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Tuesday 27 March 2012

Cameron emerges from the deep
New Zealand Herald | 27 Mar 2012
In James Cameron's fantasy films, like Avatar and The Abyss , the unexplored is splashed in colour and fraught with alien danger. The reality he just explored, the deepest part of Earth's oceans, appears more bland, white and barren.

Expedition to undersea mountain yields new information about sub-seafloor structure
EurekAlert | 27 Mar 2012
(National Science Foundation) Scientists recently concluded an expedition aboard the research vessel JOIDES Resolution to learn more about Atlantis Massif, an undersea mountain, or seamount, that formed in a very different way than the majority of the seafloor in the oceans.

Atlantic Ocean | Research | Seamount

Hammerhead shark double whammy
EurekAlert | 27 Mar 2012
(Nova Southeastern University) New look-alike species may muddy the water for an endangered hammerhead.

Atlantic Ocean | Conservation | Fish | Fisheries

NRL scientists optimize arctic sea ice data products
EurekAlert | 27 Mar 2012
(Naval Research Laboratory) Recent dramatic changes in the characteristics of the Arctic sea ice cover have sparked the demand for improved monitoring and forecasting. NRL and NASA are collecting data to aid in the validation and calibration for the development of predictive sea ice models.

Arctic Ocean | Remote Sensing | Research | Sea Ice

Size matters: Large Marine Protected Areas work for dolphins
EurekAlert | 27 Mar 2012
Ecologists in New Zealand have shown for the first time that Marine Protected Areas - long advocated as a way of protecting threatened marine mammals - actually work. Their study reveals that a marine sanctuary off the coast of Christchurch has significantly improved survival of Hector's dolphins - one of the rarest dolphins in the world.

Pacific Ocean | Marine Mammals | Marine Protected Area

New research reveals deep-ocean impact of the Deepwater Horizon explosion
EurekAlert | 27 Mar 2012
Compelling evidence of the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea corals will be published online in the Early Edition of PNAS during the week beginning March 26, 2012. The researchers, led by a Penn State biologist, used a wide range of underwater vehicles, including the research submarine Alvin, as well as comprehensive chemical-analysis techniques to determine precisely the source of the petroleum hydrocarbons they found on the corals.

Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Coral

The Hawai'i Undersea Research Laboratory launches online deep-sea animal identification guide
EurekAlert | 27 Mar 2012
The Hawai'i Undersea Research Laboratory created and built up a knowledge base that is featured in a photo-guide of all the organisms one might encounter in the deep-sea around Hawai'i. Now scientists around the world, as well as the general public, can access HURL's deepwater animal photo-guide online.

Pacific Ocean | Deep Sea | Research

WHOI Scientists Contribute to Study on Impact to Coral Communities from Deepwater Horizon Spill
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 27 Mar 2012
Six scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have contributed to a new report finding "compelling evidence" that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has impacted deep-sea coral communities in the Gulf of Mexico.

Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Coral

WHOI-led Team to Study Ocean's Greatest Depths
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 27 Mar 2012
Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), University of Hawaii, Whitman College and international colleagues will conduct the first systematic study of life in the deepest marine habitat on Earth—ocean trenches.

Deep Sea | Research

Damanaki tweets with Mediterranean Artisanal Fishermen: time running to save small scale fishing and...
fishupdate.com | 27 Mar 2012
This is the unanimous message launched by Mediterranean artisanal fishermen and marine protected areas managers.

Mediterranean Sea | Fisheries

Total: "may be months" to stop North Sea gas cloud
Reuters | 27 Mar 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - A cloud of explosive natural gas boiling up from the North Sea out of a leak at Total's evacuated Elgin platform forced another shutdown off the Scottish coast on Tuesday as the French firm warned it could take six months to halt the flow.

Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills

'Ghost ship' off Canada heralds arrival of tsunami debris
Reuters | 27 Mar 2012
SEATTLE (Reuters) - An empty Japanese fishing boat drifting off the coast of western Canada could be the first wave of 1.5 million tons of debris heading toward North America from Japan's tsunami last March.

Pacific Ocean | Marine Debris | Natural Hazard

North Sea gas leak exclusion zone
BBC | 27 Mar 2012
Oil workers have been moved from a second platform and drilling rig in the North Sea because of safety concerns.

Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills

Rare NZ dolphin survival boosted
BBC | 27 Mar 2012
Hector's dolphins living off the coast of Christchurch, New Zealand, have benefitted from the area's special designation, say scientists.

Pacific Ocean | Marine Mammals | Marine Protected Area

Footage from James Cameron's journey to the ocean's deepest point - video
Guardian Unlimited | 27 Mar 2012
Footage has been released from the film director's voyage to the Mariana Trench, the deepest point of the Earth's oceans

Pacific Ocean | Deep Sea | Diving

Day one: Penguins and sheep, playing pirates ... and a faulty bubble detector
Guardian Unlimited | 27 Mar 2012
Final preparations for the scientific cruise have been made, but Helen Czerski got a nasty surprise when she tested the resonators she must use to measure bubbles.

Southern Ocean | Research | Seabirds

Oceana slams Danish approval of mussel dredging in marine protected area
World Fishing | 27 Mar 2012
Oceana has said that it is "deeply disturbed" by the Danish government's decision to allow mussel dredging inside a Natura 2000 area in the Little Belt, Denmark.

Atlantic Ocean | Dredging | Fisheries | Marine Protected Area

Concern for US tuna bycatch
World Fishing | 27 Mar 2012
Concern is being expressed by the American Bluefin Tuna Association (ABTA) regarding a proposal by NMFS that purports to allow the continuation of the present level of bycatch and discards of Atlantic bluefin tuna.

Atlantic Ocean | Conservation | Fish | Fisheries

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