http://www.underwatertimes.com/newswire.php UnderwaterTimes.com breaking newswire en-us Copyright 2013 UnderwaterTimes.com, All Rights Reserved. jeffdudas@underwatertimes.com jeffdudas@underwatertimes.com Tue, 21 May 2013 06:46:01 PDT Tue, 21 May 2013 06:46:01 PDT http://www.underwatertimes.com/Fireworks/title_rss.gif http://www.underwatertimes.com/newswire.php http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=03711065298 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=03711065298 The Amazon rain forest, popularly known as the lungs of the planet, inhales carbon dioxide as it exudes oxygen. Plants use carbon dioxide from the air to grow parts that eventually fall to the ground to decompose or get washed... Mon, 20 May 2013 19:06:41 EST http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=24069371058 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=24069371058 Scientists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have uncovered a new species of black bass in the southeastern United States. Scientists have proposed naming the new species the Choctaw bass and recommended the scientific name ofMicropterus haiaka.... Tue, 07 May 2013 19:53:54 EST http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=14823610950 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=14823610950 Scientists from the Smithsonian and the University of Rhode Island have found unsuspected linkages between the oxidation state of iron in volcanic rocks and variations in the chemistry of the deep Earth. Not only do the trends run counter to... Thu, 02 May 2013 17:10:23 EST http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=71568092103 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=71568092103 Three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, crude oil toxicity continues to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species, according to new findings from a research team that includes a University of California, Davis,... Wed, 01 May 2013 14:33:45 EST http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=79845160321 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=79845160321 Sea surface temperatures in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem during 2012 were the highest recorded in 150 years, according to the latest Ecosystem Advisory issued by NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC). These high sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:42:51 EST http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=81079056123 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=81079056123 For sea turtle hatchlings struggling to reach the ocean, success may depend on having flexible wrists that allow them to move without disturbing too much sand. A similar wrist also helps a robot known as "FlipperBot" move through a test... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:26:26 EST http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=72310986154 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=72310986154 If you\'ve owned a pet guppy, you know they often jump out of their tanks. Many a child has asked why the guppy jumped; many a parent has been stumped for an answer. Now a study by University of Maryland... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:38:34 EST http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=91068410523 http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=91068410523 Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have discovered why Heteroxenia corals pulsate. Their work, which resolves an old scientific mystery, appears in the current issue of PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:26:58 EST