Microbes' 'blueprints' promise insights into oceans, more
...fferent ecological niche--they thrive at different depths in the ocean's surface waters. Chisholm emphasized that "we still don't know the functions of nearly half of these organisms' genes. We're excited about unveiling those functions-particularly for those genes that are unique to the different strains--...Genomes of tiny microbes yield clues to global climate change
...es to its particular ecological niche at different depths in the surface waters of the ocean. According to the authors, the Prochlorococcus comparison reveals "dynamic genomes which are constantly changing in response to myriad selection pressures. Although the two strains have 1,350 genes in common, a sign...Microbe from depths takes life to hottest known limit
...s in the ocean floor. The pressure of the immense depths prevents such hot water from turning to steam--even as it sometimes emerges at temperatures near 400 C (750 F). The sample cultured by Lovley and Kashefi was collected about 200 miles offshore from Puget Sound and nearly a mile and a half deep in the...Scientists find key to ocean bacterium that helps control greenhouse gas
...hlorococcus, which lives at a large range of ocean depths from the surface to 200 metres, has adapted to maximise the available light to fuel photosynthesis. Previous work by the Imperial group has shown how Prochlorococcus regulates the interaction of the two powerhouse protein complexes that drive photosy...Fishing for photos of rare or unknown deep-sea creatures with an electronic jellyfish lure
...l be using the lure for the first time in the dark depths of California's Monterey Bay. "We are hoping to do...operated vehicles (ROVs) can deliver humans to the depths in person or virtually to observe some animals in their natural environment. However, they typically...Exploring oil rigs and an ancient shoreline in the Gulf Of Mexico for new disease cures
...f organisms on two of these man-made leviathans at depths as great as 1,000 feet as well as collect any new species anchored there. Although oil companies are required to remove these old platforms, legislation currently being considered could allow them to remain in place as artificial reefs to support cor...Research shows little effect from Arctic offshore oil drilling
...g the past 25 years, corporations have plumbed the depths of the Arctic Alaskan mainland for oil, collecting more than 13 billion barrels in the process. More recently, these companies expanded efforts to include offshore drilling. Trefry and his Florida Tech team, Steven Wood, assistant professor of oceano...Startling deep-sea encounter with rare, massive Greenland shark
...deer. They are typically found in Arctic waters at depths down to 1,800 feet, but have been recorded as far south as the coast of South Carolina and at nearly 7,000 feet down....$62-million partnership to revolutionize ocean research
...will provide information and images from the ocean depths 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for the next 30 years or more. The observatory will consist of an underwater network covering the entire Juan de Fuca tectonic plate, an area of 200,000 square kilometres off the earthquake-prone coasts of B.C., Was...How many fish in the sea? Census of Marine Life launches first report
...roject, the first human beings to ever explore the depths of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone in the North At...monitor biodiversity in the narrow inshore zone at depths of less than 20 meters; The Gulf of Maine. The project documents biodiversity and related process...Mantis shrimp fluoresce to enhance signaling in the dim ocean depths
...reature on the planet, yet it often lives at murky depths where the only light is a filtered, dim blue. Why ...ack mark of some kind that fluorescence in the dim depths can enhance. "This is most interesting where we have a species living over a fairly broad depth rang...Expedition will retrace legendary Steinbeck-Ricketts voyage to the Sea of Cortez
...data showed us that, during the day, squid dive to depths of about 1,000 feet and stay there all day," Gilly... do they survive? At night, they prefer to stay at depths of around 210 feet." Last month, Gilly returned to Santa Rosalia to catch live juvenile squid in an ...NASA learning to monitor coral reef health from the sky
...o, helped Guild take the first readings at varying depths in summer 2002 near Andros Island, Bahamas, with assistance from the U.S. Navy Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center. A spectroradiometer measures the amount of ultraviolet, visible and infrared light reflected from an object, and is similar t...Scientists report first sequencing of environmental genome
...s of water, as acidic as battery acid, in the dark depths of the Richmond Mine, located nine miles northwest of Redding. Her goal is to understand how the extremophiles - microbes that live in extreme environments - live together and generate the acid drainage that makes such mines toxic hazards. The green ...New 'bumpy' jelly found in deep sea
...what they do know: S. ventana has been observed at depths between 150 and 550 meters (about 500 to 1800 feet), just below the level that sunlight can penetrate, but above a layer of very low oxygen levels. This region is known as the mesopelagic realm, and is the home of entire communities of gelatinous ani...Story tips from the Department of Energys Oak Ridge National Laboratory, February 2004
...rth . . . Techniques to find microbial life in the depths of our planet may be useful for determining whethe...samples, which were up to 100 million years old at depths up to three kilometers. It's essential to explore water at those depths because it has not been affe...New technologies reveal mysteries of marine megafauna
...llow leatherback sea turtles that dive to crushing depths a half-mile below the surface and swim across 80% ...lems with fishing gear - often far from land or at depths where it is impossible to directly observe. Following the lives of these animals in detail for month...International science team tracks ocean predators around the globe
...ned. "And every day they'll make 50 to 60 dives to depths of 500 to 600 meters [1,500-1,800 feet]. Since the tags they wear record the water temperature every 10 seconds, every one of those dives represents a detailed thermal profile of the ocean. In many cases, these are the only data we have about the sub...Goal of ocean 'iron fertilization' said still unproved
...on in plant material would have to quickly sink to depths between 100 and 300 meters, beyond the range of grazing zooplankton, he said. However, scientists are finding that iron fertilization also serves to boost zooplankton populations. "They increase in numbers very quickly, but not initially," Barber sai......ssue. And by "stacking" multiple images at various depths of focus, the system produces three-dimensional images or movies. Each action potential is a single nerve impulse, traveling through a neuron as chemically gated ion channels open and close with changes in electrical polarity. The quantum physical o...