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Friday 09 March 2012

Marine Microbes vs. Cystic Fibrosis
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 09 Mar 2012
WHOI microbiologist Tracy Mincer searches the ocean for specialized microbes that could one day help doctors combat the deadly disease cystic fibrosis.

Bioprospecting | Research

Dolphin Stranding Studies Advance Science
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 09 Mar 2012
Science is fundamental to an effective response to marine mammal strandings. Learn how you can help.

Atlantic Ocean | Marine Mammals | Research

The Great South Channel Diner
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 09 Mar 2012
Where marine life meets to feast every spring.

Atlantic Ocean | Ocean Currents | Research

Tracking Toxic Chemicals in Oil Spills
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 09 Mar 2012
Does out of sight mean into the air or into fish?

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Research

On the Trail of Mercury in the Ocean
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 09 Mar 2012
Between smokestack and fish, mercury becomes more toxic.

Pacific Ocean | Research | Water Pollution

Behemoth Antarctic Algae Bloom Seen from Space
LiveScience | 09 Mar 2012
An enormous algae bloom off the coast of Antarctica is so huge and colorful that it can easily be seen from space.

Southern Ocean | Plankton | Polar Region

New shark discovery off the Galapagos reported
San Francisco Chronicle | 09 Mar 2012
In the seas of the world where sharks of all kinds are fast disappearing, a deep-diving San Francisco biologist and his colleagues have discovered a new species of shark among the Galapagos Islands.

Pacific Ocean | Biodiversity | Fish

Entire nation of Kiribati could move to Fiji
New Zealand Herald | 09 Mar 2012
Fearing that climate change could wipe out their entire Pacific archipelago, the leaders of Kiribati are considering an unusual backup plan: moving the populace to Fiji.

Pacific Ocean | Climate Change | Sea Level Rise | Small Island Developing States

1 year after the Japan tsunami, USC engineers help California's ports prepare
EurekAlert | 09 Mar 2012
(University of Southern California) Funded by the California Geological Survey, the California Emergency Management Agency, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, USC researchers will use hydrodynamic computer modelling and historical tsunami data to evaluate the currents generated by tsunamis and their effect within California ports and harbors.

Pacific Ocean | Natural Hazard | Research

Chikyu to set sail for IODP expedition: Japan trench fast drilling project
EurekAlert | 09 Mar 2012
(Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International) The deep-sea scientific drilling vessel Chikyu, operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, will embark on Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 343 Japan Trench Fast Drilling Project, from April 1-May 24, 2012.

Pacific Ocean | Natural Hazard | Research

Bite the hand that feeds...
EurekAlert | 09 Mar 2012
(University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) In a paper in the British Ecological Society's Functional Ecology, University of Miami researchers unveil a groundbreaking study on tiger sharks using satellite tags to examine the long-term and long-range movement patterns of tiger sharks in response to dive tourism. The result: no noticeable behavioral changes.

Atlantic Ocean | Diving | Fish | Remote Sensing

Global warming threat to coral reefs: Can some species adapt?
EurekAlert | 09 Mar 2012
(University of New South Wales) Coral reefs are among the ecosystems most severely threatened by global warming, but hopeful new evidence has emerged that some coral species may be able to adapt to warmer oceans.

Pacific Ocean | Coral | Global Warming

In pictures: Tagging tiger sharks
BBC | 09 Mar 2012
Researchers from the University of Miami, Florida have completed the first satellite-tagging study to find out how ecotourism impacts on tiger sharks.

Atlantic Ocean | Fish | Remote Sensing | Research

World seabird total still falling
BBC | 09 Mar 2012
Seabird numbers continue to decline, according to a new review. Compiled by BirdLife International, it says 28% of species around the world are threatened.

Seabirds

Japanese whalers cut season short
BBC | 09 Mar 2012
Japan ends its whaling season after catching less than a third of its annual target, blaming activists' sabotage and the weather.

Southern Ocean | Activism | Marine Mammals

Changing the Chemistry of Earth's Oceans (editorial)
New York Times | 09 Mar 2012
The burning of fossil fuels since the beginning of the industrial revolution is causing acidification, a change in the chemical balance that threatens the oceans' web of life.

Acidification

Fisheries Ministers Focus on Economic Prosperity in Atlantic Canada
Fisheries and Oceans Canada | 09 Mar 2012
Halifax, Nova Scotia - Federal, provincial and territorial fisheries and aquaculture ministers concluded the meeting of the Atlantic Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers today in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The meeting was jointly chaired by the Honourable Keith Ashfield, federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Sterling Belliveau, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture for Nova Scotia.

Atlantic Ocean | Aquaculture | Fisheries

Fin soup demand 'causing shark decline in UK'
Guardian Unlimited | 09 Mar 2012
The demand for shark fin soup in Asia is probably the major cause of the alarming decline of blue sharks off the British coast and much of the Atlantic, the authors of a new study claim this week.

Atlantic Ocean | Fish | Fisheries

Dolphins rescued from Brazil beach - video
Guardian Unlimited | 09 Mar 2012
Beachgoers at Arraial do Cabo beach in Brazil rush to the rescue of 30 dolphins that were washed ashore by a strong current

Atlantic Ocean | Marine Mammals

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