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  Chinese Foreign Fisheries Catch 12 Times More Than Reported, Study Shows

  April 3, 2013 — Chinese fishing boats catch about US$11.5 billion worth of fish from beyond their country's own waters each year -- and most of it goes unreported, according to a new ... > full story
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  Breeding Birds Vulnerable to Climate Change in Arctic Alaska: A Story of Winners and Losers

  April 3, 2013 — A new report looked at the vulnerability of 54 breeding bird species to climate change impacts occurring by the year 2050 in Arctic Alaska. The assessment found that two species, the gyrfalcon and ... > full story
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  Can Synthetic Biology Save Wildlife? From Re-Creating Extinct Species to the Risk of Genetically Modified Super-Species

  April 2, 2013 — What effects will the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology have on the conservation of nature? The ecological and ethical challenges stemming from this question will require a new and ... > full story
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  Switching to a Power Stroke Enables a Tiny but Important Marine Crustacean to Survive

  April 2, 2013 — To escape from the jaws and claws of predators in cold, viscous water, marine copepods switch from a wave-like swimming stroke to big power strokes, a behavior that has now been revealed thanks to ... > full story
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  Putting Larval Cobia to the Acid Test: Potential Resistance to Increasingly Acidic Oceans by Certain Species of Fish

  April 2, 2013 — Marine biologists have studied the potential effects of ocean acidification on the larvae of cobia (Rachycentron ... > full story
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  Southern California Sagebrush Better Suited to Climate Change, Study Finds

  April 1, 2013 — California sagebrush in the southern part of the state will adjust better to climate change than sagebrush populations in the north, according to ... > full story
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  New Models Predict Drastically Greener Arctic in Coming Decades

  March 31, 2013 — New research predicts that rising temperatures will lead to a massive "greening," or increase in plant cover, in the Arctic. In a new paper, scientists reveal new models projecting that wooded areas ... > full story

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  Congestion in Earth's Mantle: Mineralogists Explain Why Plate Tectonics Stagnates in Some Places

  March 31, 2013 — Seismic measurements show that in some regions of the Earth's mantle, plate tectonics stagnates. The causes of the 'congestion' of the subducted plate are still unknown. In a new study, mineralogists ... > full story
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  Splendid Skadar Lake (Montenegro and Albania) Surprises With New Species of Snails

  March 29, 2013 — The Skadar Lake system at the border of Montenegro and Albania is a well-known hotspot of freshwater biodiversity and harbors a highly diverse mollusc fauna. As in many of the Balkan lakes, the ... > full story
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  Americans Back Preparation for Extreme Weather and Sea-Level Rise

  March 29, 2013 — The majority of Americans express support for stronger coastal development codes, according to a new ... > full story

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