
Animal Interaction Behind Cambrian Explosion? 'Missing' Ancestors Of Today's Animals May Not Be Missing After All
An event as simple as the
world's first bite may have
sparked an ancient
"explosion" of life 500
million years ago that led
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Stressed Seaweed Contributes To Cloudy Coastal Skies, Study Suggests
Scientists have helped to
identify that the presence
of large amounts of seaweed
in coastal areas can
influence the climate. A new
... > full story

Red Tide Killer Identified: Bacteria Gang Up On Algae, Quashing Red Tide Blooms
Researchers at Scripps
Institution of Oceanography
at UC San Diego have
identified a potential "red
tide killer." Red tides and
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Engineering And Invention On The Half-shell: Learning From Marine Animals
Marine snails, sea urchins
and other animals from the
sea are teaching researchers
how to make the world a
better place. Consider, for
... > full story
- Animal Interaction Behind Cambrian Explosion? 'Missing' Ancestors Of Today's Animals May Not Be Missing After All
- Stressed Seaweed Contributes To Cloudy Coastal Skies, Study Suggests
- Red Tide Killer Identified: Bacteria Gang Up On Algae, Quashing Red Tide Blooms
- Engineering And Invention On The Half-shell: Learning From Marine Animals
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'Fishery Failure' Declared For West Coast Salmon Fishery
May 2, 2008 Officials declared a commercial fishery failure for the West Coast salmon fishery due to historically low salmon returns. Hundreds of thousands of fall Chinook salmon typically return to the ... > full story -
Wakame Waste: Composting Polluted Seaweed
May 2, 2008 Bacteria that feed on seaweed could help in the disposal of pollutants in the world's oceans, according to a new study. Researchers explain that as marine pollution is on the increase novel ... > full story -
New Ocean Current Discovered
May 2, 2008 Scientists have discovered a new climate pattern, the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. This pattern explains, for the first time, changes in the water important in helping commercial fishermen ... > full story -
Oxygen Depletion Zones In Tropical Oceans Expanding, Maybe Due To Global Warming
May 2, 2008 Scientists confirm computer model predictions that oxygen-depleted zones in tropical oceans are expanding, possibly because of climate change. Oceanographers have discovered that oxygen-poor regions ... > full story -
Ancient Ecosystems Organized Much Like Our Own
May 1, 2008 Similarities between half-billion-year-old and recent food webs point to deep principles underpinning the structure of ecological relationships, as shown by researchers from the Santa Fe Institute, ... > full story -
Endangered Right Whales Protected With New Warning Buoys In Shipping Lanes
April 29, 2008 Endangered North Atlantic right whales are safer along Massachusetts Bay's busy shipping lanes this spring, thanks to a new system of smart buoys. The buoys recognize whales' distinctive calls and ... > full story -
Will Corals Survive The Stormy Future?
April 29, 2008 Hurricanes and storms limit the ability of corals in Belize to "recruit" new coral into their communities, according to a new study in Marine Environmental Research. Coral reefs --- which can grow to ... > full story -
Low-frequency Hearing Linked To Shape Of The Cochlea
April 28, 2008 Shape matters, even in hearing. Specifically, it is the shape of the cochlea -- the snail-shell-shaped organ in the inner ear that converts sound waves into nerve impulses that the brain deciphers -- ... > full story -
New Fish Romping In The Southern Baltic Competes With Flounder, But Feeds Predatory Fish
April 28, 2008 In less than three decades the round goby has become one of the most colorful features of the southern Baltic. The fish, which comes from the Black Sea, has rapidly adapted to Baltic conditions and ... > full story -
Arctic Marine Mammals On Thin Ice
April 26, 2008 The loss of sea ice due to climate change could spell disaster for polar bears and other Arctic marine mammals. Sea ice is the common habitat feature uniting these unique and diverse Arctic ... > full story
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