News tagged with nearshore waters
First nearshore survey of Antarctic krill reveals high density, stable population in shallow waters
Using smaller vessels that allow access to shallow, nearshore waters, researchers from Stony Brook University and the Southwest Fisheries Science Center conducted the first multi-year survey of the population ...
Aug 04, 2010 |
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Social media used to collect information on marine wilderness
(Phys.org) -- Researchers from Murdoch University's Cetacean Research Unit are working with colleagues from Duke University in the US and Marine Ventures Foundation on an innovative project that will use social ...
May 24, 2012 |
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Researchers use weather model to recommend East Coast offshore wind farms
Most energy experts agree that cheap, clean, renewable wind energy holds great potential to help the world satisfy energy needs while reducing harmful greenhouse gases. But how can fluctuating wind power be ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Engineers enlist weather model to optimize offshore wind plan
Politics aside, most energy experts agree that cheap, clean, renewable wind energy holds great potential to help the world satisfy energy needs while reducing harmful greenhouse gases. Wind farms placed offshore could play ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Satellite tracking reveals sea turtle feeding hotspots
Satellite tracking of threatened loggerhead sea turtles has revealed two previously unknown feeding 'hotspots' in the Gulf of Mexico that are providing important habitat for at least three separate populations of the turtles, ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Dead again? Lake Erie in trouble
Tributaries of Lake Erie aren't catching fire as they did a half-century ago.
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Biologists fish for reasons behind endangered grouper's comeback
In the waters along Florida's east and west coasts, Florida State University marine biologists are collecting new data on the once severely overfished Atlantic goliath grouper, a native species that is making ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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New tsunami software will help protect vulnerable coastal communities
A new piece of software has been developed to help protect vulnerable coastal communities from the destruction of a tsunami. The mathematical model has created significant interest in the wake of the 2011 ...
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Tahoe native fish population declines sharply, invasives on the rise
In a lakewide study, a team of scientists lead by University of Nevada, Reno limnologist Sudeep Chandra has found a considerable decline in native fish species density at Lake Tahoe since 1951. In their final ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Harp seals from Canada take a liking to US waters
(AP) -- Harp seals from Canada are showing up in U.S. waters in greater numbers and farther south than usual, and biologists want to know why.
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Dutch researchers simulate breaking waves
The SWAN (Simulating WAves Nearshore) wave prediction model developed at TU Delft has been a huge international success for many years. This model predicts the distribution of wave heights close to the shore. It was recently ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 28, 2011 |
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