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New study provides insight into Southern Ocean food web
One of the most comprehensive studies of animals in the Southern Ocean reveals a region that is under threat from the effects of environmental change.
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Krill 'superswarm' formation investigated
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have been studying how krill form into superswarms, which are among the largest gatherings of living creatures on Earth.
Oct 13, 2009 |
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'Lost world' discovered around Antarctic vents
Communities of species previously unknown to science have been discovered on the seafloor near Antarctica, clustered in the hot, dark environment surrounding hydrothermal vents.
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Insights into Brucella and other gram negative bacteria infecting marine mammals
As with their terrestrial counterparts, marine mammals are colonized by a range of bacteria, some of which are friendly and others which can cause disease.
Sep 14, 2011 |
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NASA eyes two more Atlantic tropical cyclones while Irene drenches Canada
While the remnants of Hurricane Irene drench Quebec and Newfoundland, Canada today, NASA satellites are keeping tabs on two other tropical cyclones in the Atlantic: Tropical Storm Jose and newly formed Tropical ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Afforestation will hardly dent warming problem: study
Schemes to convert croplands or marginal lands to forests will make almost no inroads against global warming this century, a scientific study published on Sunday said.
Jun 19, 2011 |
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Eddies found to be deep, powerful modes of ocean transport
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and their colleagues have discovered that massive, swirling ocean eddies -- known to be up to 500 kilometers across at the surface ...
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Apr 28, 2011 |
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Penguins that shun ice still lose big from a warming climate
Fluctuations in penguin populations in the Antarctic are linked more strongly to the availability of their primary food source than to changes in their habitats, according to a new study published online today in the Proceedings of ...
Apr 11, 2011 |
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Really big eruptions, lots and lots of CO2
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pour enough magma out through Earth's crust, and you can change the atmosphere radically.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Blast from the past: Jack pine genetics support a coastal glacial refugium
Can a road-trip across eastern North America, ancient ice sheets, and DNA samples unlock the ancestral history of jack pine trees? Julie Godbout and colleagues from the Université Laval, Quebec, Canada, certainly hoped ...
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Study provides data that can inform Atlantic sturgeon recovery efforts
A first-of-its-kind study that tracked the oceanic migrations of adult Atlantic sturgeon that were caught and tagged in the Hudson River discovered that these fish move vast distances in the Atlantic Ocean, ...
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Nutrient shift occurring in the Gulf of Maine could affect planktonic ecosystem
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Gulf of Maine waters are cooler, fresher and lower in nitrate than they were 30 years ago, causing a nutrient shift that has potential implications for the structure of the planktonic ecosystem, according ...
Aug 26, 2010 |
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