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'Weird Chemistry' by Microbe Is Prime Source of Ocean Methane
August 30, 2012 — Up to four percent of the methane on Earth comes from the ocean's oxygen-rich waters, but scientists have been unable to identify the source of this potent greenhouse gas. Now researchers report that ... > full story -
Viruses Could Be the Key to Healthy Corals
August 30, 2012 — Scientists have developed a treatment for the white plague disease that infects coral based on a medication developed to treat bacterial infections in humans. The therapy ceased the progression of ... > full story -
Coral Scientists Use New Model to Find Where Corals Are Most Likely to Survive Climate Change
August 30, 2012 — Marine conservationists have identified heat-tolerant coral species living in locations with continuous background temperature variability as those having the best chance of surviving climate change, ... > full story -
New DNA Method Tracks Fish and Whales in Seawater
August 30, 2012 — Future monitoring of marine biodiversity and resources may use DNA traces in seawater samples to keep track of fish and whales in the oceans. A half liter of seawater can contain evidence of local ... > full story -
Carbon Release from Collapsing Coastal Permafrost in Arctic Siberia
August 30, 2012 — A new study shows that an ancient and large carbon pool held in a less-studied form of permafrost ("Yedoma") is thaw-released along the approximately 7000-kilometer desolate coast of northernmost ... > full story -
Climate Change Stories from the Abyss: Ancient Climate Mirrored and Influenced by Geochemical Processes Deep Within Ocean
August 29, 2012 — Scientists have shed new light on the world's history of climate change. The Pacific Ocean has remained the largest of all oceans on the planet for many million years. Scientists have now recovered ... > full story -
New Approach Needed to Restore New England River Herring
August 29, 2012 — Despite recent evidence that populations of river herring are dangerously low, ecologists say removing dams and adding fishways can still revive alewife and blueback herring numbers in New England ... > full story -
Cooler Waters Help Diminish Isaac's Punch
August 29, 2012 — Seven years after the powerful Category 3 Hurricane Katrina caused widespread devastation along the Gulf Coast, a Category 1 Hurricane Isaac, with maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour (70 ... > full story -
Less Is More for Reef-Building Corals: Surprisingly More Flexible Corals Are More Sensitive to Environment Disturbances
August 28, 2012 — Researchers have made a discovery that challenges a major theory in the field of coral reef ecology. The general assumption has been that the more flexible corals are, regarding which species of ... > full story -
Why Are There So Many Species of Beetles and So Few Crocodiles?
August 28, 2012 — Why are there so many species of beetles and so few crocodiles? The answer may be ecological limits to species number, scientists ... > full story
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