News articles tagged with 'zooplankton'
Smithsonian scientists help block ship-borne bioinvaders before they dock
— 29 Mar 2011 16:34 | EnvironmentThe global economy depends on marine transportation. But in addition to cargo, the world's 50,000-plus commercial ships carry tiny stowaways that can cause huge problems for the environment…
'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…
Scripps oceanography researchers discover Arctic blooms occurring earlier
— 3 Mar 2011 13:50 | EnvironmentWarming temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic may be behind a progressively earlier bloom of a crucial annual marine event, and the shift could hold consequences for the entire…
Why leatherback turtles linger in South Pacific Gyre, and why it matters
— 9 Feb 2011 16:17 | BiologyLeatherbacks. They are the Olympians of the turtle world - swimming farther, diving deeper and venturing into colder waters than any other marine turtle species. But for all their toughness,…
Bering Sea chill yields fatter plankton, pollock diet changes
— 10 Dec 2010 20:03 | EnvironmentDespite a 30-year warming trend, the last three years in the Bering Sea have been the coldest on record. A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist says that the cold temperatures have…
New long-range undersea robot goes the distance
— 3 Nov 2010 11:26 | EnvironmentOver the past decade, the undersea robots known as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have become increasingly important in oceanographic research. Today's AUVs fall into two groups:…
Forget the Coppertone: Water fleas in mountain ponds can handle UV rays
— 13 Oct 2010 16:45 | BiologySome tiny crustaceans living in clear-water alpine ponds high in Washington state's Olympic Mountains have learned how to cope with the sun's damaging ultraviolet rays without sunblock…
Death of the 'doughnut'
— 4 Sep 2010 10:57 | EnvironmentSomething has been eating Charlie Kerfoot's doughnut, and all fingers point to a European mollusc about the size of a fat lima bean…
Scientists uncover global distribution of marine biodiversity
— 29 Jul 2010 11:13 | EnvironmentIn an unprecedented effort that will be published online on the 28th of July by the international journal Nature, a team of scientists mapped and analysed global biodiversity patterns…
Findings overturn old theory of phytoplankton growth, raise concerns for ocean productivity
— 17 Jul 2010 13:26 | EnvironmentA new study concludes that an old, fundamental and widely accepted theory of how and why phytoplankton bloom in the oceans is incorrect…