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A Lucky Catch: A Tiny New Fish, Haptoclinus Dropi, from the Southern Caribbean
June 5, 2013 — A lucky catch, a new species of tiny blenniiform fish has been discovered as a part of the Smithsonian Institution's Deep Reef Observation Project. The new, beautifully colored Haptoclinus dropi is ... > full story -
Human Deforestation Outweighs Climate Change for Coral Reefs
June 5, 2013 — Better land use is the key to preventing further damage to the world's coral reefs, according to new research. The study has important implications for Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The study ... > full story -
Tiny Airplanes and Subs Could Be Next Hurricane Hunters
June 4, 2013 — Scientists envision a day when unmanned vehicles will swarm over, under and through hurricanes to help predict the strength and path of the ... > full story -
Fukushima-Derived Radioactivity in Seafood Poses Minimal Poses Minimal Health Risk, Experts Say
June 3, 2013 — In 2012, biologists reported that they had detected radioactivity in Pacific bluefin tuna swimming off the California coast. The source of the radioactivity was Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi ... > full story -
New Way Fish Camouflage Themselves in the Ocean: Manipulating How Light Reflects Off Skin
June 3, 2013 — Researchers found that lookdown fish camouflage themselves through a complex manipulation of polarized light after it strikes the fish skin. In laboratory studies, they showed that this kind of ... > full story -
The Jewels of the Ocean: Two New Species and a New Genus of Octocorals from the Pacific
June 3, 2013 — Two new beautiful species of octocorals and a new genus have been described from the well explored west coast of North America. Despite the 3,400 known species nowadays, these colorful marine jewels ... > full story -
Fossil Remains Reveal New Species of Marine Fish from 408 Million Years Ago in Teruel, Spain
June 3, 2013 — Researchers have studied the fossilized remains of scales and bones found in Teruel, Spain, and the south of Zaragoza, ascertaining that they belong to a new fish species called Machaeracanthus ... > full story -
Acceleration of Ocean Denitrification During Deglaciation Documented
June 3, 2013 — As ice sheets melted during the deglaciation of the last ice age and global oceans warmed, oceanic oxygen levels decreased and "denitrification" accelerated by 30 to 120 percent, a new international ... > full story -
Hidden Effects of Climate Change May Threaten Eelgrass Meadows
June 3, 2013 — Some research has shown that the effects of changes in the climate may be weak or even non-existent. This makes it easy to conclude that climate change will ultimately have less impact than previous ... > full story -
Catastrophic Climatic Events Leave Corals Facing a Decade-Long Fight for Recovery
June 1, 2013 — Coral reefs can take more than a decade to recover from catastrophic climatic events, with some species taking up to 13 years to recolonise their original habitats, scientists have ... > full story
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