News tagged with caribbean sea

Lionfish invasion continuing to expand

Their numbers continue to expand. They are spreading throughout the Caribbean Sea. Eradication appears almost impossible. Even limited amounts of control will be extremely difficult, and right now the best ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 19, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

NASA's TRMM Satellite sees most of Ida's heaviest rain stayed off coasts

NASA and the Japanese Space Agency's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite flew over Ida and captured her rainfall when she passed by Nicaragua, Honduras and Belize this weekend. TRMM data revealed ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Oases for Life on the Mid-Caymen Rise

A team of oceanographers and astrobiologists is currently exploring one of the deepest points in the Caribbean Sea. Follow their blog as they search for life in this extreme seafloor environment.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sex in the Caribbean: Environmental change drives evolutionary change -- eventually

Hungry, sexual organisms replaced well-fed, clonal organisms in the Caribbean Sea as the Isthmus of Panama arose, separating the Caribbean from the Pacific, report researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical ...

Biology / Evolution

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Coral face 'a stormy future'

As global warming whips up more powerful and frequent hurricanes and storms, the world's coral reefs face increased disruption to their ability to breed and recover from damage.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (20) | comments 1

Taking the Resistance Out of Drug-Resistant Infections

(PhysOrg.com) -- It started out as a research project focused on getting rid of harmful bacterial accumulations called biofilms. Now it has the potential to make conventional antibiotics work against stubborn, drug-resistant ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 1

2009 Hurricane Season Should Contain No Surprises, Researchers Say

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University believe that 2009 will bring a near-normal hurricane season, with storm activity in the Atlantic basin and the Gulf of Mexico slightly above the averages of ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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