers harness power of genome institute for Great Lakes study

A project by three Bowling Green State University biologists and a colleague is expected to unleash a virtual tsunami of information that will be usable for years to come not only by them but also by scientists worldwide ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US residents say Hawaii's coral reef ecosystems worth $33.57 billion per year

A peer-reviewed study commissioned by NOAA shows the American people assign an estimated total economic value of $33.57 billion for the coral reefs of the main Hawaiian Islands.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New photos reveal Taiwan shark fishing

A US-based environmental group on Wednesday expressed concern over new photos that seem to show the killing of large numbers of "biologically vulnerable" sharks by fishermen in Taiwan.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Decline and recovery of coral reefs linked to 700 years of human and environmental activity

Changing human activities coupled with a dynamic environment over the past few centuries have caused fluctuating periods of decline and recovery of corals reefs in the Hawaiian Islands, according to a study ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Humanity falls deeper into ecological debt: study

Humankind will slip next week into ecological debt, having gobbled up in less then nine months more natural resources than the planet can replenish in a year, researchers said Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (22) | comments 238

Study in underwater laboratory may help manage seaweed-eating fish that protect coral

A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology is using the Aquarius underwater laboratory off the coast of Florida to study how the diversity of seaweed-eating fish affects endangered coral ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cruising the Chesapeake for water and air quality

A NASA-led team of scientists took to the Chesapeake Bay this summer to study a diverse yet close-to-home ecosystem in a field campaign that will help the agency determine how to study ocean health and air ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study sheds light on tunicate evolution

(PhysOrg.com) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) researchers have filled an important gap in the study of tunicate evolution by genetically sequencing 40 new specimens of thaliaceans, gelatinous, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Climate change could turn oxygen-free seas from a blessing to a curse for zooplankton

Zooplankton can use specialised adaptations that allow them to hide from predators in areas of the ocean where oxygen levels are so low almost nothing can survive - but they may run into trouble as these areas ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0