Marine heat waves in the northeast Pacific Ocean create ongoing and complex disruptions of the ocean food web that may benefit some species but threaten the future of many others, a new study has shown.
Ecology
Mar 13, 2024
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According to a NOAA-led paper published today in the journal Conservation Biology, high levels of background noise, mainly due to ships, have reduced the ability of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales to communicate ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 15, 2012
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While crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef have long been ecological villains in the popular imagination, sea urchins have mostly crawled under the national radar—until now.
Plants & Animals
Dec 6, 2022
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An Australian method for assessing the environmental impact of marine fisheries has caught the eye of fishery management agencies worldwide.
Ecology
Oct 27, 2009
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Findings from a major Europe-wide study into cormorant-fishery conflicts were published this week, providing one of the most detailed ecological and socio-economic investigations of these fish-eating birds, their impacts ...
Ecology
Sep 25, 2013
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The United Kingdom has a unique opportunity to start rebuilding its fish stocks by taking advantage of the slowdown in commercial fishing caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing Brexit negotiations, new research has shown.
Political science
Jul 13, 2020
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South Korea confirmed Wednesday that it had formally dropped its fiercely criticised plan to resume "scientific" whaling and adopted non-lethal means to study the mammals in its waters.
Ecology
Dec 5, 2012
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Hundreds of endangered sea turtles have been caught in New Zealand's commercial fisheries since 2002, according to a recent report released by the Department of Conservation (DOC).
Ecology
Aug 29, 2022
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New research tracking the movement of dredged sediment around Liverpool Bay could save millions of pounds, according to scientists at the National Oceanography Centre in Liverpool.
Earth Sciences
Apr 16, 2013
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New research tracking the movement of dredged sediment around Liverpool Bay could save millions of pounds, according to scientists.
Earth Sciences
Apr 2, 2013
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