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Extensive relict coral reef found in southern PacificScienceDaily.com | 01 Sep 2010Coral reefs are sensitive to climate change and track sea level. New observations show that an extensive coral reef existed in the southern Pacific Ocean thousands of years ago. Researchers used multi-beam sonar, coring, and dating to examine a relict reef discovered in water about 20-25 meters (65-82 feet) deep around Lord Howe Island in the southern Pacific Ocean.
Pacific Ocean | Coral Tracking marine animal travelScienceDaily.com | 01 Sep 2010Scientists are gaining a deeper understanding of marine mammal travel patterns using a large-scale tracking network. A new Public Library of Science (PLoS) collection, created in conjunction with the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) Program and the Census of Marine Life (CoML), will highlight the variety of ways scientists are using this large POST network to trace marine animal movement in the Northeast Pacific Ocean.
Pacific Ocean | Marine Mammals Fishing coalition takes Natural England to taskfishupdate.com | 01 Sep 2010The Marine Protection Area Fishing Coalition, of which the NFFO is a core member, has said it is continuing its? important role of holding Government and its statutory advisors, Natural England and Joint Nature Conservation, to account. The? Coalition raised key issues relating to the process of establishing a network of marine protected areas in UK waters at a recent meeting in London.
Atlantic Ocean | Marine Protected Area AGU Journal highlights - Aug. 30, 2010EurekAlert | 31 Aug 2010(American Geophysical Union) Featured in this release are research papers on the following topics: "Extensive relict coral reef found in southern Pacific", "How does emissions mitigation policy affect ocean acidification?", "Reducing soot emissions would cut Arctic ice loss", and more.
Acidification | Coral | Polar Region Life in the Coral TriangleWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 31 Aug 2010Video: For three weeks this summer, WHOI marine biologist Tim Shank explored deep-sea ecosystems near Indonesia aboard the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Their work is part of INDEX 2010, a joint Indonesia-U.S. expedition to explore the seafloor between Indonesia and the Philippines, and is the maiden voyage of the Okeanos Explorer.
Pacific Ocean | Biodiversity | Coral Plastics in the AtlanticWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 31 Aug 2010What we know about plastics in the ocean took a new twist when scientists and students from SEA and WHOI recently confirmed the size and location of an area of debris in the Atlantic similar to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Atlantic Ocean | Water Pollution