Published 26 September 2012. ABCScience Dr Ashley Ward is a fish biologist at the University of Sydney. He was interviewed by Rachel Sullivan. Almost 80 per cent of the more than 20,000 known fish species school at some point in the life cycle. Schooling helps reduce the risk of being attacked by predators, and also […]
by Underwatertimes.com News Service – September 26, 2012 22:21 EST MONTEREY, California— About 100 years ago, marine biologists hauled the first vampire squid up from the depths of the sea. Since that time, perhaps a dozen scientific papers have been published on this mysterious animal, but no one has been able to figure out exactly […]
OurAmazingPlanet. msnbc.msn.com updated 9/26/2012 3:51:26 PM ET A survey of underwater canyons off the U.S. East Coast found a number of previously unknown hotspots for deep-sea corals. The exploration, the first to look for corals and sponges in the area in decades, is helping researchers develop a computer model to determine where other coral hotspots […]
by Underwatertimes.com News Service – September 24, 2012 21:01 EST SILVER SPRING, Marlyland — Carbon dioxide released from decaying algal blooms, combined with ongoing increases in atmospheric carbon emissions, leads to increased levels of ocean acidification, and places additional stress on marine resources and the coastal economies that depend on them, according to a new […]
By Catherine Cruz. http://www.kitv.com/ 9:54 AM HST Sep 22, 2012 HONOLULU — A mysterious coral die-off on Kauai’s north shore is prompting a team of scientists to take a closer look at what may be killing large areas of coral reef. Marine biologist Terry Lilley has been monitoring and documenting Kauai’s marine environment for the […]
ScienceDaily (Aug. 29, 2012) — Marine conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society working with other coral reef experts have identified heat-tolerant coral species living in locations with continuous background temperature variability as those having the best chance of surviving climate change, according to a new simplified method for measuring coral reef resilience. Therefore, coral reefs […]
By Nina Chestney LONDON | Wed Sep 5, 2012 1:33pm EDT (Reuters) – Bottom trawling by fishermen, long believed to harm marine life, may be even more damaging than previously thought, affecting the seabed as seriously as intensive ploughing of farmland erodes the soil, according to a new Spanish study. Bottom trawling – dragging nets […]
9 September 2012 By Matt Bardo Reporter, BBC Nature. Lemon sharks have the ability to learn from each other’s behaviour, scientists have found. The team compared the performance of inexperienced juvenile sharks working with both trained and untrained partners. The results showed that sharks working with trained partners could complete tasks more quickly and successfully. […]
ScienceDaily (Aug. 16, 2012) — Research from the University of Southampton and the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton has found that an imbalance of nutrients in reef waters can increase the bleaching susceptibility of reef corals. Corals are made up of many polyps that jointly form a layer of living tissue covering the calcareous skeletons. They […]
Written by: Fabien Cousteau. reposted from http://www.fastcoexist.com/ Fabien Cousteau paid a visit to Sylvia Earle and the underwater base in danger of losing its funding, and says that the work they’re doing there must be allowed to continue. Not long ago, the general consensus was that our planet was flat. Sailing to the horizon would […]