Spectroscopy for the real world
...ticles, emitted into the air by crashing waves and sea spray, in a slew of atmospheric and environmental ...nomena are driven by reactions with the surface of sea salt aerosols," says Miquel Salmeron, a physicist with Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division wh...Mapping the underwater world in 3-D
Scientists will be able to view the sea bed in incredible 3-D detail following new investm...Octopus laboratory will map extensive areas of the sea bed to create a virtual reality image, allowing scientists to walk the sea bed from the laboratory. ...Experimental radar provides 3-D forest view
...eparate crop species in the same field, or telling sea ice from open water. The new generation of airborne radar sensors go one better than ASAR because they include full quad-polarisation capability: this means their signal can be retrieved simultaneously in H and V polarisations, so that by sending al...Bayou blues: Working to save the US from the worst potential oil, gas and fishing crisis
...hurricane, creating natural subsidence, making the sea level rise, and more. With the flip of a switch or crank of a wheel, participants can simulate what happens over a 1,000-year period by creating different scenarios and combinations of human and natural processes that affect wetlands. "The expeditio...Heroes of the sea, Pew Fellows' fifteenth class tackle sharks, reefs, mangroves and more
...rces and vulnerable species such as coconut crabs, sea turtles, and sea cows. Dr. Miriam Fernandez, an Associate Professor at the Pontifica Catholic University of Chile, ...ASU researchers finds novel chemistry at work to provide parrot's vibrant red colors
...us one we want to investigate." "There is a sea of colors in birds," he added. "Our goal is to learn why there is such a diversity from an evolutionary standpoint."...Worms, slugs inspire robotic devices
...spired "gripper," mimics the way hungry California sea slugs in Chiel's lab grasp seaweed in its many hig...vements of soft-tissue animals like the California sea slug, chronicling their behavior on film and with MRI imaging.. "My focus has been basic science," ......the last one which is us, says Palumbi. Ice ages, sea level change and even loss of local food sources d...sea, place a transponder on it, and drop it to the sea floor. The transponder lets them find it later with a manned submersible or robotic vehicle. They no...Technological revolutions in sensors, robotics, and telecommunications allow new views of ocean
...hing from signs of tsunamis to the effects of deep sea drilling. "We have very complex problems in the o...Navy attack submarine ran aground on an uncharted sea mount, killing one crew member and injuring dozens. Mayer's team also uses 3D visualizations of the...New science sheds light on rebuilding fisheries
... confirm the importance of keeping old fish in the sea and may explain the failure of closures to bring a...k shows that simply keeping enough spawners in the sea isn't enough to prevent populations from crashing first you need the big fish, but you also need bi...Coastal dead zones may lead to ecosystem-based fisheries management
...acts on target species, shrimp, or on the fish and sea turtles that are taken as bycatch ." Crowder said that his group's initial findings are pointing to various ways that living along dead zone edges may lower growth rates of some Gulf fish and shellfish. "None of these lines of evidence in themselves ...The secret to longevity in tubeworms
...an incredible lifespan of up to 250 years the deep sea tube worm, Lamellibrachia luymesi is among the l...tium of bacteria and archaea that live in the deep sea cold sediments surrounding the seep where the worm lives. These chemoautotrophs use energy from hydr...Antarctic ice shelf retreats happened before
...00 years ago the ice shelf retreated, allowing the sea to flood into the lake. The ice shelf didn't refor...West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and a consequent rise in sea level....One year after groundbreaking, desert research center takes shape on the Israeli-Jordanian border
...a harsh climate some 1,200 feet (417 meters) below sea level--the lowest elevation on Earth. The 150-acre project site literally straddles the border, with half of the facility in Israel and half in Jordan. A wire fence separates the border from the Dead Sea to the Red Sea, but in February, Israel and Jo...NHGRI targets 12 more organisms for genome sequencing
...or. The organisms are: a skate (Raja erinacea); a sea slug (Aplysia californica); a disease-carrying ins...imes go wrong. Aplysia (Aplysia californica) is a sea slug that has been a very useful model in studying learning and memory in humans. Aplysia have very ...NASA satellite sees ocean plants increase, coasts greening
...he same time, for all but the North Atlantic gyre, sea surface temperatures increased in at least one sea...kton concentrations do appear related to mid-ocean sea surface temperatures," said Gregg. Phytoplankton growth is largely dependent on amounts of nutrients...Hydrogen and methane provide raw energy for life at 'Lost City'
...cation technology to help direct investigations at sea during a mission with co-PI Bob Ballard, his Institute for Exploration, the Jason Foundation for Education and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's ship and funding. Audiences at participating aquariums, museums and 20 Boys and Girls Clu...Oceans more vulnerable to agricultural runoff than previously thought, study finds
... an oxygen-depleted dead zone at the bottom of the sea where few creatures can survive. A massive dead zone appears every summer in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana and Texas. Scientists believe that agricultural runoff from the Mississippi River plays a pivotal role in creating this annual ...Grizzlies set to invade high Arctic?
...he Arctic Circle. "We know grizzlies go out on the sea ice to hunt seals, but no one has ever seen one th... more sightings for barren-ground grizzlies on the sea ice in the Arctic from the Beaufort Sea to Hudson Bay. They're also known to be able to survive the ...Scientists discover how fish evolved to float at different sea depths
...owing the fish to float at different levels in the sea without coming to the surface of the water for air. A similar system is also present in the eye of the fish, which provides oxygen to the retina. Dr Berenbrink explains: "I am interested in how the mechanisms in the swimbladder and eye could have evo...