Saudi Arabia's KAUST names WHOI first research partner
... of coral reef ecosystems along the Saudi Arabia coast in the northern central Red Sea. The project will...lop an integrated bioeconomic model of the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia that describes the dynamic relationships among fish stocks and the fisheries that ...1 of deep ocean's most turbulent areas has big impact on climate
...s in the Gulf of Mexico, flows along the U.S. east coast to Canada and on to Europe, and plays a crucial climate role. Oceanographers are working hard to understand how processes in the ocean help to keep the Earths climate stable, St. Laurent said. We are aware that the climate is warming, but we dont......ne park along its isolated and windswept Patagonia coast to safeguard more than half a million penguins and other rare seabirds. Located in Golfo San Jorge, the new protected area covers around 250 square miles (647 square kilometers) of coastal waters and nearby islands strung along almost 100 miles (160...New technology reveals seal behavior
...acquarie in the Southern Ocean, and at the western coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The data from the seals was transmitted back to land via satellite and shows that elephant seals adopted different strategies to find food. The Sea Mammal Research Unit at St Andrews University led the research. Author ...Study: Sticking to the sand might not be such good, clean fun for beachgoers
...ound that sand at beaches all along the California coast contained some level of fecal indicator bacteria. Moreover, when the researchers looked closely at the sand quality at a popular beach in Monterey, Calif., they found evidence of human waste-raising doubt about the commonly held belief that some feca...Satellite tracking will help answer questions about penguin travels
...eir breeding colonies along the southern Argentina coast and the Islas Malvinas, or Falkland Islands. ...s rehabilitating oiled seabirds along the Atlantic coast from central Brazil to central Argentina, indicating a much larger problem than generally had been b...Census of Marine Life historians detail collapse of bluefin tuna population off northern Europe
... of once abundant bluefin tuna populations off the coast of northern Europe. The chronicle of decimation ... to and from the area via waters off the northwest coast of Ireland. CoML-associated scientists working with the Tag-A-Giant (TAG) program used electronic ...Measuring nectar from eucalypts
...rest canopies over 30 metres high on the NSW south coast were accessed. Nectar in flowers bagged overnight was measured to determine how much nectar they produce. Both large and small trees were measured in forest with different logging histories: recently logged, regrowth and mature (more than 50 years ...Waters off Washington state only second place in world where glass sponge reefs found
...d be important to the ecosystems on the Washington coast because they create a thriving oasis dense with sea life on seafloor that is otherwise sparely populated for miles, says Paul Johnson, UW professor of oceanography and chief scientist on the UW's ship Thomas G. Thompson, June 10-16, when the Washingt......l Nio event brought warm water northward along the coast and into Monterey Bay. From 1999 until 2002, just ...lso been expanding their range southward along the coast of South America, and may be threatening hake fisheries there as well. Over the last five or ten y...Californians urged to help reduce spread of Sudden Oak Death
...an 100 known plant species, including Douglas-fir, coast redwood, and numerous ornamentals, such as rhododendron and camellia. Unlike Sudden Oak Death, the foliar and twig blight rarely causes the host plant to die. Instead, many of these hosts allow spores to build up on leaf and twig surfaces, thereby fa...Longest study finds reef fish need longer break
...e 37 years from four national marine parks off the coast of Kenya which were closed to fishing at different times, the study found that commercially important species such as parrotfish, wrasses, and surgeonfish can take a quarter of a century to recover fully. More importantly, the ecological equilibrium ...The fisherman is a predator like any other
... the grouping together of fi shing vesselsnear the coast can be an alarm signalshowing high vulnerability of stock exploitedand give clues as to possible managementmeasures to relieve the fi shing pressureduring these critical periods. This type ofanalysis, already used for monitoring thePeruvian anchovy s......story. Both of these species lived on the southern coast of Peru. These new penguin fossils are among the most complete yet recovered and call into question hypotheses about the timing and pattern of penguin evolution and expansion. Previous theories held that penguins probably evolved in high latitude...Antarctic icebergs -- Hotspots of ocean life
...uctive systems such as upwelling areas of the west coast of the U.S. or ice-edge communities in polar oceans. As diatoms are the preferred food for krill, we expect the changes in phytoplankton community composition to favor grazing as a key biological process involved in carbon sequestration around free-f...Wright State scientist receives grant to help clean up polluted American harbors
...arbor, with follow-up work in another west or east coast harbor that is known to be contaminated, he said. The findings will be applicable to all the major harbors in the U.S., such as New York, Houston, Pearl Harbor and the Great Lakes. ...Gannet population under threat from global warming
...have been forced to travel as far as the Norwegian coast to find food a round trip of over 1000km, said Dr Hamer. They compensate by flying faster to make sure they dont leave their nests for too long, but our research shows theyve hit their limit. They just physically cant increase their speed any furthe...Ancient Etruscans were immigrants from Anatolia, or what is now Turkey
...cient region of Lydia, on what is now the southern coast of Turkey, because of a long-running famine. Half the population was sent by the king to look for a better life elsewhere, says his account, and sailed from Smyrna (now Izmir) until they reached Umbria in Italy. We think that our research provid...Study investigates 'divorce' among Galapagos seabirds
...ved seabird found in the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. Many Nazca booby females switch mates after successfully raising a chick, according to a Wake Forest University study scheduled for publication in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences June 13. This is su......ered that a build up of salt in the waters off the coast of South Africa could help to speed up ocean circulation in the North Atlantic, despite the two areas being thousands of kilometres apart. A salt surge is enough to kick start circulation, says Zahn. Meanwhile, a decrease in saltiness in South Africa...