Study of oceans' past raises worries about their future(McGill University) A McGill-led international research team has completed the first global study of changes that occurred in the nitrogen cycle, at the end of the last ice age. Their study confirm that oceans are good at balancing the nitrogen c ...
17 Jun 2013 | www.eurekalert.org
Welcome James Cameron and DEEPSEA CHALLENGEROn Friday, June 14, filmmaker James Cameron delivered the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER, the only human-occupied vehicle currently able to access the deepest parts of the ocean, to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Dr. Susan Avery, president and directo ...
17 Jun 2013 | www.whoi.edu
Great Barrier Reef on the brink as politicians bickerThe federal government insists it is striving to avoid the Great Barrier Reef being listed "in danger" ahead of a crunch UN meeting, after rejecting a Senate recommendation to block new port developments near the World Heritage ecosystem.
16 Jun 2013 | www.guardian.co.uk
MP criticises Govt action on dolphinsA long-awaited threat management plan for Maui's dolphins is to be announced next month - but one MP has questioned whether the Government is going far enough to protect the critically endangered species.
14 Jun 2013 | www.nzherald.co.nz
Icy continent holds climate cluesThe closest most of us will get to Antarctica is nature documentaries like Frozen Planet - but the white continent's relevance to us and our future is far greater than we think. Many of the clues to climate change lie buried within Antarctica's i ...
14 Jun 2013 | www.nzherald.co.nz
'Tailing' spiny lobster larvae to protect themIn a new study of spiny lobsters scientists from the University of Miami and Old Dominion studied the larval dispersal of this species in the Caribbean. The goal of the study was to describe the sources, sinks, and routes connecting the Caribbean ...
14 Jun 2013 | www.eurekalert.org
How marine mammals store oxygenStudy solves the mystery of one of the most extreme adaptations in the animal kingdom: how marine mammals store enough oxygen to hold their breath for up to an hour.
14 Jun 2013 | www.bbc.co.uk
Fishing ban proposed near Rockall after rare scientific findsFishing is expected to be banned near the Atlantic islet of Rockall after a rare methane gas vent in the seabed and two new shellfish species were discovered by British scientists. The methane, which leaks through a so-called "cold seep" vent in ...
14 Jun 2013 | www.guardian.co.uk
Chemical pollution at Scottish salmon farmsNearly one in five Scottish salmon farms are breaching Environmental Quality Standards for residues of seal lice treatments, which are toxic to lobster, crabs and prawns.
14 Jun 2013 | www.worldfishing.net
Scottish shellfish industry has a bright future, says award-winning MDThe dedication and inspiring enthusiasm of those working in the Scottish shellfish industry will ensure a bright future for the sector, according to Stephen Cameron, managing director of the Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group (SSMG), speaking jus ...
14 Jun 2013 | feedproxy.google.com
Wellington City Council tracks 'phantom dumper'The Wellington City Council and a water company are tracking a "phantom dumper" who has been disposing potentially dangerous material into Karori's drainage system.
13 Jun 2013 | www.nzherald.co.nz
Moving iron in Antarctica(Georgia Institute of Technology) Georgia Tech research published online in Nature Communications indicates that diatoms stuff more iron into their silica shells than they actually need. As a result, there's not enough iron to go around, and the ...
13 Jun 2013 | www.eurekalert.org
Spanish researchers sequence the genome of global deep oceanA team of Spanish researchers, coordinated by the Spanish National Research Council, has started to sequence the genome of the global deep ocean. They are using more than 2,000 samples of microorganisms collected in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacif ...
13 Jun 2013 | www.eurekalert.org
Cuba girds for climate change by reclaiming coastsAfter Cuban scientists studied the effects of climate change on this island's 5,630 kilometres of coastline, their discoveries were so alarming that officials didn't share the results with the public to avoid causing panic.
13 Jun 2013 | www.nzherald.co.nz
How the sperm whale can hold its breath for 90 minutesBiologists have unravelled why deep diving mammals such as sperm whales can hold their breath for over an hour when diving for food - they have electrically charged proteins in their blood.
13 Jun 2013 | telegraph.feedsportal.com
FishChoice websiteFishChoice has introduced a new dynamic to its website - a tool designed to make it easier to find suppliers of sustainable seafood.
13 Jun 2013 | www.worldfishing.net
Good news for stocksAlthough the focus has been on cod stock recovery in the North Sea recently, other north-east Atlantic assessed fish stocks are recovering well too.
13 Jun 2013 | www.worldfishing.net