As part of the carbon cycle, carbon dioxide (CO2) is flushed from soils into stream water; this CO2 either escapes directly into the atmosphere from the water surface or gets transported downstream of the study site. To understand ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 15, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

The location of an underwater volcanic vent, marked by a low-lying plume of shimmering water, has been revealed by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Feb 06, 2013 4.8 / 5 (6) 0 |

The discovery, by a team from Plymouth University and the UK Marine Biological Association, highlights the growing problem of plastic contamination of marine environments.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 21, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org)—If the 4.9 million barrels of oil that spilled into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deep Water Horizon spill was a ecological disaster, the two million gallons of dispersant used to clean ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 30, 2012 5 / 5 (19) 92 |

University of Arizona research associate Patrick Ferris, who has spent nearly 30 years studying algae, recently was honored when a Japanese team named a newly discovered species after him.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Oct 10, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—Crabs living half-a-mile down in the ocean, beyond the reach of sunlight, have a sort of color vision combining sensitivity to blue and ultraviolet light. Their detection of shorter wavelengths ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 06, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

(Phys.org)—A coral species that is found in abundance from Indonesia eastward to Fiji, Samoa, and the Line Islands rarely crosses the Eastern Pacific Barrier toward the coast of the Americas, according ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 27, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Washington State University researchers have documented an underappreciated suite of players in global warming: dams, the water reservoirs behind them, and surges of greenhouse gases as water levels go up and down.

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 08, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

The Mariana Trench is the deepest feature of the Earth's surface. The water column there exerts a pressure of more than one thousand times normal atmospheric pressure at sea level, enough pressure to crush an SUV. Yet many ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Jul 26, 2012 2.5 / 5 (2) 1

Scientists from NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service report a significant decline of endangered white abalone off the coast of Southern California in the journal Biological Conservation.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 02, 2012 not rated yet 0

Two of the four berths at an EU-funded grid-connected offshore marine-energy test site have now been filled. Wave Hub, located off the Cornish coast in the United Kingdom, is the largest test site of its type in the world. ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Feb 15, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

Experts on Monday raised questions over the scientific benefit and environmental impact of Russia's feat in drilling into a virgin lake under Antarctica's icesheet. ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Feb 06, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

A new study examining the complex and dynamic interactions between white sharks and Cape fur seals in False Bay, South Africa, offers new insights on the physical conditions and biological factors underlying ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 09, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

A technology commonly used to map the bottom of the deep ocean can also detect gas seeps in the water column with remarkably high fidelity, according to scientists from the University of New Hampshire and ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Oct 06, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Coastal fish farms seem to do less harm to nearby plants and animals than previously believed, a new study reveals. And marine ecosystems can recover from this damage surprisingly fast.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 08, 2011 not rated yet 0