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Watch a harbor seal colony in La Jolla, California: Seal Cam. This resource is provided by the Western Alliance for Nature Conservancy.
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Video: Using a "patient monitoring" device attached to a whale entangled in fishing gear, scientists showed for the first time how fishing lines changed a whale's diving and swimming behavior. See the video 
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Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
 Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesNovel enzyme from tiny gribble could prove a boon for biofuels research Researchers from the United Kingdom, the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and the University of Kentucky have recently published a paper describing a novel cellulose-degrading enzyme from a marine wood borer Limnoria quadripunctata, commonly known as the gribble. 
US Department of Energy
Contact: David Glickson
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
The AukBay Area thrushes nest together, winter together, and face change together Swainson's thrushes, from a local population near Bolinas, Calif., spend their winters together in Mexico, according to a new tracking study released by Point Blue Conservation Science. This result is important because it shows that the conservation of habitat for these local populations in California is tightly linked with climate and habitat changes in Mexico, where these birds spend their winters, 1,600 miles away. Contact: Renee Cormier
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
GeosphereGeosphere details the geology of North America with 6 new papers online Each of the six new papers published in Geosphere on June 13 address geoscience compiled in specially themed issues: "CRevolution 2: Origin and Evolution of the Colorado River System II"; "The 36-18 Ma southern Great Basin, USA, ignimbrite province and flareup: Swarms of subduction-related supervolcanoes"; "New Developments in Grenville Geology"; and "Origin and Evolution of the Sierra Nevada and Walker Lane." Contact: Kea Giles
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
NOAA, partners predict possible record-setting deadzone for Gulf of Mexico NOAA-supported modelers at the University of Michigan, Louisiana State University, and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium are forecasting that this year's Gulf of Mexico hypoxic "dead" zone will be between 7,286 and 8,561 square miles which could place it among the ten largest recorded. A second NOAA-funded forecast, for the Chesapeake Bay, calls for a smaller than average dead zone in the nation's largest estuary.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Geological Survey
Contact: Ben Sherman
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
Water Resources ResearchSmall dam construction to reduce greenhouse emissions is causing ecosystem disruption Researchers conclude in a new report that a global push for small hydropower projects, supported by various nations and also the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, may cause unanticipated and potentially significant losses of habitat and biodiversity.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Desiree Tullos
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
Proceedings of the Royal Society BOrigins of 'The Hoff' crab revealed The history of a new type of crab, nicknamed 'The Hoff' because of its hairy chest, which lives around hydrothermal vents deep beneath the Southern Ocean and Indian Ocean, has been revealed for the first time. Contact: University of Oxford Press Office
Public Release: 18-Jun-2013
Nature CommunicationsStone Age technological and cultural innovation accelerated by climate According to a study by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the University of Cardiff and the Natural History Museum in London, technological innovation during the Stone Age occurred in fits and starts and was climate-driven. Abrupt changes in rainfall in South Africa 40,000 to 80,000 years ago triggered the development of technologies for finding refuge and the behavior of modern humans. This study was recently published in Nature Communications. Contact: Rainer Zahn
Public Release: 17-Jun-2013
EcoHealthBullfrogs may help spread deadly amphibian fungus, but also die from it Amphibian populations are declining worldwide and a major cause is a deadly fungus thought to be spread by bullfrogs, but a two-year study shows they can also die from this pathogen, contrary to suggestions that bullfrogs are a tolerant carrier host that just spreads the disease. Contact: Andrew Blaustein
Public Release: 17-Jun-2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPesticides significantly reduce biodiversity in aquatic environments The pesticides, many of which are currently used in Europe and Australia, are responsible for reducing the regional diversity of invertebrates in streams and rivers by up to 42 percent, researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Helmholtz Association
Contact: Tilo Arnhold
Public Release: 17-Jun-2013
GeologyNew 'embryonic' subduction zone found A new subduction zone forming off the coast of Portugal heralds the beginning of a cycle that will see the Atlantic Ocean close as continental Europe moves closer to America. Contact: Emily Walker
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