http://www.underwatertimes.com/newswire.php UnderwaterTimes.com breaking newswire en-us Copyright 2008 UnderwaterTimes.com, All Rights Reserved. jeffdudas@underwatertimes.com jeffdudas@underwatertimes.com Thu, 15 May 2008 19:46:01 PDT Thu, 15 May 2008 19:46:01 PDT http://www.underwatertimes.com/Fireworks/title_rss.gif http://www.underwatertimes.com/newswire.php http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=10063957241 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=10063957241 Fishermen hold empirical knowledge that tuna aggregate under floating objects, such as lengths of old rope, pieces of wood, or even large marine mammals. There is still no full explanation for this aggregation behaviour, but the past 20 years have... Thu, 15 May 2008 16:01:10 EST http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=58310201674 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=58310201674 Evolution is supposed to inch forward over eons, but sometimes, at least in the case of a little fish called the threespine stickleback, the process can go in relative warp-speed reverse, according to a study led by researchers at Fred... Thu, 15 May 2008 15:50:05 EST http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=15629734081 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=15629734081 A large quantity of nitrogen compounds emitted into the atmosphere by humans through the burning of fossil fuels and the use of nitrogen fertilizers enters the oceans and may lead to the removal of some carbon dioxide from the atmosphere,... Thu, 15 May 2008 15:20:32 EST http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=35497628110 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=35497628110 Fijian man died after he was bitten by a shark whilst on a diving expedition. The 28-year-old man, Aisake Sadole, was part of a group of four who went night diving in Ba yesterday evening. According to police reports, the group realized... Thu, 15 May 2008 06:48:55 EST http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=67410802519 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=67410802519 A Swiss marine biologist and an Australian quantum physicist have found that a species of shrimp from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, can see a world invisible to all other animals. Dr Sonja Kleinlogel and Professor Andrew White have shown... Wed, 14 May 2008 17:51:26 EST http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=10083962514 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=10083962514 Scientists of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena succeeded in capturing syntrophic (means \"feeding together\") microorganisms that are known to dramatically reduce the oceanic emission of methane into... Wed, 14 May 2008 17:17:10 EST http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=10083962514 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=10083962514 Scientists of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena succeeded in capturing syntrophic (means \"feeding together\") microorganisms that are known to dramatically reduce the oceanic emission of methane into... Wed, 14 May 2008 17:17:10 EST http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=23896517104 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=23896517104 Scientists from Durham University will use robots to explore the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to study the growth of underwater volcanoes that build the Earth’s crust. The Durham experts will lead an international team of 12 scientists aboard Britain’s Royal... Wed, 14 May 2008 17:02:22 EST