From a posting by Ocean River Institute, Inc. Big Victory For Dolphins in Florida: State Government and Out-of-State Fertilizer Companies Efforts To Pass Harmful Fertilizer Bills Denied On May 7th the Florida Senate struck down SB 606. This means HB457 and SB606 will not be headed to the Governor’s desk. A far less controversial provision […]
TIM CHAPMAN / MIAMI HERALD STAFF By SUSAN COCKING A fish-farming research facility on Virginia Key is nearing a breakthrough with tuna, and the University of Miami program is having success with other species, too. Sasa Miralao, feeds 20-pound Cobia being raised at the aquaculture project at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine […]
Underwatertimes.com News Service – May 12, 2011 20:39 EST HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — When they dive together, sperm whales make patterns of clicks to each other known as “codas”. Recent findings suggest that, not only do different codas mean different things, but that whales can also tell which member of their community is speaking based […]
ScienceDaily (May 11, 2011) — Scientists have discovered that marine diatoms, tiny phytoplankton abundant in the sea, have an animal-like urea cycle, and that this cycle enables the diatoms to efficiently use carbon and nitrogen from their environment. Read the full article
May 11, 2011 Wired By Dave Mosher The simple-sounding grunts and hoots of the toadfish contain surprisingly complex information. Sounds hidden within the toadfish calls may communicate everything from, “It’s me again, can we spawn?” to, “It’s your neighbor, but get away from my nest.” Birds, amphibians and mammals often use hard-to-discern sounds to add […]
Source: Radio Australia News April 13, 2011 “The US Justice Department says its first conviction in American Samoa against a shipping company for polluting its waters is a big milestone in protecting the Pacific’s environment. Earlier in April, the Koo’s Shipping Company of Taiwan, was fined $US1 million after pleading guilty to knowingly discharging oily […]
Jatinder Kaur Source: ABC Live April 12, 2011 “The World Bank in association with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and wetland specialists ESA PWA, calls for coastal wetlands to be protected and incentives for avoiding their degradation and improving their restoration to be included into carbon emission reduction strategies and in […]
John D. Sutter- (CNN) — One year after the chocolaty crude started spewing out of the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, leading to the largest accidental oil spill in history, scientists say they’re still trying to piece together what’s happening to the environment. Some potential clues about the impact of the spill have made […]
21 April 2011 – Daily Mail Reporter Humpback whales can travel thousands of miles deep underwater in an astonishingly straight line – and the sun, moon and stars may be why they never get lost. Scientists used satellite technology to track 16 tagged whales as they migrated thousands of kilometres northwards from the South Atlantic […]
ScienceDaily (Apr. 18, 2011) — The first miniature sensors designed to measure saltiness and temperature across the world’s oceans are being put in use on an ambitious expedition. A four-man team of officers from Swanton Morley, UK were to set off to row 3,100 miles from Australia to Mauritius on April 17, 2011. Read the […]