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  New Fish Species Described from the Streams of Manyas Lake Basin, Turkey

  March 8, 2013 — A new fish species, Alburnoides manyasensis, has been described from the Koca Stream drainage of Lake Manyas, Marmara Sea basin in Anatolia and is currently associated with only this specific ... > full story
• Water
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  Tracking Sediments' Fate in Largest-Ever Dam Removal

  March 7, 2013 — Any day now, the world's largest dam-removal project will release a century's worth of sediment. For marine geologists, it's a unique opportunity to study natural and engineered river ... > full story
• Global Warming
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  Glaciers Will Melt Faster Than Ever and Loss Could Be Irreversible Warn Scientists

  March 7, 2013 — Canada's Arctic Archipelago glaciers will melt faster than ever in the next few centuries. Scientists have shown that 20 percent of the Canadian Arctic glaciers may have disappeared by the end of ... > full story
• Dolphins and Whales
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  Porpoises Have to Be Careful in the Eastern Scheldt in the Netherlands

  March 7, 2013 — The unexpected conclusion of the doctoral research project on the feeding ecology of porpoises is that the Eastern Scheldt in the Netherlands may be an ecological trap. She also discovered that more ... > full story
• Global Warming
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  The Making of Antarctica's Hidden Fjords

  March 5, 2013 — Antarctica's topography began changing from flat to fjord-filled starting about 34 million years ago, according to a new report from a team of ... > full story
• Global Warming
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  More Storms Like Sandy? Arctic Ice Loss Amplified Superstorm Sandy Violence

  March 5, 2013 — Researchers have shown that the severe loss of summertime Arctic sea ice – attributed to greenhouse warming – appears to increase the frequency of atmospheric blocking events like the one ... > full story
• Jupiter
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  Jupiter's Icy Moon: Window Into Europa's Ocean Lies Right at the Surface

  March 5, 2013 — If you could lick the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa, you would actually be sampling a bit of the ocean beneath, according to astronomers. Astronomers have found the strongest evidence yet that ... > full story
• Fossils
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  Ancient DNA Solves 320-Year-Old Mystery: Origins of Now Extinct Falkland Islands Wolf

  March 5, 2013 — Researchers have found the answer to one of natural history's most intriguing puzzles -- the origins of the now extinct Falkland Islands wolf and how it came to be the only land-based mammal on the ... > full story
• Fish
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  Fishers Near Marine Protected Areas Go Farther for Catch but Fare Well

  March 5, 2013 — Fishers near marine protected areas end up traveling farther to catch fish but maintain their social and economic well-being, according to a study by fisheries scientists. The study is one of the ... > full story
• Malaria
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  Early Warning System Provides Four-Month Forecast of Malaria Epidemics in Northwest India

  March 3, 2013 — Sea surface temperatures in the tropical South Atlantic Ocean can be used to accurately forecast, by up to four months, malaria epidemics thousands of miles away in northwestern India, theoretical ... > full story

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