An anemone of the same species Jenny is studying. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Alabama) ScienceDaily (Aug. 28, 2010) — A University of Alabama molecular biologist will soon bring dozens of tiny, transparent animals that live in Gulf Coast waters back to his campus laboratory as part of an effort to better understand the [...]
CO2 vent around the island of Ischia. (Credit: © University of Plymouth) ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2010) — A unique 'natural laboratory' in the Mediterranean Sea is revealing the effects of rising carbon dioxide levels on life in the oceans. The results show a bleak future for marine life as ocean acidity rises, and suggest that [...]
New computer simulations have now examined the likely effects of mitigation scenarios on ocean acidification trends. (Credit: iStockphoto/Martin Strmko) ScienceDaily (Aug. 20, 2010) — Largely as a result of human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels for energy and land-use changes such deforestation, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is now [...]
JUST 600 metres away from the Great Barrier Reef, the jewel in Australia's crown, a less spectacular but more ancient reef has been discovered. Age before beauty, when it comes to coral? (Image: Naoi/ Flickr/Getty) The first hint of its existence came in 2007, when seismic and sonar measurements revealed odd ridges and lagoons on [...]
Image Courtesy of UW and Nick Stoermer Scientists from the University of Washington are currently 300 miles off the Washington-Oregon coast and diving nearly a mile deep, and you can join them right now. The UW research project are exploring, mapping and sampling methane ice deposits, an underwater volcano and seafloor hot springs spewing water [...]
Imagine living in the sea where it is permanently dark, cold, and food is hard to find. For many animals at depth it may be weeks to months between meals. If you find something to eat, you have to hang on to it. This is why so many deep-sea fishes have lots of big teeth. [...]
The two countries have conducted previous joint surveys in the Arctic area. Canada and the United States are beginning a five-week joint Arctic survey, part of which will take place in a section of the energy-rich Beaufort Sea that is claimed by both countries. The survey is intended to help the neighbours determine the extent [...]
The archetypal divergent branching pattern of the Pacific elkhorn closely resembles that of the Atlantic elkhorn coral — Acropora palmata. (Credit: Photo courtesy of Dr Maria Beger) ScienceDaily (July 28, 2010) — An Australian scientist has discovered what could be the world's rarest coral in the remote North Pacific Ocean. The unique Pacific elkhorn coral [...]
Image: NASA/Swift/Mary Pat Hrybyk-Keith and John Jones Cosmic explosions thousands of light-years away could shut down photosynthesis in the ocean at depths of up to 260 feet, a new study suggests. The calculations add to a growing body of research linking these great blasts, called gamma-ray bursts, with biological damage and even mass extinctions on [...]
Image Source: NOAA’s National Ocean Service via Flickr Arctic waters long frozen will be chartered for the first time in over 50 years in an attempt to update nautical charts. As Arctic ice recedes farther each year countries are looking to send their ships over the top of the world through safer and more efficient [...]
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