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Marine Biology
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Jan 21, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Coral Disease Threatens Hawaiian Corals
Emily Tripp Senior Writer Another outbreak of coral disease has damaged the reefs of Kane’ohe Bay, O’ahu. In March 2010, an outbreak of acute Montipora White Syndrome (MWS) destroyed over 100 colonies of rice coral, Montipora capitata. The same diseaseJan 16, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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People
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SEJ’s Shark Attack: “Humankind at Its Worst”
Emily Tripp Senior Writer The ‘breakfast breakout session’ titled “Shark Attack: ‘Human Kind at Its Worst’” at the SEJ Conference on Saturday was composed of a group of four people, passionate about sharks. The session title came from impressive words from Jean-Michel CousteauOct 24, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Jean-Michel Cousteau: “Protect the ocean and you protect yourself.”
Emily Tripp Marine Science Today Senior Writer Jean-Michel Cousteau made an appearance at the Society of Environmental Journalists Conference in Miami this year. He, along with his family, spoke at the opening night about his legendary father Jacques-Yves Cousteau, andOct 23, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Physical Oceanography
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Decrease in Sea Ice Increases Harp Seal Mortality Rates
Emily Tripp Senior Writer Over the last 32 years, warming in the North Atlantic has dramatically reduced winter sea ice cover in harp seal breeding grounds. According to a new study from Duke University, this has led to a sharpJan 21, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Coral Disease Threatens Hawaiian Corals
Emily Tripp Senior Writer Another outbreak of coral disease has damaged the reefs of Kane’ohe Bay, O’ahu. In March 2010, an outbreak of acute Montipora White Syndrome (MWS) destroyed over 100 colonies of rice coral, Montipora capitata. The same diseaseJan 16, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Policy
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World Oceans Summit 2012
Emily Tripp Senior Writer The Economist’s World Oceans Summit will begin one month from today, from February 22 to 24, in Singapore. The Summit will be chaired by John Micklethwait, Editor-in-chief of The Economist and will focus on how theJan 22, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Saving Whales by Creating Harvest Quotas
Emily Tripp Senior Writer An economist and two marine scientists have suggested that we could save whales by creating tradable harvest quotas. Every year, anti-whaling nonprofit organizations spend nearly $25 million on efforts to end commercial whaling. Unfortunately, every year,Jan 18, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Technology
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Bacterial Carbon Fixation in Dark Ocean Depths
By Henry Workman Marine Science Today Writer The biological process of carbon fixation plays indispensable roles at the primary level of ecosystems and in the world’s carbonic cycle. Where there is sufficient sunlight to drive photosynthesis, the process bySep 08, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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PC World Finds a Great Win 7 Theme Pack for Ocean Lovers
PC World magazine regularly reviews new screensavers and theme packs and they’ve found one that has some great HD images of marine life for your Windows 7 computer. Check out the review by Kim Saccio-Kent and use the download linkMay 27, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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Other
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Number of Whale Sightings Already High in 2012
Emily Tripp Senior Writer In just the first two weeks of the New Year it is clear that the number of whale sightings will be much higher than previous years. To start, the annual southward migration of gray whales beganJan 11, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Satellite Data to Protect Bluefin Tuna
Emily Tripp Senior Writer Scientists from the European Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC) have developed a new model that will track bluefin tuna on a daily basis through satellite remote sensing data. This model provides the first overall view ofNov 25, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Other Recent Articles
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Polar Bears Harmed by Environmental Toxins
Emily Tripp Senior Writer A new thesis explains how industrial chemicals are harming polar bears. These industrial chemicals are transported from industrial cities to the Arctic on boats and planes, where the cocktail of environmental toxins is incorporated into the food chain. “The accumulated industrial chemicals cause diseases in the polar bears which do not [...]
Oct 15, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Evidence of an Ancient Sea Terror?
By Henry Workman Marine Science Today Writer Between 245 and 90 million years ago a large, fish-like reptile called the ichthyosaur dominated the Mesozoic ocean at the top of the food chain. It’s unlikely that the ichthyosaur had any predators of its own, which makes a paleontological site in Nevada containing fossil remains of [...]
Oct 14, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Jellyfish Prove Unexpectedly Efficient Predators
By Henry Workman Marine Science Today Writer Species of jellyfish provide greater competition for more complex organisms than previously thought. Recent research published in Science reveals that in areas where plankton-feeding fish populations have dropped off, mostly due to overfishing, jellyfish that occupy a similar ecological niche have taken their places. The jellyfish populations have [...]
Oct 03, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Revised Bi-National Recovery Plan to Help Endangered Sea Turtle
Emily Tripp Senior Writer NOAA’s Fisheries Service, along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Mexican environmental officials have released a new plan to protect the endangered Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle. The updated Bi-National Recovery Plan was signed on September 22. “We are working together with other U.S. and Mexican agencies on the recovery [...]
Sep 26, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Potential New Virus Treatment of Shark Origin
By Henry Workman Marine Science Today Writer A virus-fighting substance known as squalamine is the subject of new research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The compound was originally discovered in the liver of dogfish, where it plays an important role in protecting it, as well as some other species, from [...]
Sep 24, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Research Team Spends Ten Days in Aquarius Underwater Lab to Study Coral Reefs
Emily Tripp Senior Writer A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology is using the Aquarius underwater lab off the coast of Florida to study how the diversity of seaweed-eating fish affects endangered coral reefs in the Caribbean. The research team, led by Georgia Tech Professor Mark Hay, is living 50 feet below [...]
Sep 18, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Obama Opts for Alternatives to Economic Sanctions on Icelandic Whaling
By Henry Workman Marine Science Today Writer In a message to Congress on Thursday President Obama announced: “I am not directing the Secretary of the Treasury to impose trade measures on Icelandic products for the whaling activities that led to the certification by the Secretary of Commerce.” This was in response to a deadline [...]
Sep 16, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Endangered Fin Whale Products Exported from Iceland
Emily Tripp Senior Writer It was revealed today that Iceland’s commercial whaling industry exported an additional 133 metric tons of endangered fin whale products to Japan in July of this year. “There is a line in the sand that Iceland has just crossed,” said Allan Thornton, President of the Environmental Investigation Agency. “The Icelandic killing [...]
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Florida Reefs Suffer in Cold Snap
Emily Tripp Senior Writer A new study from researchers at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) details the loss of coral reef species during the 2010 cold snap. Their results are published in the August 2011 issue of PLoS ONE. “It was a major setback,” said Diego Lirman, associate professor [...]
Sep 01, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post