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Public Release: 26-May-2013
 Nature Geoscience
Climate researchers discover new rhythm for El Niño
Why El Niņo peaks around Christmas and ends quickly by February to April has been a long-standing mystery. The answer lies in an interaction between El Niņo and the annual cycle that results in an unusual tropical Pacific wind pattern with a period of 15 months, according to a team of scientists at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Their study appears in the May 26, 2013, online issue of Nature Geoscience.

National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, NOAA, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 973 Program of China, China Meteorological Special Project
Contact: Gisela Speidel
gspeidel@hawaii.edu
808-956-9252
University of Hawaii ‑ SOEST
Public Release: 23-May-2013
 Current Biology
Scientists offer first definitive proof of bacteria-feeding behavior in green algae
Researchers have captured images of green alga consuming bacteria, offering a glimpse at how early organisms dating back more than 1 billion years may have acquired free-living photosynthetic cells. This acquisition is thought to be a critical first step in the evolution of photosynthetic algae and land plants, which, in turn, contributed to the increase in oxygen levels in Earth's atmosphere and ocean and provided one of the conditions necessary for animal evolution.

American Museum of Natural History, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Contact: Kendra Snyder
ksnyder@amnh.org
212-496-3419
American Museum of Natural History
Public Release: 23-May-2013
Scientists announce top 10 new species
An amazing glow-in-the-dark cockroach, a harp-shaped carnivorous sponge and the smallest vertebrate on Earth are just three of the newly discovered top 10 species selected by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University. A global committee of taxonomists -- scientists responsible for species exploration and classification -- announced its list of top 10 species from 2012 today, May 23.
Contact: Sandra Leander
sandra.leander@asu.edu
480-965-9865
Arizona State University
Public Release: 22-May-2013
 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Thinking 'big' may not be best approach to saving large-river fish
Large-river specialist fishes -- from giant species like paddlefish and blue catfish, to tiny crystal darters and silver chub -- are in danger, but researchers say there is greater hope to save them if major tributaries identified in a University of Wisconsin-Madison study become a focus of conservation efforts.
Contact: Brenda Pracheil
pracheil@wisc.edu
402-613-0315
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Public Release: 22-May-2013
 Frontiers in Neural Circuits
Eyes on the prey
For most animal species, moving objects play a major role in the processing of sensory impressions in the brain, as they often signal the presence of a welcome prey or an imminent threat. This is also true of the zebrafish larva, which has to react to the movements of its prey. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg have investigated how the brain uses the information from the visual system for the execution of quicker movements.
Contact: Johann H. Bollmann
johann.bollmann@mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de
49-622-148-6282
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Public Release: 22-May-2013
UC Riverside announces science research grants related to immortality
Phenomena related to near-death experiences, immortality in virtual reality, and genes that prevent a species of freshwater hydra from aging are among the first research proposals funded by The Immortality Project at the University of California, Riverside.

John Templeton Foundation
Contact: Bettye Miller
bettye.miller@ucr.edu
951-827-7847
University of California - Riverside
Public Release: 21-May-2013
 Marine Mammal Science
Study reveals how fishing gear can cause slow death of whales
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. The monitoring revealed how fishing gear hinders whales' ability to eat and migrate, depletes their energy as they drag gear for months or years, and can result in a slow death.
Contact: Media Relations Office
media@whoi.edu
508-289-3340
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Public Release: 21-May-2013
U-M Water Center awards $570K in Great Lakes restoration grants
The new University of Michigan Water Center today awarded 12 research grants, totaling nearly $570,000, to support Great Lakes restoration and protection efforts.
Contact: Jim Erickson
ericksn@umich.edu
734-647-1842
University of Michigan
Public Release: 20-May-2013
 Marine Ecology Progress Series
Abundance and distribution of Hawaiian coral species predicted by model
Researchers from the University of Hawaii, Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology developed species distribution models of the six dominant Hawaiian coral species around the main Hawaiian Islands, including two species currently under consideration as threatened or endangered.

National Marine Sanctuary Program, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation
Contact: Marcie Grabowski
mworkman@hawaii.edu
808-956-3151
University of Hawaii ‑ SOEST
Public Release: 20-May-2013
Unraveling the Napo's mystery
In the United States, rivers and their floodplains are well-documented and monitored. Ecuador's largest river, however, remains largely mysterious.

National Science Foundation, NASA, World Wildlife Fund, National Geographic Society
Contact: Layne Cameron
layne.cameron@cabs.msu.edu
517-353-8819
Michigan State University

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