News tagged with seabed
Cruise ship threatens marine paradise
(AP) -- Stone fortresses and watchtowers which centuries ago stood guard against against marauding pirates loom above pristine waters threatened by a new and modern peril: fuel trapped within the capsized ...
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Life on Kosterhavet's seabed analyzed
Kosterhavet National Park was created to provide a haven for both protected species and nature lovers. Now researchers at the University of Gothenburg have analysed species living on the seabed (benthic species) ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Scientists develop new technology to detect deep sea gas leaks
A new ultra-sensitive technology which can monitor leaks from underwater gas pipelines has been developed by scientists at the University of Southampton.
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Climate change affects marine animals on Antarctica's seabed
A rapid increase in the frequency of icebergs pounding the shallow seafloor around the West Antarctic Peninsula — as a result of shrinking winter sea ice — has caused the life expectancy of a tiny ...
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Understanding methane's seabed escape
A shipboard expedition off Norway, to determine how methane escapes from beneath the Arctic seabed, has discovered widespread pockets of the gas and numerous channels that allow it to reach the seafloor.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Gas hydrate strategy reinforced
Their critics weren't convinced the first time, but Rice University researchers didn't give up on the "ice that burns."
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Fish farms less harmful than thought
Coastal fish farms seem to do less harm to nearby plants and animals than previously believed, a new study reveals. And marine ecosystems can recover from this damage surprisingly fast.
Sep 08, 2011 |
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ConocoPhillips says China spill mostly cleaned up
US oil giant ConocoPhillips, facing lawsuits and mounting public anger over a huge oil spill off China's northeast coast, said Wednesday it has sealed all leaks and cleaned up most of the slick.
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Quake-prone Japan looks at geothermal energy
The forces that make Japan one of the world's most quake-prone and volcanic countries, and sparked a nuclear disaster, could become part of its long-term energy solution, experts say.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 26, 2011 |
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International research team to bore into tectonic plates off Japan
An international research team will use the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu to bore into an area where two tectonic plates meet to study the movements of the plates that caused the Great East Japan Earthquake, according to ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Visualizing the flow of molten rock through seabed mantle
New information about how most of the Earth’s crust formed has been uncovered by investigators who utilized the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory to obtain unprecedented, three-dimensional ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 29, 2011 |
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New exploration shows parts of North Atlantic seabed were once above sea level
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using data obtained from oil searching contractors, researchers have discovered that parts of what is now the ocean floor off the northern coast of Scotland, were at one time raised up enough ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 12, 2011 |
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Greater tsunami threat identified
The shape of the seabed where the 2004 Sumatra earthquake struck may indicate that the strength of the underlying rocks added to the size of the resulting tsunami, according to new research.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Japan's mega-quake struck in small zone of fault: study
The deadly 9.0-magnitude quake that struck off northeastern Japan on March 11 ruptured a relatively small part of a notorious fault that straddles the Pacific seabed, Japanese scientists reported on Wednesday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Hong Kong bans trawling to save fish stocks
Hong Kong has banned trawl fishing in its waters, a decision welcomed by conservationists Friday as a crucial move to save fish stocks and revive the city's depleted marine environment.
May 20, 2011 |
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