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Public Release: 22-Aug-2012
 NeoBiotaSurvival without water: A key trait of an aquatic invader to spread How can aquatic invertebrates spread among different catchments? Spanish researchers have found that an invasive snail from New Zealand (the mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum) can survive up to two days out of water. This allows the species to use birds or fishing tools as vectors to invade new water bodies. Contact: Álvaro Alonso
Public Release: 22-Aug-2012
PLOS ONETraumatic mating may offer fitness benefits for female sea slugs Female sea slugs mate more frequently than required to produce offspring, despite the highly traumatic and biologically costly nature of their copulation, as reported Aug. 22 in the open access journal PLOS ONE. Contact: Yael Franco
Public Release: 21-Aug-2012
Silicone foul release coatings show promise to manage invasive mussels at water facilities Reclamation has found that silicone foul release coatings may be an important tool for mitigating invasive quagga and zebra mussels' impacts to water and hydropower infrastructure. Allen D. Skaja, Ph.D., PCS, of Reclamation's Technical Service Center tested more than 50 coatings and metal alloys over three years at Parker Dam on the Colorado River. Contact: Peter Soeth
Public Release: 21-Aug-2012
Brazil joins international marine research effort Brazil recently joined an international marine research effort to document environmental change by monitoring and sampling the unseen world beneath the sea floor. Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 21-Aug-2012
American Chemical Society's 244th National Meeting & ExpositionFueling nuclear power with seawater A new absorbent material may be able to soak up enough trace uranium in seawater to help fuel future nuclear power plants. Tests by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory showed the material, which was developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, can soak up more than two times the uranium than a similar material developed in Japan. 
US Department of Energy
Contact: Franny White
Public Release: 20-Aug-2012
Nature Climate ChangeMarine species at risk unless drastic protection policies put in place Many marine species will be harmed or won't survive if the levels of carbon dioxide continue to increase. Current protection policies and management practices are unlikely to be enough to save them. Unconventional, non-passive methods to conserve marine ecosystems need to be considered if various marine species are to survive. Contact: Anne Stark
Public Release: 20-Aug-2012
Trends in Ecology and EvolutionSea life 'facing major shock' Life in the world's oceans faces far greater change and risk of large-scale extinctions than at any previous time in human history, a team of the world's leading marine scientists has warned. The researchers from Australia, the US, Canada, Germany, Panama, Norway and the UK have compared events which drove massive extinctions of sea life in the past with what is observed to be taking place in the seas and oceans globally today.
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
Contact: John Pandolfi
Public Release: 20-Aug-2012
Nature GeoscienceWhy do the Caribbean Islands arc? The Caribbean islands have been pushed east over the last 50 million years, driven by the movement of the Earth's viscous mantle against the more rooted South American continent, reveals new research by geophysicists from USC. Contact: Suzanne Wu
Public Release: 20-Aug-2012
BioScienceEcologist: Genetically engineered algae for biofuel pose potential risks that should be studied Algae are high on the genetic engineering agenda as a potential source for biofuel, and they should be subjected to independent studies of any environmental risks that could be linked to cultivating algae for this purpose, two prominent researchers say. Contact: Allison Snow
Public Release: 19-Aug-2012
Nature Climate ChangeImproving water quality can help save coral reefs Research from the University of Southampton and the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton has found that an imbalance of nutrients in reef waters can increase the bleaching susceptibility of reef corals. Contact: Glenn Harris
Public Release: 16-Aug-2012
Ohioans love their lakes, but are concerned for their future Almost 41 percent of Ohioans have visited a lake, pond, river or creek in the state in the past year, and of those, nearly one-half usually spend their water-related recreational time at Lake Erie, according to a report. The findings suggest Ohio residents value their lakes and rivers but also face contaminants in those bodies of water.
Lake Erie Protection Fund
Contact: Timothy Buckley
Public Release: 16-Aug-2012
Coral ReefsInvasive brittle star species hits Atlantic Ocean Coral Reefs, the journal of the International Society for Reef Studies, has published online a study co-written by Dr. Gordon Hendler of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County about an invasive species of brittle star, Ophiothela mirabilis. The species was previously restricted to Pacific waters, but surprisingly, growing populations have established themselves at distant points in the Atlantic. Its presence near Brazilian and Caribbean ports indicates that O. mirabilis could have been spread by shipping. Contact: Kristin Friedrich
Public Release: 16-Aug-2012
Sea-surfing 'wave glider' robot deployed to help track white sharks in the Pacific A sleek, unmanned Wave Glider robot has been deployed off the US coast near San Francisco -- the latest addition to an arsenal of ocean observing technologies revealing in real time the mysterious travels of great white sharks and other magnificent marine creatures. The self-propelled, solar-powered glider is part of a new network including data receivers on fixed buoys that will pick up signals from acoustic tags on animals passing within 1,000 feet and transmit the data to a research team on shore. Contact: Terry Collins
Public Release: 15-Aug-2012
Naturwissenschaften -- The Science of Nature'Dinosaur bends' caused by prolonged diving Dinosaur-like creatures may have injured themselves during leisurely deep-sea diving trips and not from resurfacing too quickly, as previously thought. Contact: Ryan Sheales
Public Release: 15-Aug-2012
NatureNSF's South Pole Telescope discovers a galaxy cluster creating stars at a record pace A National Science Foundation-funded radio telescope in Antarctica has found an extraordinary galaxy cluster that may force astronomers to rethink how galaxy clusters and the galaxies that inhabit them evolve.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Deborah Wing
Public Release: 15-Aug-2012
Conservation BiologyNOAA: Underwater noise decreases whale communications in Stellwagen Bank sanctuary According to a NOAA-led paper published today in the journal Conservation Biology, high levels of background noise, mainly due to ships, have reduced the ability of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales to communicate with each other by about two-thirds.
National Oceanographic Partnership Program
Contact: Keeley Belva
Public Release: 15-Aug-2012
Greenland melting breaks record 4 weeks before season's end Melting over the Greenland ice sheet shattered the seasonal record on Aug. 8 -- a full four weeks before the close of the melting season, reports Marco Tedesco, assistant professor of Earth and atmospheric sciences at the City College of New York.
National Science Foundation, NASA
Contact: Jessa Netting
Public Release: 15-Aug-2012
NatureGlobal ocean health gets passing grade: UBC researchers The health of the world's oceans received a score of 60 out of 100 from a team of international scientists, including fisheries researchers at the University of British Columbia. Contact: Kristin Kleisner
Public Release: 15-Aug-2012
NatureNature study highlights many paths to ocean health Using a new comprehensive index designed to assess the benefits to people of healthy oceans, scientists have evaluated the ecological, social, economic, and political conditions for every coastal country in the world. Their findings, published today in the journal Nature, show that the global ocean scores 60 out of 100 overall on the Ocean Health Index. Individual country scores range widely, from 36 to 86. Contact: Gail Gallessich
Public Release: 15-Aug-2012
NatureRating of ocean health shows 'room for improvement' An international group of more than 30 researchers today gave a score to every coastal nation on their contribution to the health of the world's oceans, which showed the United States as being slightly above average, and identified food provision, tourism and recreation as leading concerns.
Conservation International
Contact: Karen McLeod
Public Release: 14-Aug-2012
How do they do it? Predictions are in for Arctic sea ice low point Each year scientists predict the low point of Arctic Sea ice. The final predictions were released Aug. 13. But how do they do it? University of Washington researchers used some new techniques this year in hopes of improving the accuracy of their prediction.
NSF, NASA
Contact: Nancy Gohring
Public Release: 14-Aug-2012
New book explores Noah's Flood; says Bible and science can get along David Montgomery, a University of Washington geologist and MacArthur award winner, is the author of a new book that explores the long history of religious thinking on matters of geological discovery, particularly flood stories such as the biblical account of Noah's ark. Contact: Vince Stricherz
Public Release: 14-Aug-2012
Nature GeoscienceMarine research in the Brazilian rainforest Until recent decades the Atlantic Rainforest covered a large area of today's Brazil from Amazonas to present-day Argentina. In the 1970s, after years of deforestation, this rainforest was almost completely destroyed, mainly replaced by cattle pastures. This study reveals an unexpected aspect of deforestation. Contact: Dr. Thorsten Dittmar
Public Release: 14-Aug-2012
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic SciencesPotent human toxins prevalent in Canada's freshwaters A new paper just published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences shows that microcystin, a toxin produced by cyanobacteria, is present in Canadian lakes in every province. Contact: Jenny Ryan
Public Release: 13-Aug-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesHurricanes can be 50 percent stronger if passing over fresh water, says Texas A&M study If a hurricane's path carries it over large areas of fresh water, it will potentially intensify 50 percent faster than those that do not pass over such regions, meaning it has greater potential to become a stronger storm and be more devastating, according to a study co-written by a group of researchers at Texas A&M University.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation of China
Contact: Keith Randall
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