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Scientists Discover Huge Phytoplankton Bloom In Ice-Covered Waters; 'Way More Production Than Previously Thought'
Wood Hole, Massachusetts - Jun 8, 2012 21:36 EST
A team of researchers, including scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), discovered a massive bloom of phytoplankton beneath ice-covered Arctic waters. Until now, sea ice was thought to block sunlight and limit the growth of microscopic marine plants living...
 
Study: Too Few Salmon Is Far Worse Than Too Many Boats For Killer Whales; 'Behavior Is Hard To Interpret, Physiology Is Easier'
Seattle, Washington - Jun 7, 2012 21:38 EST
Not having enough Chinook salmon to eat stresses out southern resident killer whales in the Pacific Northwest more than having boatloads of whale watchers nearby, according to hormone levels of whales summering in the Salish Sea. In lean times, however, the...
 
Honduras Burns Seized Shark Fins, Condemning Illicit Trade; 'Worth Far More Alive Than Dead'
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Jun 1, 2012 20:04 EST
One year after President Porfirio Lobo Sosa created a permanent shark sanctuary in Honduran waters, he joined the country's top law enforcement officials yesterday afternoon to watch the burning of hundreds of illegal shark fins. These confiscated fins, worth up...
 
Scientists: 'B12 Shot' Helps Marine Algae Thrive; Newfound Protein Key For Algae Growth In The Ocean
Woods Hole, Massachusetts - May 31, 2012 19:37 EST
Scientists have revealed a key cog in the biochemical machinery that allows marine algae at the base of the oceanic food chain to thrive. They have discovered a previously unknown protein in algae that grabs an essential but scarce nutrient...
 
Study: Pacific Bluefin Tuna Carrying Fukushima Radioactivity To California Coast
Stonybrook, New York - May 29, 2012 15:15 EST
Bluefin tuna exposed to radioactivity that leaked into the Pacific Ocean after Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi power plants were damaged by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11, 201l, carried that radioactivity to the waters off California, a new...
 
Marine Aquarium Fish Trade Study Reveals Fewer Fish, More Species Imported; 'Delicate Balance'
Bristol, Rhode Island - May 24, 2012 20:42 EST
As the popularity of marine aquariums rises, so does the demand for wildlife inhabiting them. Most aquarium fish are harvested from their natural habitats – primarily coral reefs – and imported into the United States by the millions annually. After a...
 
Researchers Track Atlantic Bluefin Tuna To Learn Migration, Habitat Secrets
Amherst, Massachusetts - May 24, 2012 20:25 EST
New fish-tagging studies of young bluefin tuna in Atlantic waters off New England by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are offering the first fishery-independent, year-round data on dispersal patterns and habitat use for the popular game fish. The...
 
Researchers: Weather, 'Climate Change' To Impact Leatherback Turtle Survival; 'Clear Link'
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - May 24, 2012 20:16 EST
When leatherback turtle hatchlings dig out of their nests buried in the sandy Playa Grande beach in northwest Costa Rica, they enter a world filled with dangers. This critically endangered species faces threats that include egg poaching and human fishing...
 
Alien Invaders: Scientists Discover Deep Sea Animals Stowaway On Submarines And Reach New Territory
Chicago, Illinois - May 24, 2012 19:49 EST
Marine scientists studying life around deep-sea vents have discovered that some hardy species can survive the extreme change in pressure that occurs when a research submersible rises to the surface. The team's findings, published in Conservation Biology, reveal how a...
 
Scientists Surprised As Human-Like Spine Morphology Found In Aquatic Eel Fossil; 'It's The Last Trait To Fall'
Chicago, Illinois - May 23, 2012 19:16 EST
For decades, scientists believed that a spine with multiple segments was an exclusive feature of land-dwelling animals. But the discovery of the same anatomical feature in a 345-million-year-old eel suggests that this complex anatomy arose separately from -- and perhaps...
 
Scientists: New Sensory Organ Discovered In The Chin Of Baleen Whales; 'Perfectly Placed, Anatomically'
Washington, D.C. - May 23, 2012 18:53 EST
Lunge feeding in rorqual whales (a group that includes blue, humpback and fin whales) is unique among mammals, but details of how it works have remained elusive. Now, scientists from the Smithsonian Institution and University of British Columbia have solved...
 
Study: Mercury In Dolphins Compared Between Captive And Wild Animals; 'One Puzzle Piece'
Baltimore, Maryland - May 22, 2012 20:30 EST
Amid growing concerns about the spread of harmful mercury in plants and animals, a new study by researchers from The Johns Hopkins University and The National Aquarium has compared levels of the chemical in captive dolphins with dolphins found in...
 
Scientists Develop Tool To 'Fingerprint' Sea Level Rise In 'Synthetic Datasets'
Cambridge, Massachusetts - May 18, 2012 18:51 EST
It was used to help Apollo astronauts navigate in space, and has since been applied to problems as diverse as economics and weather forecasting, but Harvard scientists are now using a powerful statistical tool to not only track sea level...
 
Elephant Seal Tracking Reveals Hidden Lives Of Deep-Diving Animals; Drawn To Gyres
Santa Cruz, California - May 17, 2012 20:46 EST
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who pioneered the use of satellite tags to monitor the migrations of elephant seals have compiled one of the largest datasets available for any marine mammal species, revealing their movements and diving...
 
Historic, 19th Century Shipwreck Discovered In Northern Gulf Of Mexico; 'A Relatively Unexplored Area'
Silver Spring, Maryland - May 16, 2012 20:19 EST
During a recent Gulf of Mexico expedition, NOAA, BOEM and partners discovered an historic wooden-hulled vessel which is believed to have sunk as long as 200 years ago. Scientists on board the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer used underwater robots with...
 
Undersea Warriors, Undersea Medicine: The Future Force; 'No Such Thing As A Pure 100% Safe Dive'
Arlington, Virginia - May 15, 2012 19:23 EST
U.S. Navy divers take on dangerous tasks every day-and starting this week, they will be part of a multinational effort near Estonia to help clear the Baltic Sea of underwater mines left over from as long ago as the First...
 
Largest Reef Restoration Project Under Way In Florida And The U.S. Virgin Islands
Big Pine Key, Florida - May 14, 2012 19:50 EST
Scientists are transplanting up to 10,000 nursery-grown staghorn and elkhorn corals to degraded reefs in Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the largest marine restoration project of its kind. Experts hope that the transplanted young corals will thrive and...
 
Annual NOAA Report Shows A Record Number Of Fisheries Rebuilt In The United States
Silver Spring, Maryland - May 14, 2012 19:08 EST
A record six fish populations were declared rebuilt to healthy levels in 2011, bringing the number of rebuilt U.S. marine fish populations in the last 11 years to 27, according to a report to Congress out today from NOAA's Fisheries...
 
First Satellite Tag Study For Manta Rays Reveals Habits And Hidden Journeys Of Ocean Giants
New York, New York - May 11, 2012 20:07 EST
Using the latest satellite tracking technology, conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Exeter (UK), and the Government of Mexico have completed a ground-breaking study on a mysterious ocean giant: the manta ray. The research team has produced...
 
Research: A Push From The Mississippi Kept Deepwater Horizon Oil Slick Off Shore
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - May 10, 2012 20:04 EST
When the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded April 20, 2010, residents feared that their Gulf of Mexico shores would be inundated with oil. And while many wetland habitats and wildlife were oiled during the three-month leak, the environmental damage to...
 
Research: Plastic Trash Altering Ocean Habitats; 'Garbage Patches' Could Have Ecosystem-Wide Consequences
San Diego, California - May 9, 2012 19:13 EST
A 100-fold upsurge in human-produced plastic garbage in the ocean is altering habitats in the marine environment, according to a new study led by a graduate student researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. In 2009 an ambitious...
 
Researchers: GPS-equipped Commercial Ships Could Become 'Network Of Accurate Tsunami Sensors'
Manoa, Hawaii - May 7, 2012 20:10 EST
Commercial ships travel across most of the globe and could provide better warnings for potentially deadly tsunamis, according to a study published May 5 by scientists at the University of Hawaii – Manoa (UHM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
 
Study: Greenland Glacier Speed Slower Than Expected, Lessening Predicted Increase In Sea Levels
Seattle, Washington - May 3, 2012 20:27 EST
Changes in the speed that ice travels in more than 200 outlet glaciers indicates that Greenland's contribution to rising sea level in the 21st century might be significantly less than the upper limits some scientists thought possible, a new study...
 
Canadian Scientists Uncover Ancient Killer Coelacanth; 'Overturns The Age Old Image Of Coelacanths'
Deerfield, Illinois - May 2, 2012 18:41 EST
Coelacanths are iconic fishes, well-known as 'living fossils.' The group was thought to have died out with the dinosaurs until a living one was caught in 1938 off the coast of South Africa, sending shock waves through the scientific world....
 
Study: Marine Food Chain Becomes Clearer With New Revelations About Prey 'Patchiness'
Corvallis, Oregon - May 2, 2012 18:22 EST
A new study has found that each step of the marine food chain is clearly controlled by the trophic level below it – and the driving factor influencing that relationship is not the abundance of prey, but how that prey...
 
Old Maps And Dead Clams Help Solve Coastal Boulder Mystery; 'Moved By Storm Waves'
Chicago, Illinois - May 1, 2012 21:59 EST
Perched atop the sheer coastal cliffs of Ireland's Aran Islands, ridges of giant boulders have puzzled geologists for years. What forces could have torn these rocks from the cliff edges high above sea level and deposited them far inland? While...
 
Scientists Provide First Large-Scale Estimate Of Reef Shark Losses In The Pacific Ocean
Honolulu, Hawaii - Apr 27, 2012 20:05 EST
Many shark populations have plummeted in the past three decades as a result of excessive harvesting – for their fins, as an incidental catch of fisheries targeting other species, and in recreational fisheries. This is particularly true for oceanic species....
 
Rise In Asian Tiger Shrimp Sightings Prompts Scientific Look At Invasion Concerns
Silver Spring, Maryland - Apr 26, 2012 19:11 EST
The recent rise in sightings of non-native Asian tiger shrimp off the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts has government scientists working to determine the cause of the increase and the possible consequences for native fish and seafood in...
 
Study: Wind Pushes Plastics Deeper Into Oceans, Driving Trash Estimates Up
Seattle, Washington - Apr 25, 2012 21:04 EST
While working on a research sailboat gliding over glassy seas in the Pacific Ocean, oceanographer Giora Proskurowski noticed something new: The water was littered with confetti-size pieces of plastic debris, until the moment the wind picked up and most of...
 
Geophysicists Employ Novel Method To Identify Sources Of Global Sea Level Rise
Toronto, Ontario - Apr 24, 2012 19:47 EST
As the Earth's climate warms, a melting ice sheet produces a distinct and highly non-uniform pattern of sea-level change, with sea level falling close to the melting ice sheet and rising progressively farther away. The pattern for each ice sheet...
 
Research: Fish Larvae Find The Reef By Orienting, The Earlier The Better
Miami, Florida - Apr 23, 2012 21:25 EST
The behavior of marine larvae is central to fully understanding and modeling the pelagic (open ocean) stage for many coastal organisms. For the first time, a numerical study conducted by the University of Miami (UM) incorporates horizontal larval fish navigation...
 
Lawsuit Seeks Protections For Sea Turtles, Polar Bears, Other Rare Wildlife From Oil-Spill Dispersants
San Francisco, California - Apr 18, 2012 20:02 EST
Conservation groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard today for authorizing toxic oil dispersants without ensuring that these chemicals would not harm endangered species or their habitats. The groups want the EPA to immediately study the...
 
Lawsuit Launched To Protect Habitat For Florida's Loggerhead Sea Turtles; 'We Have To Save The Places They Live'
San Francisco, California - Apr 17, 2012 21:05 EST
The Center for Biological Diversity and Turtle Island Restoration Network (seaturtles.org) filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Obama administration today seeking to protect critical habitat for imperiled loggerhead sea turtles on Florida's nesting beaches and marine waters...
 
Auditory Fats: Study Amplifies Understanding Of Hearing In Baleen Whales
Woods Hole, Massachusetts - Apr 17, 2012 20:38 EST
For decades, scientists have known that dolphins and other toothed whales have specialized fats associated with their jaws, which efficiently convey sound waves from the ocean to their ears. But until now, the hearing systems of their toothless grazing cousins,...
 
Scooter: Underwater Grand Prix Racers To Circle Vandenberg Off Key West, Florida
Key West, Florida - Apr 17, 2012 20:01 EST
The world’s second-largest ship ever sunk as an artificial reef is to become an underwater racetrack during the third annual Vandenberg Underwater Grand Prix, set for Friday through Sunday, May 18-20. Participants using diver-propulsion vehicles are to race around the...
 
Study: Manatee Hearing Good Despite Background Noise
Sarasota, Florida - Apr 12, 2012 19:31 EST
A new study on manatee hearing by Mote Marine Laboratory and collaborators shows that these marine mammals can sense a wide range of pitches despite loud background noise. The study, published today in the peer-reviewed Journal of Experimental Biology, demonstrates...
 
Researchers: Ocean Acidification Linked To Larval Oyster Failure; Hatcheries 'Non-Economically Viable'
Corvallis, Oregon - Apr 11, 2012 20:56 EST
Researchers at Oregon State University have definitively linked an increase in ocean acidification to the collapse of oyster seed production at a commercial oyster hatchery in Oregon, where larval growth had declined to a level considered by the owners to...
 
It's In The Algae: Study Shows Adaptive Capacity Of Reef Corals To 'Climate Change' May Be Widespread
Miami, Florida - Apr 11, 2012 20:52 EST
A new study by scientists at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science suggests that many species of reef-building corals may be able to adapt to warming waters by relying on their closest aquatic partners -...
 
Oceanographer Leading Effort To Enlist Commercial Ships To Collect Ocean Data
Kingston, Rhode island - Apr 5, 2012 17:57 EST
A University of Rhode Island oceanographer is leading an effort to partner with the global shipping industry to systematically collect detailed data about the world's oceans using equipment installed on commercial vessels. H. Thomas Rossby, a professor at the Graduate School...
 
New iPad, iPhone App Helps Mariners Avoid Endangered Right Whales
Silver Spring, Maryland - Apr 4, 2012 18:57 EST
Mariners along the U.S. east coast can now download a new iPad and iPhone application that warns them when they enter areas of high risk of collision with critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. The free Whale Alert app provides...
 
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