NC State researchers redesign life for Mars and beyond
...ive in extremetemperatures. It grows and dwells in underwater sea volcanoes where temperatures reach morethan 100 degrees Celsius, or that of boiling water. Occasionally, the organism is spewed out into near freezing deep-sea water. The NC State research, funded for two years and $400,000 by the NASA Institute ...Abalones along Pacific coast may owe their huge, dinner-plate size to sea otters
...abalone. Otters today take stones and pound on the underwater abalones until the shell margins break, then pry the abalones off the rocks with their paws. Or, they cave in the shells with a rock and come back later to peel the weakened abalones off the rocks. While in some situations, predators can drive prey t...Clay material may have acted as 'primordial womb' for first organic molecules
...eafloor that spew out super-hot water much like an underwater volcano. From earlier work, the researchers knew that with high enough temperatures and pressure, volcanic emanations could produce the chemical compound methanol. What scientists did not know was how the methanol could survive intense temperatures ...UVic unveils world's most advanced seafloor observatory
...studying the oceans. Through the Internet, VENUS's underwater network of fibre optic cables and instruments will continuously feed data, sounds and images from the ocean depths to laboratories, classrooms, science centres and homes around the world. VENUS is interactive, meaning that ocean scientists will no lo...'Fish with chips' reporting from ocean top highlights at Census of Marine Life mid-point
...ion of threatenedstocks, will expand its arrays of underwater monitorsfrom British Columbia north along the continentalshelf to Alaska and south to California. The systemcould spread worldwide to monitor traffic andtribulations of the many species that migrate alongthe shallow coastal highways. Meanwhile, Cens...Overfishing may drive endangered seabird to rely upon lower quality food
...ritious foods, they need to spend more time diving underwater to catch and eat them, and have less energy to make and lay eggs. The availability of food commonly affects the reproductive success of seabirds." The researchers were able to determine the time of year that individual feathers were grown. They point...Tsunami + 1 year: Reviving exhausted fisheries should trump replacing boats, gear, experts say
... addition to Indonesia, the country closest to the underwater earthquake epicenter, the tsunami disrupted lives in many countries, including Thailand, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka. Officials estimate the total repair cost throughout the affected area at $5.8 billion, while a total of $4.4 billion has been com...Underwater listening devices yield discoveries about endangered large whales
...logical mystery, but listening for the distinctive underwater sounds provides a valuable way to track the movements of endangered large whales. Autonomous data-recording devices equipped with hydrophones (underwater microphones), deployed in remote waters off Alaska, have been used in recent years to track sea...Duck-billed dino crests not linked to sense of smell
...d as everything from brain coolers to snorkels for underwater feeding. Now, David Evans, a PhD student in zoology at the University of Toronto at Mississauga, has been able to use a reconstructed brain cavity to rule out one historically popular theory: that the crests evolved to increase the animal's sense of ...2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting: Press Conference Schedule
...e surface in search of food. A modification of the underwater floats are "gliders," with wings for horizontal mo... by the blast detonations. Passive measurements of underwater sound provide quantitative measurements of physical processes, including wind speed and rainfall, as...Expedition discovers marine treasures
An underwater mountain that forms the world's third-largest atoll has some of the richest diversity of marine life ever found in the Caribbean, according to scientists who recently explored the area. The two-week expedition in January encountered new species of fi...Ancient greenhouse emissionspossible lessons for modern climate
...ane can occur through natural processes, including underwater landslides or other seismic events, or by warming of ocean waters. Once released, the gas can induce atmospheric warming that has a positive feedback effect, releasing still more gas as ocean waters and permafrost regions begin to warm. The process c...Shining a light on deep-sea vents: Science meets policy
..., are found along the ocean ridge, 40,000 miles of underwater mountain range that zig-zags throughout the world's ocean basin. The vents spew super-hot, mineral-rich water that helps support exotic communities of animals and microbes. Issues surrounding research practices in vent areas have been sporadically ...Scientists look to the Bahamas as a model for coral reef conservation
...using scientific tools--such as satellite imagery, underwater surveys and population genetics--project members conduct ethnographic and economic surveys to assess local attitudes toward conservation, as well as educational outreach to explain their findings to local stakeholders and decision makers. "Interdisci......tters or "pingers" that emit unique acoustic codes underwater approximately every 20 seconds. Passive listening stations or receivers will be placed in a submersed array that can detect the transmitters. Receivers will record an acoustic tag's presence when it is within range, usually 250-1,000 meters, depend......uss seafloor work on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Using underwater video, he and colleagues have shown that even slight disturbances to the deep seafloor from fishing activities can lead to a loss of biodiversity, for instance in a trawl's path, suggesting that widespread deep trawling can have major impacts on deep...Warbling whales speak a language all their own
... engineer who specializes in signal processing and underwater acoustics at the University of Massachusetts Dartm...te in a complex way," said Suzuki. "Given that the underwater environment is very different from our world, it is not surprising that they would communicate in ra...Seagrass is in decline worldwide, says UNH researcher
...e at the University of New Hampshire. And as these underwater meadows disappear, so do commercially valuable shellfish and fish, waterfowl and other wildlife, water quality, and erosion prevention. Short, who founded the global monitoring program SeagrassNet in 2001, has been studying eelgrass, a type of seagra...Pacific Islands paradise protected
...rea in the region with deep-sea habitat, including underwater mountains. Located near the equator in the Central Pacific between Hawaii and Fiji, the Phoenix Islands form an archipelago several hundred miles long. They are part of the Republic of Kiribati, which comprises three distinct island groups (Gilbert I...... constant boat traffic in its shallow waters. Its underwater shoal grassbeds, however, have been much impacted by propeller damage; and much of the terrestrial vegetation on the island itself was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Drs. Heck and Dindo received a grant from the Gulf of Mexico Program to resto...