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#5246International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC3)
14 - 19 August 2014, Glasgow, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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#5257World Water Week: Water Cooperation – building partnerships
1 - 6 September 2013, Stockholm, Sweden
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#939062013-05-24
Marine forecasting on the horizon for Indian Ocean Rim.
Nearly all of the member countries of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) will attend the week-long workshop to further cooperation and understanding on international ocean forecasting capabilities and needs in the Indian Ocean.
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#938882013-05-23
World's largest undersea methane seep harbors variety of life
WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've discovered what may be the world's largest methane seep on the ocean floor, where life thrives under extreme conditions.
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#938082013-05-22
Abundance and Distribution of Hawaiian Coral Species Predicted by Model
May 21, 2013 — Researchers from the University of Hawaii -- Manoa (UHM) School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) developed species distribution models of the six dominant Hawaiian coral species around the main Hawaiian Islands including two species currently under consideration a ...
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#938222013-05-22
Coral reef spread 'ruled' by volcanoes
The Earth's ever-shifting geology is affecting the diversity of coral reefs across the Indian and Pacific oceans, a new study shows.
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#937672013-05-21
Many species of waterbirds thrive along the Seberang Prai and Kedah coastlines
SPOTTING a spoon-billed sandpiper was not on the agenda, but it happened. The first sighting in nine years in Penang, one might argue that only someone as bird-crazy as David Bakewell, an environmental consultant and avid birdwatcher, could have spotted it.
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#937722013-05-21
Blue whales making comeback in New Zealand waters
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 20 (UPI) -- Blue whales, the world's largest animal almost hunted to extinction in the 19th Century, are making a comeback in waters off New Zealand, scientists say.
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#937152013-05-16
Gender-bending fish share their secrets
When David Booth spotted his first seadragon he thought the colourful 40 centimetre-long fish looked like an intergalactic hybrid: half alien, half animated seaweed. "They are amazing things," the marine ecologist says.
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#936932013-05-15
Industrialized fishing has forced seabirds to change what they eat
The bleached bones of seabirds are telling us a new story about the far-reaching impacts of industrial fisheries on today's oceans.
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#936622013-05-14
First grey whale spotted south of the equator
Namibia sighting suggests much-hunted whales are regaining ancient migratory routes, or may be down to climate disruption
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#936442013-05-13
Great Barrier Reef is at risk even if it doesn't make Unesco's danger list
UN World Heritage Committee to rule on whether fossil fuel industry threatens Australia's reef, but its coral is already in peril
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#936102013-05-10
Scientists discover that marine animals disperse seagrass
Lesser known than coral reefs, marine seagrass ecosystems are rich in biodiversity and are powerhouses when it comes to sequestering carbon dioxide.
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#935852013-05-09
Deep Sea DNA Discovered From Fossils Of Ancient Single-Celled Creatures.
In the middle of the South Atlantic, there's a patch of sea almost devoid of life. There are no birds, few fish, not even much plankton. But researchers report that they've found buried treasure under the empty waters: ancient DNA hidden in the muck of the sea floor, which lies 5000 meters below ...
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#935862013-05-09
Expedition finds biodiversity around undersea mountain
Rio de Janeiro: A group of scientists aboard a submarine capable of diving to depths of 6,500 meters discovered an "oasis" of biodiversity around the South Atlantic's largest undersea mountain, located off the coast of Brazil.
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#935942013-05-09
Overfishing threatens quarter of key grouper species
A quarter of grouper fish species face extinction or are near threatened because of overfishing and poor management of coral reef fisheries, and a further 30 per cent are so understudied there is not enough data to assess how threatened they are, according to a study.
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#935742013-05-08
Developing a clearer understanding of ocean ecosystems
The EU-funded HERMIONE project ('Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man's Impact on European Seas') has contributed much needed data on the complexity of deep-sea ecosystems.
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#935592013-05-07
In Pursuit of an Underwater Menagerie
After a long, cold swim in the dark, we spotted it on the night reef with our dive lights: Octopus ornatus, the ornate octopus, a foot-long creature in an amber shade of orange with bright white spots and dashes along all its arms.
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#935602013-05-07
Developing a clearer understanding of ocean ecosystems
The EU-funded HERMIONE project ('Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man's Impact on European Seas') has contributed much needed data on the complexity of deep-sea ecosystems.
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#935382013-05-06
Boom in Jellyfish: Overfishing Called Into Question
May 3, 2013 — Will we soon be forced to eat jellyfish? Since the beginning of the 2000s, these gelatinous creatures have invaded many of the world's seas, like the Japan Sea, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, etc.
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#935242013-05-03
Lasting progress in conservation depends on cross-sector synergies
For a community dependent on natural resources to flourish it must promote both the immediate goals of better health and economic conditions and the long-term goals of environmental conservation. Bringing about sustainable development can be a fine balancing act. Focusing too much on any single ...
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#934852013-04-30
Huge toxic algae bloom expected for Lake Erie
Scientists are warning that conditions are perfect for a bumper crop of algae to grow in Lake Erie this summer.They say heavy April showers are washing fertilizer off farm fields into the water in larger amounts, and those chemicals feed algae blooms that starve the lake of oxygen.
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#934532013-04-29
Major pan-European study conducted on ocean acidification
More than 160 researchers across 10 European countries joined together, in what is being hailed as the first international project to focus on ocean acidification and its consequences.
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#934132013-04-25
China 'looting' Africa of its fish
Just 9% of the millions of tonnes of fish caught by China's giant fishing fleet in African and other international waters is officially reported to the UN, say researchers using a new way to estimate the size and value of catches.