News articles tagged with 'marine'
Penguins and sea lions help produce new atlas
— 17 Nov 2009 16:59 | BiologyRecording hundreds of thousands of individual uplinks from satellite transmitters fitted on penguins, albatrosses, sea lions, and other marine animals, the Wildlife Conservation Society... — full story
Neglected UK seas catch break with new legislation
— 13 Nov 2009 14:33 | EnvironmentThe UK Government has today introduced new legislation that will make the region's neglected seas much healthier, reversing years of overfishing and habitat loss... — full story
Studies show marine reserves can be an effective tool for managing fisheries
— 10 Nov 2009 16:50 | EnvironmentStudies conducted in California and elsewhere provide support for the use of marine reserves as a tool for managing fisheries and protecting marine habitats, according to biologists... — full story
The bizarre lives of bone-eating worms
— 10 Nov 2009 15:00 | BiologyThe females of the recently discovered Osedax marine worms feast on submerged bones via a complex relationship with symbiotic bacteria, and they are turning out to be far more diverse... — full story
Tackling new Arctic challenges from space
— 6 Nov 2009 12:18 | EnvironmentInternational scientists, researchers and decision makers met at the 'Space and the Arctic workshop' to identify the needs and challenges of working and living in the rapidly changing... — full story
Mapping nutrient distributions over the Atlantic Ocean
— 4 Nov 2009 13:42 | EnvironmentLarge-scale distributions of two important nutrient pools - dissolved organic nitrogen and dissolved organic phosphorus (DON and DOP) have been systematically mapped for the first time... — full story
Tags reveal white sharks have neighbourhoods in the north Pacific, say Stanford researchers
— 4 Nov 2009 13:33 | EnvironmentThe white shark may be the ultimate loner of the ocean, cruising thousands of miles in a solitary trek, but a team of researchers has discovered that the sharks have maintained such... — full story
Data point to some improvements in China's environment
— 3 Nov 2009 08:56 | EnvironmentThe rapid growth of China's forests over the past 20 years makes them the fastest growing forest resources in the world, according to an assessment published in the November issue of... — full story
Whales are polite conversationalists
— 27 Oct 2009 16:23 | BiologyWhat do a West African drummer and a sperm whale have in common? According to some reports, they can both spot rhythms in the chatter of an ocean crowded with the calls of marine mammals... — full story
New manufacturing opportunities - sensors to protect marine and freshwater ecosystems
— 12 Oct 2009 10:49 | EnvironmentAn ambitious new research collaboration designed to track the health of Australia's marine and freshwater ecosystems was launched today... — full story