News tagged with ocean ecosystems
Climate experts debate strategies for reducing atmospheric carbon and future warming
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Reducing carbon dioxide to safe levels may require extracting carbon from the air, says Cornell climate researcher.
Model microbial community for studying expanding dead zones characterized
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Among the many changes in the ocean is the expansion of oxygen-deficient or oxygen minimum zones (OMZs), also known as dead zones, which affect the processes by which carbon is captured and sequestered on ...
Fast-growing kelp invades San Francisco Bay
Jul 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A fast-growing kelp from the Far East has spread along the California coast from Los Angeles to San Francisco Bay, worrying marine scientists and outpacing eradication efforts.
Researchers Survey Mid-Atlantic Ridge Looking For New Forms of Marine Life, Clues to Deep-Sea Communities
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of researchers is surveying the Mid-Atlantic Ridge halfway between Iceland and the Azores to determine its biodiversity and perhaps discover new species and clues to ...
How can the world's fisheries be sustainable?
Jun 23, 2009 |
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According to the most recent report on the status of the world's fisheries by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, fisheries supply at least 15% of the animal protein consumed by humans, provide direct and ...
Jellyfish joyride a threat to the oceans
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Early action could be crucial to addressing the problem of major increases in jellyfish numbers, which appears to be the result of human activities.
Breakthrough made in assessing marine phytoplankton health
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 28, 2009 |
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Researchers from Oregon State University, NASA and other organizations said today that they have succeeded for the first time in measuring the physiology of marine phytoplankton through satellite measurements ...
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, ...
