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Saving the creatures of the deep: A federal government plan aims to protect Florida's reefs before a precious ecosystem
Mar 05, 2009 |
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A few miles from the southeast Florida coast, at a depth of crushing pressure and frigid temperatures, lies an eerie world of snowy coral, undiscovered forms of life and rock towers thrusting through ink-dark water.
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Oceanic seesaw links Northern and Southern hemisphere during abrupt climate change
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Very large and abrupt changes in temperature recorded over Greenland and across the North Atlantic during the last Ice Age were actually global in extent, according to an international team of researchers led by Cardiff University.
New technologies help scientists track fish species
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New tracking and observing technologies are giving marine conservationists a fish-eye view of conditions, from overfishing to climate change, that are contributing to declining fish populations, ...
Did the North Atlantic fisheries collapse due to fisheries-induced evolution?
May 27, 2009 |
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The Atlantic cod has, for many centuries, sustained major fisheries on both sides of the Atlantic. However, the North American fisheries have now largely collapsed. A new paper in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ON ...
Scientists conduct shark survey off US East Coast
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Sandbar, dusky and tiger sharks are among dozens of shark species living in the coastal waters off the U.S. East Coast. Little is known about many of the species, but a survey begun nearly 25 years ago is helping scientists ...
Deep-sea fish stocks threatened
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Commercial fishing in the north-east Atlantic could be harming deep-sea fish populations a kilometre below the deepest reach of fishing trawlers, according to a 25-year study published on ...
Annual survey shows high numbers of seed scallops on Georges Bank, low numbers in Mid-Atlantic
Aug 17, 2009 |
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A NOAA Fisheries scallop survey off the northeastern U.S. coast between North Carolina and Massachusetts shows high numbers of juvenile "recruit" sea scallops and ocean quahogs on Georges Bank tempered with weak numbers for ...
Season's first tropical depression forms in Atlantic
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May 28, 2009 |
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The first tropical depression of the north Atlantic's hurricane season formed Thursday and forecasters said it would likely reach tropical storm strength before petering out over open seas.
Scientists map fish habitat and movements at Gray's Reef Marine Sanctuary
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Two related research expeditions by NOAA scientists to track the habitat preferences and movements of fish at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary may help managers protect overfished species such as red snapper and grouper. ...
Researchers offer new theory for dogfish and skate population outburst on George's Bank
Feb 27, 2008 |
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New research by scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Laboratory questions the long-held belief that a lack of predators and competitors was the primary cause for ...
Protection plan deep-sea coral reefs considered
Aug 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Deep beneath the crystalline blue surface of the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern U.S. lies a virtual rain forest of coral reefs so expansive the network is believed to be the world's largest.
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