Resource managers and policymakers need robust data about marine ecosystems for decision-making and setting sound policies. However, data about marine life can be challenging to collect, integrate, and analyze. Invertebrate ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2023
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Marine scientists have used the cover of darkness to expose how 'light pollution' is affecting creatures in the Arctic Ocean.
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2020
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(Phys.org) —A new study by researchers at the University of Bristol and Plymouth Marine Laboratory has shed light on how different species of marine organisms are reacting to ocean acidification.
Environment
Jun 16, 2014
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New research from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington shows that tropical ocean-dwelling sponges may have a good chance of survival even as Earth's oceans are impacted by climate change.
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2022
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More hurricanes may form in greener waters, where sunlight tends to be absorbed at shallower depths, than in clear seas, according to new research that draws a link between ocean color and the formation and movement of tropical ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 8, 2010
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(Phys.org) -- Could the pumice that surges into the ocean once a volcano erupts in Tonga or elsewhere in the south-west Pacific save the Great Barrier Reef?
Earth Sciences
Jul 19, 2012
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Tiny genetic 'breadcrumbs' left behind by marine organisms offer unprecedented insights into ocean biodiversity and how it changes over time and in response to our changing climate, new research at Curtin University, in collaboration ...
Biotechnology
Feb 12, 2019
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Geo-engineering schemes aimed at tackling global warming through artificial iron fertilisation of the oceans would significantly affect deep-sea ecosystems, according to research involving scientists from the United Kingdom's ...
Environment
Jul 6, 2011
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A team of researchers from the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) have developed an interactive global map of corals and zooxanthellae as part of a hybrid web application titled GeoSymbio. This application provides ...
Environment
Oct 26, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of British Columbia researchers have uncovered the unique survival mechanisms of a marine organism that may be tiny, but in some ways has surpassed sharks in its predatory efficiency.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 8, 2011
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