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Large China oil spill threatens sea life, water

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:44:28 PDT

China's largest reported oil spill emptied beaches along the Yellow Sea as its size doubled Wednesday, while cleanup efforts included straw mats and frazzled workers with little more than...

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Expedition to Mid-Cayman Rise Identifies Unusual Variety of Deep Sea Vents

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:36:33 PDT

The first expedition to search for deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the Mid-Cayman Rise has turned up three distinct types of hydrothermal venting, reports an interdisciplinary team led by...

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NOAA Ship Fairweather Maps Aid Shipping Through Bering Straits

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:28:19 PDT

As Arctic ice recedes, countries are looking forward to faster, safer and more efficient sea routes across the top of the world. Responding to a request from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard,...

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Fussy orcas prefer white meat

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:33:36 PDT

Although orcas are known to predate penguins further north, around sub-Antarctic islands, this is the first time they have been seen hunting the birds in Antarctic continental waters.What is...

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Small Fish Exploits Forbidding Environment

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:20:17 PDT

Jellyfish moved into the oceans off the coast of southwest Africa when the sardine population crashed. Now another small fish is living in the oxygen-depleted zone part-time and turning the...

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Old Theory of Phytoplankton Growth Overturned, Raise Concerns for Ocean Productivity

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:34:40 PDT

A new study concludes that an old, fundamental and widely accepted theory of how and why phytoplankton bloom in the oceans is incorrect.The findings challenge more than 50 years of...

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New Detailed Observations of What Happens When Glaciers Float on Ocean Surface

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:31:39 PDT

Glaciers that lose their footing on the seafloor and begin floating behave very erratically, according to a new study led by a Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego...

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Scientists Assess Impact of Icelandic Volcanic Ash on Ocean Biology

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:29:59 PDT

An international team of oceanographers investigating the role of iron on ocean productivity in the northerly latitudes of the Atlantic Ocean will assess the impact of ash from the recent...

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Non-Toxic Oil Recovery Agent

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:27:18 PDT

A team of chemists led by Dr. George John, Associate Professor at The City College of New York (CCNY), has developed a non-toxic, recyclable agent that can solidify oil on salt water so that it...

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Submarines Could Use New Nanotube Technology for Sonar and Stealth

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:24:54 PDT

Speakers made from carbon nanotube sheets that are a fraction of the width of a human hair can both generate sound and cancel out noise -- properties ideal for submarine sonar to probe the...

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Tiny Marine Microbes Exert Influence on Global Climate: Microorganisms Display a Behavior Characteristic of Larger Animals

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:22:37 PDT

New research indicates that the interactions of microscopic organisms around a particular organic material may alter the chemical properties of the ocean and ultimately influence global climate...

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Scientists say Gulf spill altering food web

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:33:10 PDT

Scientists are reporting early signs that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is altering the marine food web by killing or tainting some creatures and spurring the growth of others more suited to...

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Sea Levels Rising in Parts of Indian Ocean; Greenhouse Gases Play Role, Study Finds

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:33:50 PDT

Newly detected rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean, including the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java, appear to be at least partly a result...

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Antidepressants Make Shrimps See the Light

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:48:25 PDT

Rising levels of antidepressants in coastal waters could change sea-life behaviour and potentially damage the food-chain, according to a new study.Research into the behaviour of shrimps exposed...

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Penguin Males With Steady Pitch Make Better Parents

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:38:08 PDT

How does a female penguin choose a mate? Courtship calls help females decide which males are likely to be devoted dads, says a study in the journal Behaviour. Antarctic penguins come on land...

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Sewage Overflow Promotes Spread of West Nile Virus

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:36:00 PDT

Sewage that overflows into urban creeks and streams during periods of heavy rain can promote the spread of West Nile virus, a study led by Emory University finds. The analysis of six years of...

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Source of Essential Nutrients for Mid-Ocean Algae Discovered

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:32:31 PDT

For almost three decades, oceanographers have been puzzled by the ability of microscopic algae to grow in mid-ocean areas where there is very little nitrate, an essential algal nutrient. In a...

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What’s Killing Farmed Salmon? New Virus May Also Pose Risk to Wild Salmon

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:30:41 PDT

Farmed fish are an increasingly important food source, with a global harvest now at 110 million tons and growing at more than 8 percent a year. But epidemics of infectious disease threaten...

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How Fast Can Microbes Break Down Oil Washed Onto Gulf Beaches?

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:04:43 PDT

A new Florida State University study is investigating how quickly the Deepwater Horizon oil carried into Gulf of Mexico beach sands is being degraded by the sands' natural microbial communities,...

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Two New Species of Pancake Batfishes Discovered from Area Engulfed by Oil Spill

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:03:08 PDT

Although the Gulf of Mexico has been intensively surveyed by scientists and picked over by fishermen, it is still home to fishes that are waiting to be described. New research published in...

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Pelicans rescued from oil arrive in Pinellas

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:33:13 PDT

A rescue effort is saving the lives of oil-covered pelicans in Louisiana. The birds are rehabilitated then relocated to Florida beaches.The moment of freedom for thirty-two brown pelicans...

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Lone Whales Shout to Overcome Noise

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:36:05 PDT

Just like people in a bar or other noisy location, North American right whales increase the volume of their calls as environmental noise increases; and just like humans, at a certain point, it...

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Long-Term Fate of Gulf Oil Spill: Computer Simulations Show Oil Reaching Up the Atlantic Coastline and Toward Europe

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:33:30 PDT

The possible spread of the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig over the course of one year was studied in a series of computer simulations by a team of researchers from the School of Ocean...

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Isolation a Threat to Great Barrier Reef Fish

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:39:30 PDT

At first glance it may seem like a good idea to be a fish living the quiet life on a small and isolated reef.But a team of researchers has found that the opposite is the case on Australia's...

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Rare Creatures from the Deep

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:37:51 PDT

Scientists have just returned from a voyage with samples of rare animals and more than 10 possible new species in a trip which they say has revolutionised their thinking about deep-sea life in...

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