Clever fish keep cool
Ocean warming is occurring at such a rapid rate that fish are searching for cooler waters to call home.
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Researchers pinpoint abrupt onset of modern day Indian Ocean monsoon system
A new study by an international team of scientists reveals the exact timing of the onset of the modern monsoon pattern in the Maldives 12.9 million years ago, and its connection to past climate changes and coral reefs in ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 29, 2016
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Why a half-degree temperature rise is a big deal
The Paris Agreement, which delegates from 196 countries hammered out in December 2015, calls for holding the ongoing rise in global average temperature to "well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels," while "pursuing efforts ...
Environment
Jul 4, 2016
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Heat sickens corals in global bleaching event
Death is only one possible outcome from coral bleaching caused by rising sea temperatures due to global warming. Australian scientists report that many surviving corals affected by mass bleaching from high sea temperatures ...
Environment
Jun 20, 2016
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Free database shows where to find some of the world's most toxic snakes
Snakes known to produce some of the most toxic venoms swim the shallows of the western Pacific and eastern Indian oceans and sun themselves on island coasts from southwestern Japan to Indonesia, the Andaman Islands to Fiji.
Plants & Animals
Mar 16, 2016
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Living fossils and rare corals revealed
An investigation of previously unexplored depths of Australia's Coral Sea has revealed living fossils, rare corals and sponges, and ecosystems that have remained largely unchanged for millions of years.
Environment
Jan 19, 2016
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Coral reefs could be more vulnerable to coastal development than predicted
For years, many scientists thought we had a secret weapon to protect coral reefs from nutrients flushed into the seas by human activity. Experiments suggested that herbivores such as fish, urchins and sea turtles could keep ...
Environment
Dec 8, 2015
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Rapidly warming ocean a threat to Hawaiian coral reefs
A team of marine biologists from The University of Queensland has witnessed first-hand the potentially damaging effects of rapidly rising ocean temperatures on coral reefs in Hawaii.
Environment
Sep 2, 2015
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Qatar coral reef at risk from warming seas: researchers
High sea temperatures off the coast of Qatar threaten precious coral reef and have caused mass deaths among some 20 types of fish, Doha-based marine researchers said on Monday.
Environment
Aug 31, 2015
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Bering Sea hotspot for corals and sponges
North of the Aleutian Islands, submarine canyons in the cold waters of the eastern Bering Sea contain a highly productive "green belt" that is home to deep-water corals as well as a plethora of fish and marine mammals.
Environment
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