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What Lies Beneath the Waves?

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 - 12:08:52 - Ehud Rattner

A ten year study of sea life has revealed just what lives beneath the waves. An inventory published today in the journal "PLoS ONE" has found that...

What Would Happen If Sharks Disappeared
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Shark populations worldwide are under enormous pressure due to overfishing. So what happens to an ecosystem when apex...

Sea-Level Rise Will Be Worse for Some

Saturday, July 17th, 2010 - 10:38:22 - Anuradha Menon

The Seychelles could see up to 10 percent more sea-level rise than the global average. Or the sea level around the islands could drop. It depends on...

Seafloor-Skimming Jellyfish
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
New deep-sea creatures have surfaced during a two-month voyage of scientific discovery in the mid-Atlantic Ocean...

Retreat of Greenland Glacier

Saturday, July 10th, 2010 - 12:34:05 - Anuradha Menon

NASA-funded researchers monitoring Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier report that a 7 square kilometer (2.7 square mile) section of the glacier...

Why Mercury Is More Dangerous in Oceans

Monday, June 28th, 2010 - 18:01:44 - Ehud Rattner

Even though freshwater concentrations of mercury are far greater than those found in seawater, it's the saltwater fish like tuna, mackerel and shark...

River Deltas Hint at Ancient Martian Ocean

Monday, June 14th, 2010 - 11:51:38 - Ehud Rattner

Planetary geologists in the United States have analysed data that suggest Mars was once home to a huge ocean of water, covering nearly one-third of...

The Mertz Glacier
Sunday, June 13th, 2010
The Mertz Glacier flows off East Antarctica along the George V Coast. The glacier forms a long, narrow tongue that...

Noise Pollution Could Frustrate Fish

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 - 09:36:11 - Anuradha Menon

After years of growing concern about the effects of marine noise on whales, scientists are finally asking what noise could do to fish. Whether...