The European Parliament on Tuesday narrowly rejected a ban on bottom-fishing trawlers, blamed by environmentalists for massive deep-sea destruction but defended by France and Spain.
Ecology
Dec 10, 2013
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The deep sea could be the largest habitat for life on Earth yet to be methodically explored. Due to chilly temperatures, extreme depth and an eerie darkness below about 650 feet, it can be technologically arduous and very ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 21, 2013
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Many ideas for EU-funded projects are born in the quest to further scientific research, particularly in areas where little information exists.
Environment
Apr 30, 2013
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With the global population now well over seven billion people there are few remaining parts of the world relatively untouched by human activity. We assess the current state and future prospects of five final frontiers: rainforests, ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 12, 2013
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University of Massachusetts Amherst fish biologists have published one of the first studies of deep-sea fish sounds in more than 50 years, collected from the sea floor about 2,237 feet (682 meters) below the North Atlantic. ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 26, 2012
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