Items tagged with marine

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Corals' 'Internal Communication' Process Friday, May 29th, 2009 - 10:42:07 - Anuradha Menon Corals, it appears, have a genetic complexity that rivals that of humans, have sophisticated systems of biological communication that are being... read more

Reducing Risk Of Heart Failure Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 - 17:52:48 - Ehud Rattner Eating fatty fish and marine omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in fish oil, seems to protect men from heart failure, according to one of the... read more

Marine Method to Isolate Harmful Chemicals Thursday, April 16th, 2009 - 16:36:43 - Anuradha Menon Scientists studying how marine bacteria move have discovered that a sharp variation in water current segregates right-handed bacteria from their... read more

Fish with Tubular Eyes and Transparent Head Friday, February 27th, 2009 - 12:51:13 - Anuradha Menon Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute recently solved the half-century-old mystery of a fish with tubular eyes and a... read more

Fish Migrating to Cooler Waters, Study Says Sunday, February 15th, 2009 - 18:36:46 - Sarah Gingichashvili Climate-driven environmental changes could drastically affect the distribution of more than 1,000 species of commercial fish and shellfish around the... read more

Iron on its Route to the Sea-Floor Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 - 10:38:38 - Anuradha Menon Iron dust, the rarest nutrient for most marine life, can be washed down by rivers or blown out to sea or--a surprising new study finds--float up from... read more

Microbe Survives in Ocean's Deepest Realm Saturday, February 7th, 2009 - 14:33:29 - Anuradha Menon The genome of a marine bacterium living 2,500 meters below the ocean's surface is providing clues to how life adapts in extreme environments... read more

Why do Dolphins Carry Sponges? Thursday, December 11th, 2008 - 14:57:06 - Anuradha Menon While rare in wild animals, tool use is of widespread interest to researchers because of its relationship to animal cognition, social learning and... read more

Marine Dead Zones Set to Expand Rapidly Sunday, November 16th, 2008 - 12:56:56 - Ehud Rattner Rising levels of carbon dioxide could increase the volume of oxygen-depleted 'dead zones' in tropical oceans by as much as 50% before the end of the... read more

More Than 200 New Species Discovered Monday, November 10th, 2008 - 12:22:44 - Ehud Rattner Scientists have discovered more than 200 new marine species, including giant sea stars, during work on the first global marine-life census. They have... read more

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