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A global responsibility to help vulnerable communities adapt
For one international community - the 165,000 strong Inuit community dispersed across the Arctic coastline in small, remote coastal settlements in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Siberia - it is already too late to prevent some of the negative effects of climate change.   view more (2009-05-28)

Ocean 'dead zones' trigger sex changes in fish, posing extinction threat
Oxygen depletion in the world's oceans, primarily caused by agricultural run-off and pollution, could spark the development of far more male fish than female, thereby threatening some species with extinction.   view more (2006-03-30)

Scripps study sets high economic value on threatened Mexican mangroves
The ecological value of coastal mangrove forests in Mexico has been apparent to marine scientists for years. Now, for the first time, researchers have used a wide-ranging compilation of fisheries landings, the official record of fish catches, to place an economic price tag on that value.   view more (2008-07-22)

DNA provides 'smoking gun' in the case of the missing songbirds
It sounds like a tale straight from "CSI": The bully invades a home and does away with the victim, then is ultimately found out with the help of DNA evidence.   view more (2008-11-05)

In computer models and observations, researchers see potential for significant 'red tide' season
The end of April usually brings the first signs of harmful algae in New England waters, and this year, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and North Carolina State University (NC State) are preparing for a potentially big bloom.   view more (2008-04-25)

In Computer Models and Seafloor Observations, Researchers See Potential for Significant 2008 "Red Tide" Season
The end of April usually brings the first signs of harmful algae in New England waters, and this year, researchers participating in the Gulf of Maine Toxicity (GOMTOX) study-led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)--are preparing for a potentially big bloom.   view more (2008-04-28)

New origin found for a critical immune response
An immune system response that is critical to the first stages of fighting off viruses and harmful bacteria comes from an entirely different direction than most scientists had thought, according to a finding by researchers at the Duke University Medical Center.   view more (2009-03-02)

Report highlights surprising resilience of Britain's seaside towns
Research published today (Thursday 19 June) challenges accepted stereotypes of seaside town economies. A common assumption has been that the rising popularity of foreign holidays has led to economic decline in Britain's seaside towns. A new report, released today (Thursday) at the British Resorts Association annual conference, paints a more... view more... (2003-06-16)

Are wolves the pronghorn's best friend?
As western states debate removing the gray wolf from protection under the Endangered Species Act, a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society cautions that doing so may result in an unintended decline in another species: the pronghorn, a uniquely North American animal that resembles an African antelope.   view more (2008-03-04)

Sophisticated monitoring array to address mystery of uranium plume
Scientists have puzzled for years about why uranium contamination in groundwater continues to exceed drinking water standards in an area located at the south end of the Hanford Site. The Department of Energy wants answers to why the uranium persists.   view more (2008-09-18)

CSIRO imagery shows outer Great Barrier Reef at risk from river plumes
A stunning series of satellite imagery of Australia's Great Barrier Reef released by the CSIRO shows for the first time visual confirmation of the theory that sediment plumes travel to the outer reef, and beyond.   view more (2007-02-28)

Tags reveal white sharks have neighborhoods in the north Pacific, say Stanford researchers
The white shark may be the ultimate loner of the ocean, cruising thousands of miles in a solitary trek, but a team of researchers has discovered that the sharks have maintained such a consistent pattern of migration that over tens of thousands of years the white sharks in the northeastern Pacific Ocean have separated themselves into a population... view more... (2009-11-04)

More accurate FEMA flood maps could help avoid significant damages and losses
Significant loss of life, destroyed property and businesses, and repairs to infrastructure could be avoided by replacing Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps with ones that contain high-accuracy and high-resolution land surface elevation data, says a new report from the National Research Council.   view more (2009-01-26)

THE PARTICULAR BIOLOGICAL STRATEGY OF THE SHRIMP Penaeus subtilis IN GUIANA
Each year 3000-4000 tonnes of shrimps are landed at Larivot, a Guianan port not far from Cayenne. The sector concerned is the most productive area among Guianan fisheries, represents nearly 300 million Francs of business and supports 600 jobs. In the national perspective, Larivot is in eighth place in terms of value of landings. In French Guianan... view more... (1999-07-07)

Toxic molecule may help birds 'see' north and south
Researchers at the University of Illinois report that a toxic molecule known to damage cells and cause disease may also play a pivotal role in bird migration.   view more (2009-06-23)

Underwater Microscope Helps Prevent Shellfish Poisoning Along Gulf Coast of Texas
Through the use of an automated, underwater cell analyzer developed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), researchers and coastal managers were recently able to detect a bloom of harmful marine algae in the Gulf of Mexico and prevent human consumption of tainted shellfish.   view more (2008-04-14)

Why wind turbines can mean death for bats
Power-generating wind turbines have long been recognized as a potentially life-threatening hazard for birds. But at most wind facilities, bats actually die in much greater numbers.   view more (2008-08-26)

Immigrant Sun: Our star could be far from where it started in Milky Way
A long-standing scientific belief holds that stars tend to hang out in the same general part of a galaxy where they originally formed. Some astrophysicists have recently questioned whether that is true, and now new simulations show that, at least in galaxies similar to our own Milky Way, stars such as the sun can migrate great distances.   view more (2008-09-16)

Cellular cues identified for stroke recovery
When a stroke strikes, the supply of blood to the part of the brain affected is interrupted, starving it of oxygen. Brain cells can be seriously damaged or die, impairing local brain function.   view more (2006-12-26)

Rapid Sea Level Rise in the Arctic Ocean May Alter Views of Human Migration
Scientists have found new evidence that the Bering Strait near Alaska flooded into the Arctic Ocean about 11,000 years ago, about 1,000 years earlier than widely believed, closing off the land bridge thought to be the major route for human migration from Asia to the Americas.    view more (2006-10-12)
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