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Use this interactive map to discover data and multimedia from a variety of ocean exploration expeditions: Digital Atlas. This resource is provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Video: Unagi, the sea-going Japanese freshwater eel, harbors a fluorescent protein that could serve as the basis for a revolutionary new clinical test for bilirubin, a critical indicator of human liver function, hemolysis, and jaundice, according to researchers from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute. See the video 
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Public Release: 11-Jul-2013
 Journal of HeredityKiller whale genetics: Redefining stock structure in a marine top predator By collecting 462 skin samples from both resident and transient wild killer whales in the northern North Pacific and characterizing individual genetic variability using two different genetic markers (mitochondrial DNA and nuclear microsatellites), scientists have discovered further subdivision within the whale stocks than was previously believed. In fact, the evidence is so strong that Parsons and her colleagues believe it's time to revise the killer whale stocks in the region. Contact: Nancy Steinberg
Public Release: 11-Jul-2013
Current BiologyGlass sponges take advantage of retreating Antarctic ice shelves The breakup and collapse of the Larsen A ice shelf in the western Weddell Sea in 1995 has resulted in fundamental changes to life on the sea bed in less than two decades. As reported by biologists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in the cover story of the current issue of the scientific journal Current Biology, Antarctic glass sponges have been the prime beneficiaries of the disappearance of the ice shelf. Contact: Sina Loeschke
Public Release: 11-Jul-2013
Current BiologyAs ice cover disappears, life in the frigid Antarctic moves fast It might be cold in the Antarctic, but that doesn't mean that life there necessarily moves slowly. A report appearing in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, on July 11 reveals the discovery of a surprisingly fast-growing community of glass sponges in an area formerly covered by permanent ice. With the ice at the surface disappearing, those little-known sponges are launching a seafloor takeover. Contact: Mary Beth O'Leary
Public Release: 10-Jul-2013
Environmental Science and TechnologyDiscovery of the 'Plastisphere' -- a new marine ecological community The masses of plastic debris that float over large areas of the world's oceans have become new ecological communities that scientists have named the "Plastisphere." Their report in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology suggests that these novel habitats in the North Atlantic Ocean may harbor potential disease-causing microbes. Contact: Michael Bernstein
Public Release: 10-Jul-2013
Atmospheric Science LettersCloud brightening to cool seas can protect coral reefs The seeding of marine clouds to cool sea surface temperatures could protect threatened coral reefs from being bleached by warming oceans. Research, published in Atmospheric Science Letters, proposes that a targeted version of the geo-engineering technique could give coral a fifty year 'breathing space' to recover from acidification and warming. Contact: Ben Norman
Public Release: 10-Jul-2013
PLOS ONENew virus discovered in stranded dolphin Researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and colleagues have identified a new virus associated with the death of a short-beaked dolphin found stranded on a beach in San Diego. It is the first time that a virus belonging to the polyomavirus family has been found in a dolphin. Results appear online in the journal PLOS ONE. Contact: Timothy S. Paul
Public Release: 10-Jul-2013
PLOS ONESharks stun sardine prey with tail-slaps Thresher sharks hunt schooling sardines in the waters off a small coral island in the Philippines by rapidly slapping their tails hard enough to stun or kill several of the smaller fish at once, according to research published July 10 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Simon Oliver of the Thresher Shark Research and Conservation Project, and colleagues from other institutions. Contact: Jyoti Madhusoodanan
Public Release: 9-Jul-2013
Palaeogeoraphy, Palaeocilmatology, PalaeoecologyJournal highlights Arctic sea ice study by UM professor New research by University of Montana bioclimatology Assistant Professor Ashley Ballantyne models the influence of Arctic sea ice on Arctic temperatures during the Pliocene era. His research was published in the Research Highlight section of the July issue of Nature Geoscience. The full paper will be published in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology: An International Journal for the Geosciences. 
National Science Foundation
Contact: Ashley Ballantyne
Public Release: 9-Jul-2013
Ecosystem-Based Management in PracticeICCB symposium to examine ecosystem management At the 26th International Congress for Conservation Biology, leading experts on ecosystem-based management will discuss what decision makers and researchers can learn from efforts that have been put into practice and what impacts these integrated ecosystem management projects have on coastal and marine systems and the people who depend on them. The symposium takes place on Thursday, July 25, at 8 a.m. Contact: David Orenstein
Public Release: 9-Jul-2013
AstrobiologyCU study shows how early Earth kept warm enough to support life Solving the "faint young sun paradox" -- explaining how early Earth was warm and habitable for life beginning more than three billion years ago even though the sun was 20 percent dimmer than today -- may not be as difficult as believed, says a new University of Colorado Boulder study.
NASA, National Science Foundation
Contact: Eric Wolf
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