Martin Croucher. May 4, 2012 . http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/ DUBAI // A marine biologist hopes she may soon be lending her name to a new species of shark she discovered in UAE waters. Rima Jabado, who for the past two years has been cataloguing shark species in the Emirates’ waters, recently found the fish at a landing […]
This June, NOAA, the Florida DEP and the USFWS are gathering public input on rules for the Florida Keys National Wildlife Sanctuary, the Key West National Wildlife Refuge and the Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge. The Sanctuary’s focus is its’ zoning and boundary plan which includes areas such the Ecological Preserves and Sanctuary Preservation […]
On May 8 the House of Representatives is expected to consider an amendment that would block funding for the Obama administration’s National Ocean Policy. Such an amendment would seriously hamper conservation and management of marine resources and wildlife. The National Ocean Policy is a comprehensive, common-sense way to handle the growing demands on our coasts. […]
World Oceans Day – Youth the Next Wave for Change Friday, June 8th is World Oceans Day. People across the globe take today to celebrate the body of water which links us all, and provides so much. The Ocean Project and The World Ocean Network have helped to promote and coordinate this event since 2002. This […]
By Chris Sweeney Thursday, May 3 2012. Miami New Times Kate Lunz didn’t know what to expect as she piloted her white Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission truck to the Port of Tampa in July 2010. The day before, customs authorities had called the 32-year-old, PhD-toting marine biologist and asked her to inspect the […]
ScienceDaily (Apr. 30, 2012) — Scientists predict ocean temperatures will rise in the equatorial Pacific by the end of the century, wreaking havoc on coral reef ecosystems. But a new study shows that climate change could cause ocean currents to operate in a way that mitigates warming near a handful of islands right on the […]
JACOB HERIN | Published: April 20, 2012 KOMODO ISLAND, Indonesia (AP) — Coral gardens that were among Asia‘s most spectacular, teeming with colorful sea life just a few months ago, have been transformed into desolate gray moonscapes by illegal fishermen who use explosives or cyanide to kill or stun their prey. Photo view all 6 […]
ScienceDaily (Apr. 25, 2012) — While working on a research sailboat gliding over glassy seas in the Pacific Ocean, oceanographer Giora Proskurowski noticed something new: The water was littered with confetti-size pieces of plastic debris, until the moment the wind picked up and most of the particles disappeared. After taking samples of water at a […]
by Underwatertimes.com News Service – April 26, 2012 21:08 EST CLAYTON SOUTH, Victoria — A clear change in salinity has been detected in the world’s oceans, signaling shifts and an acceleration in the global rainfall and evaporation cycle. In a paper published today in the journal Science, Australian scientists from CSIRO and the Lawrence Livermore […]
PHUKET MARINE BIOLOGICAL CENTRE RESEARCH BULLETIN No 71 – free online access A compilation of papers (listed below) covering the major bleaching event in Thai waters in 2010 has recently been published. The papers include those considering the physical factors leading to bleaching; the ecological impacts of the bleaching event and previous bleaching events dating […]