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New targets needed to protect Lake Erie from massive 'dead zone'Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Mar 06, 2014 Reducing the size of the Lake Erie "dead zone" to acceptable levels will require cutting nutrient pollution nearly in half in coming decades, at a time when climate change is expected to make such reductions more difficult. That's one of the main conclusions of a comprehensive new study that documents recent trends in Lake Erie's health. It offers science-based guidance to policymakers seeking to reduce the size of toxic algae blooms and oxygen-starved regions called hypoxic zones, or dead zones-t ... read more |
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 Japan to halve tuna catch in Northern Pacific: reports Scorcher summers predicted for Europe: study Japan widower dives tsunami waters to bring wife home Greeks protest against Syria chemical weapon destruction at sea Huge tract of Australia in 'biggest ever drought' Dalai Lama asks China to ease censorship | .. |
 Vitamin water: Measuring essential nutrients in the ocean The phrase, 'Eat your vitamins,' applies to marine animals just like humans. Many vitamins, including B-12, are elusive in the ocean environment. University of Washington researchers used new tools ... more | .. |
 Global warming felt to deepest reaches of ocean In the mid-1970s, the first available satellite images of Antarctica during the polar winter revealed a huge ice-free region within the ice pack of the Weddell Sea. This ice-free region, or polynya, ... more | .. |
 It's all water over the dam - but how and when it falls has huge impact on salmon By adjusting water discharges in ways designed to boost salmon productivity, officials at a dam in central Washington were able to more than triple the numbers of juvenile salmon downstream of the d ... more | .. |
 A "shark's eye" view: Witnessing the life of a top predator Instruments strapped onto and ingested by sharks are revealing novel insights into how one of the most feared and least understood ocean predators swims, eats and lives. For the first time, re ... more |
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 We want to save water, but do we know how? Many Americans are confused about the best ways to conserve water and have a slippery grasp on how much water different activities use, according to a national online survey conducted by an Indiana ... more | .. |
 Need a water filter? Peel a tree branch If you've run out of drinking water during a lakeside camping trip, there's a simple solution: Break off a branch from the nearest pine tree, peel away the bark, and slowly pour lake water through t ... more | .. |
 Marshall Islands want US to resolve unfinished nuclear legacy Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak called on the United States Saturday to resolve the "unfinished business" of its nuclear testing legacy in the western Pacific nation. ... more | .. |
 Unstable Atlantic deep ocean circulation under future climate conditions Today, deep waters formed in the northern North Atlantic fill approximately half of the deep ocean globally. In the process, this impacts on the circum-Atlantic climate, regional sea level, and soak ... more |
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 Uncovering the secret world of the Plastisphere Scientists are revealing how microbes living on floating pieces of plastic marine debris affect the ocean ecosystem, and the potential harm they pose to invertebrates, humans and other animals. New ... more | .. |
 Egypt plans dam-busting diplomatic offensive against Ethiopia Egypt may be in the throes of political turmoil, but the government has begun a diplomatic offensive aimed at stopping Ethiopia from building a huge hydroelectric dam on the Nile River that Cairo says will be a disaster for the Arab world's most populous nation. ... more | .. |
 Veolia reports loss, sees recovery, and shares surge French water and waste services group Veolia reported a net loss of 2013 on Thursday but said it expected better times this year, sending its shares surging. ... more | .. |
 Seed-filled buoys may help restore diverse sea meadows in San Francisco Bay A pearl net filled with seedpods, tethered by a rope anchored in the coastal mud but swaying with the tide, could be an especially effective way to restore disappearing marine meadows of eelgrass, a ... more |
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 Legal harvest of marine turtles tops 42,000 each year A new study has found that 42 countries or territories around the world permit the harvest of marine turtles - and estimates that more than 42,000 turtles are caught each year by these fisheries. ... more | .. |
 Faroe Islands steps up EU fish fight with WTO panel The Faroe Islands on Wednesday advanced its battle with the European Union over fishing rights as the World Trade Organisation agreed to examine the dispute. ... more | .. |
 We need to pull together to save oceans: Kerry US Secretary of State John Kerry warned royalty, corporate kings and environmental warriors Tuesday that governments won't save the seas without "significant impetus" from every sphere of society. ... more | .. |
 What is El Nino Taimasa? During very strong El Nino events, sea level drops abruptly in the tropical western Pacific and tides remain below normal for up to a year in the South Pacific, especially around Samoa. The Samoans ... more |
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 Robotic Exploration of Moon, Mars a Priority Opportunity Mars Rover Exploring Murray Ridge Area Russia to launch three lunar rovers from 2016 to 2019 China to launch first "space shuttle bus" this year A small step toward discovering habitable earths Spiral galaxy spills blood and guts | .. |
 Frequent flyers, bottle gourds crossed the ocean many times Bottle gourds traveled the Atlantic Ocean from Africa and were likely domesticated many times in various parts of the New World, according to a team of scientists who studied bottle gourd genetics t ... more | .. |
 In Chile, rival barnacles keep competition cool Here are two facts that make the lowly barnacle important: They are popular models for ecology research, and they are very sensitive to temperature. Given that, the authors of a new study about a be ... more | .. |
 Salt Stratification Determines the Fate of Fish Stocks in the Baltic Sea In the Baltic Sea, two cod stocks evolve independently. Also the juveniles of two economically important flatfish species, flounder and plaice, live there within limited space. This is possible due ... more | .. |
 Graduate Student Makes Major Discovery About Seal Evolution In the world of science, one of the most exciting things a researcher can do is pin down an answer to a widely asked question. This experience came early for Carleton University graduate Thomas Cull ... more |
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 Deep ocean needs policy, stewardship where it never existed Technological advances have made the extraction of deep sea mineral and precious metal deposits feasible, and the dwindling supply of land-based materials creates compelling economic incentives for ... more | .. |
 Indonesia announces world's biggest manta ray sanctuary Indonesia on Friday instituted the world's biggest manta ray sanctuary covering millions of square kilometres as it seeks to protect the huge winged fish and draw more tourists to the sprawling archipelago. ... more | .. |
 Australian inquiry finds reef board mining conflict 'unfounded' An inquiry has found that two members of the board which manages Australia's Great Barrier Reef have no conflict of interest despite links to the resources sector, Environment Minister Greg Hunt said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Ancient herring catch nets fisheries weakness Archaeological data indicate modern herring management needs to take a longer look into the past to manage fisheries for the future says a new study involving Simon Fraser University researchers. ... more |
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