News tagged with coast waters

Ammonites were probably eaten by fellow cephalopods

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fossilized ammonites found with bite marks in similar places on their shells suggest they were eaten by other cephalopods such as beaked squid, according to new research published in the Proceedings of ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Coasts' best protection from bioinvaders falling short

Invasive species have hitchhiked to the U.S. on cargo ships for centuries, but the method U.S. regulators most rely on to keep them out is not equally effective across coasts. Ecologists from the Smithsonian Environmental ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

After a three-decade hiatus, sea-level rise may return to the west coast

The West Coast of North America has caught a break that has left sea level in the eastern North Pacific Ocean steady during the last few decades, but there is evidence that a change in wind patterns may be ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

La. scientist's oysters safe from oil, but pricey

(AP) -- Biologist John Supan thinks he has developed what may be the holy grail for oyster lovers: a hardy breed of the delectable shellfish that stays fat enough for consumers to eat throughout the year.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 20, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

France's crumbling sea walls no match for ocean

(AP) -- The moon was full, the wind roared, the tide was high and people died by the dozens. After a wall of ocean water engulfed picturesque towns along France's Atlantic coast, residents, officials and ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Warmer ocean brings fewer sardines to S.Africa

Millions of sardines have begun their annual migration down South Africa's east coast, but fewer fish are making the journey due to rising ocean temperatures, a researcher said Monday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Climate change may be stoking stronger winds, altered oceans

The specter of an ocean floor littered with dead shellfish, rock fish, sea stars and other marine life off the Oregon coast spurred Mark Snyder, a climate change expert, to investigate whether California's coast faced a similar ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (10) | comments 8

BP seals $7.8 bn settlement in US oil spill

Oil giant BP said Wednesday it has finalized a $7.8 billion deal to settle thousands of claims from fishermen and others affected by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers call for a new direction in oil spill research

Inadequate knowledge about the effects of deepwater oil well blowouts such as the Deepwater Horizon event of 2010 threatens scientists' ability to help manage and assess comparable events in future, according to an article ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

LLNL partners with SWAY to launch deep sea offshore wind demonstration

The amount of wind blowing off the California coast is teeming with potential.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0