RIO: World leaders have made pitiful progress on their guarantee to protect global oceans from overfishing and other threats. In a paper published today (June 15, 2012) in Science, the Zoological Society of Lon ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 14, 2012 3 / 5 (4) 20 |

Not only in the Dolomites, but throughout the world dolomite is quite common. More than 90 percent of dolomite is made up of the mineral dolomite. It was first described scientifically in the 18th century. But who would have ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jun 07, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

Researchers reporting online on May 24 in the Cell Press journal Current Biology present the first evidence that areas closed to all fishing are helping to sustain valuable Australian fisheries. The intern ...

Biology - Ecology

May 24, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

Like whales, sea lions are contributing to marine ecosystems in the most fundamental way possible, research by a Flinders graduate has found.

Biology - Ecology

May 15, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Scientists have predicted that ocean temperatures will rise in the equatorial Pacific by the end of the century, wreaking havoc on coral reef ecosystems. But a new study shows that climate change could cause ocean currents ...

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Apr 29, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 3 |

A task force that conducted one of the most comprehensive analyses of global "forage fish" populations issued its report this week, which strongly recommends implementing more conservative catch limits for these crucial prey ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 03, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international research team is reporting the results of a research cruise they organized to study the amount, spread, and impacts of radiation released into the ocean from the tsunami-crippled ...

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Apr 02, 2012 4 / 5 (4) 0 |

The two-and-a-half-year TARA OCEANS expedition finishes on 31 March when the ship and crew reach Lorient, France. The arrival completes a journey of 60 000 miles across all the world's major oceans to sample ...

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Mar 27, 2012 not rated yet 0

Fishing for a 'balanced harvest' can achieve productive fisheries as well as environmental conservation, an international scientific team reports today in the journal Science.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 15, 2012 not rated yet 0

Coral reefs are among the ecosystems most severely threatened by global warming, but hopeful new evidence has emerged that some coral species may be able to adapt to warmer oceans.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 10, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 1

A University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science-led study shows a link between large dust storms on Iceland and glacial melting. The dust is both accelerating glacial melting ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 01, 2012 4.7 / 5 (13) 4 |

More than 300 eminent scientists from 21 other countries around the world today urged the Australian Federal Government to create the world's largest no-take marine reserve in the Coral Sea.

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Feb 23, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Deep-diving ocean "gliders" have revealed the journey of Bass Strait water from the Tasman Sea to the Indian Ocean.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Feb 22, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

A group of New York legislators on Tuesday unveiled a draft law banning trade in shark fins, saying the practice, which serves the market for Chinese shark fin soup, was decimating the ocean predators.

Biology - Other

Feb 21, 2012 not rated yet 1

When dead sea mammals started washing ashore on Canada's west coast in greater numbers, marine biologist Andrew Trites was distressed to find that domestic animal diseases were killing them.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 20, 2012 4.9 / 5 (8) 0