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Hawaiian Islands named habitat for endangered seal
Jun 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The federal government on Friday will significantly expand the critical habitat for endangered Hawaiian monk seals to include beaches and waters of the main Hawaiian Islands, officials said.
Drug used to treat skin conditions is a marine pollutant
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Clotrimazole is a common ingredient in over-the-counter skin creams. Recent results from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, now show that it is associated with major environmental risks.
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Human Impacts and Environmental Factors Are Changing the Northwest Atlantic Ecosystem
Aug 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fish in U.S. waters from Cape Hatteras to the Canadian border have moved away from their traditional, long-time habitats over the past four decades because of fundamental changes in the regional ...
Ecologists report quantifiable measures of nature's services to humans
Feb 02, 2009 |
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The idea of ecosystem services is a promising conservation concept but has been rarely put into practice. In a special issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, researchers use novel tools to report some o ...
Altered ocean currents disturb ecosystem off Northern California and Oregon coast
Feb 17, 2007 |
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In 2005, a delay in the arrival of a seasonal, nutrient-rich ocean current off the coast of Northern California and Oregon led to reduced influx of barnacle and mussel larvae to rocky shores, researchers report.
Study Links Photosynthesis Genes to Marine Virus Fitness
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent Northeastern University study has shown, for the first time, the effect of individual genes on the fitness of a marine species at the ecosystem level. Using his innovative computer simulation model, ...
Southern Ocean resistant to changing winds
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Intensifying winds in the Southern Ocean have had little influence on the strength of the Southern Ocean circulation and therefore its ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, according to a study published in ...
Valuing ocean services in the Gulf of Maine -- New approaches for conflict resolution
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Feb 17, 2008 |
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Michael Fogarty, a NOAA biologist, says interactions among species, the effects of climate change, and the effects of human impacts such as harvesting are among the factors that need to be considered in moving toward an ecosystem-based ...
Dramatic expansion of dead zones in the oceans
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 25, 2009 |
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Unchecked global warming would leave ocean dwellers gasping for breath. Dead zones are low-oxygen areas in the ocean where higher life forms such as fish, crabs and clams are not able to live. In shallow coastal regions, ...
High human impact ocean areas along US West Coast revealed
May 11, 2009 |
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Climate change, fishing and commercial shipping top the list of threats to the ocean off the West Coast of the United States.
Deep-sea species' loss could lead to oceans' collapse, study suggests
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Dec 27, 2007 |
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The loss of deep-sea species poses a severe threat to the future of the oceans, suggests a new report publishing early online on December 27th and in the January 8th issue of Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press. ...
Greenhouse ocean may downsize fish
Jan 11, 2008 |
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The last fish you ate probably came from the Bering Sea. But during this century, the sea’s rich food web—stretching from Alaska to Russia—could fray as algae adapt to greenhouse conditions.
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