University of Michigan researchers and their University of Hawaii colleagues say they've solved the longstanding mystery of how mercury gets into open-ocean fish, and their findings suggest that levels of the toxin in Pacific ...
Environment
Aug 25, 2013
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Are there really plenty of fish in the sea? University of British Columbia fisheries researcher Villy Christensen gives the first-ever estimate of total fish biomass in our oceans: Two billion tonnes.
Earth Sciences
Jan 15, 2009
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With bigger boats, deeper nets and better sonar than ever before, the fishing industry's response to our insatiable appetite for fish risks transforming much of the world's oceans into aquatic desert.
Ecology
May 3, 2019
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Sometimes it helps to check the facts. You may be surprised what you find.
Ecology
Jan 8, 2020
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Certain marine species will fare much worse than others as they become more vulnerable to the effects of climate change, a new UBC study has found.
Ecology
Sep 26, 2017
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The blue crab may be pretty but it is a menace along Albania's coast.
Ecology
Jul 31, 2020
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University of Adelaide researchers have constructed a marine food web to show how climate change could affect our future fish supplies and marine biodiversity.
Environment
Apr 27, 2017
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University of California, Davis, study by a top ecological forecaster says it is harder than experts thought to predict when sudden shifts in Earth's natural systems will occur -- a worrisome finding ...
Environment
Feb 9, 2010
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Increasing fishing too quickly can cause coral reef ecosystems to collapse, new University of Colorado Boulder-led research finds.
Ecology
Sep 28, 2020
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Residents of the sub-Arctic village of Umiujaq wistfully remember the good old days, when the ice-fishing season was long and the catch bountiful.
Earth Sciences
Oct 6, 2015
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