Ocean News
Angela Messina | Apr 15, 2012 5:13 PM
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking, and people around the world are hosting services and moments of silence in honor of its memory.
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Angela Messina | Apr 12, 2012 11:33 AM
Scientists from DePaul University discovered a unique new species of armored catfish in an Ecuadorian river.
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Angela Messina | Apr 10, 2012 9:35 AM
In a new study, armor covered phytoplankton have demonstrated the ability to adapt to warmer and more acidic water temperatures.
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Angela Messina | Apr 8, 2012 2:24 PM
The right whale, a species that is dangerously close to extinction, now has an unlikely ally: the Whale Alert app.
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Angela Messina | Apr 5, 2012 8:11 PM
Love eating seafood, but concerned about your impact on the environment and worried about the mercury? Well, fear no longer, because Sierra Club has come up with a guide to eating and enjoying sustainable seafood, so that you can “save the seas with your diet.”
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Angela Messina | Apr 4, 2012 10:00 AM
By studying the stickleback fish and how it has adapted to lake and stream environments, Andrew Hendry, an evolutionary biologist, has made advances in solving a debate within the evolutionary biology field.
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Angela Messina | Apr 3, 2012 12:30 PM
Over the past years, locals and scientists have noticed an increase in orca sightings in the Hudson Bay in Northeast Canada.
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Angela Messina | Apr 3, 2012 9:00 AM
Scientists from the Alaska Pacific University studied the Pacific octopus, the largest species of octopus in the world, by attaching small sonic tags to their gills.
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Angela Messina | Apr 1, 2012 8:05 PM
An expert task force recently finished a comprehensive analysis of how forage fish such as herring and anchovy affect the ocean food chain.
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Angela Messina | Apr 1, 2012 7:45 PM
New research suggests that climate change may not be causing the current decline in the Caribbean coral reefs. Instead, deforestation and overfishing are the likely original culprits.
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