(PhysOrg.com) -- New photographs of ice fish, octopus, sea pigs, giant sea spiders, rare rays and beautiful basket stars that live in Antarctica’s continental shelf seas are revealed this week by the British Antarctic Survey ...
Environment
Dec 17, 2009
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The impact on levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere by the decaying remains of a group of marine creatures that includes starfish and sea urchin has been significantly underestimated.
Environment
Jan 8, 2010
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A sleek, unmanned Wave Glider robot has been deployed off the US coast near San Francisco -- the latest addition to an arsenal of ocean observing technologies revealing in real time the mysterious travels of great white sharks ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 16, 2012
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Not all that glitters is gold. Sometimes it is just bacteria trying to get ahead in life.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 26, 2012
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Whales have been shown to increase the pigment in their skin in response to sunshine, just as we get a tan.
Plants & Animals
Aug 30, 2013
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The Mediterranean Sea's exquisitely rich mix of flora and fauna is more threatened than marine life anywhere else on Earth, according to a landmark scientific survey released Monday.
Ecology
Aug 2, 2010
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A team of marine biologists affiliated with multiple institutions in Italy has found that some marine worms are able to survive in cold polar waters thanks to symbiotic bacteria that produce antifreeze-like proteins.
Among the repercussions of global climate change, the effect of ocean acidification on marine life is one of the least-understood variables.
Environment
Feb 22, 2012
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Paleontologists have discovered a rich array of exceptionally preserved fossils of marine animals that lived between 480 million and 472 million years ago, during the early part of a period known as the Ordovician. The specimens ...
Archaeology
May 13, 2010
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Under the microscope, sea water reveals the larval stages of little-known marine creatures called phoronids (horseshoe worms), but finding their parents is another story. Although such fanciful larvae caught the eye of scientists ...
Plants & Animals
May 14, 2019
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