News articles tagged with 'marine'
Ancient environment found to drive marine biodiversity
— 25 Nov 2011 09:00 | Geology and palaeontologyMuch of our knowledge about past life has come from the fossil record - but how accurately does that reflect the true history and drivers of biodiversity on Earth?…
First broad-scale maps of life on the sea-shelf
— 2 Apr 2011 11:22 | EnvironmentMarine scientists from five research agencies have pooled their skills and resources to compile a directory of life on Australia's continental shelf. They examined the shelf seascape…
Whale and dolphin death toll during Deepwater disaster may have been greatly underestimated
— 30 Mar 2011 17:07 | EnvironmentThe Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 devastated the Gulf of Mexico ecologically and economically. However, a new study published in Conservation Letters reveals that the true impact…
Fish know to avoid the spear
— 28 Mar 2011 14:47 | BiologyFish are not as dumb as people sometimes think: marine scientists have found that fish that are regularly hunted with spearguns are much more wary and keep their distance from fishers…
Rock-paper-scissors tournaments explain ecological diversity
— 15 Mar 2011 19:53 | BiologyAccording to classical ecology, when two species compete for the same resource, eventually the more successful species will win out while the other will go extinct. But that rule cannot…
Weed-eating fish 'key to reef survival'
— 10 Mar 2011 18:57 | EnvironmentPreserving an intact population of weed-eating fish may be vital to saving the world's coral reefs from being engulfed by weed as human and climate impacts grow…
First census finds surprisingly few white sharks off California
— 9 Mar 2011 18:35 | BiologyIn the first census of its kind, research led by UC Davis and Stanford University found that there are far fewer white sharks off central California than biologists had thought…
Huge new marine protected area offers oasis and hope for endangered sharks and sea turtles
— 5 Mar 2011 12:57 | EnvironmentA massive new marine protected area around Cocos Island is a beacon of hope for ocean health and human well-being in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, and will offer endangered marine species…
'David and Goliath' viruses shed light on the origin of jumping genes: UBC study
— 4 Mar 2011 14:41 | BiologyUniversity of British Columbia researchers have identified a small virus that attacks another virus more than 100 times its own size, rescuing the infected zooplankton from certain…
New interpretation of Antarctic ice cores
— 3 Mar 2011 14:38 | EnvironmentClimate researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association (AWI) expand a prevalent theory regarding the development of ice ages.…