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Showing releases 201-225 out of 991. << < 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 > >>
Public Release: 25-Sep-2012
164th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of AmericaThe science of sound resonates at Acoustical Society Meeting in Kansas City, October 22-26 Perfect pitch, dolphin communication, and noise in the community and in nature are just some of the intriguing topics that will be presented at the 164th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Contact: Charles E. Blue
Public Release: 24-Sep-2012
 Molecular EcologyNew CU-Boulder study clarifies diversity, distribution of cutthroat trout in Colorado A novel genetic study led by the University of Colorado Boulder has helped to clarify the native diversity and distribution of cutthroat trout in Colorado, including the past and present haunts of the federally endangered greenback cutthroat trout. 
National Parks Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Forest Service, US Bureau of Land Management, Trout Unlimited
Contact: Jessica Metcalf
Public Release: 24-Sep-2012
Gas outlets off Spitsbergen are no new phenomenon Marine scientists from Kiel, together with colleagues from Bremen, Great Britain, Switzerland and Norway, spent four and a half weeks examining methane emanation from the sea bed off the coast of Spitsbergen with the German research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN. There they gained a very differentiated picture: Several of the gas outlets have been active for hundreds of years. Contact: Jan Steffen
Public Release: 24-Sep-2012
AZTI-Tecnalia to collaborate with China Academy of Environmental Sciences AZTI-Tecnalia, the Basque technological centre specialising in marine and food research, has signed a joint working agreement with the China Academy of Environmental Sciences to develop R+D projects for environmental prevention and recovery at sea and on the coast. The agreement is a further example of AZTI-Tecnalia as an international technological center of reference. Contact: Aitziber Lasa Iglesias
Public Release: 23-Sep-2012
Nature Climate ChangeScientists predict major shifts in Pacific ecosystems by 2100 Scientific models suggest that major Pacific ecosystems will move hundreds of miles by 2100 as a result of climate change. The results of this research could help officials manage the potentially significant impacts – on sea creatures and humans – of marine habitat shifts. Contact: Karen Marvin
Public Release: 23-Sep-2012
Nature GeoscienceLarge bacterial population colonized land 2.75 billion years ago New University of Washington research suggests that early microbes might have been widespread on land, producing oxygen and weathering pyrite, an iron sulfide mineral, which released sulfur and molybdenum into the oceans.
National Science Foundation, University of Washington/Astronomy Department's Virtual Planet Laboratory
Contact: Vince Stricherz
Public Release: 23-Sep-2012
International Water Science ConferenceUN, other experts warn of 'water bankruptcy' for many regions after reviewing 200 major global projects A study of almost 200 major international water-related projects funded by the Global Environment Facility over the past 20 years reveals a suite of existing and emerging challenges and how science can offer remedies. GEF, the largest public funder of such projects, partnered with the UN University and the UN Environment Program to extract lessons from a $7 billion portfolio of past effort. Contact: Terry Collins
Public Release: 23-Sep-2012
Nature GeoscienceStratosphere targets deep sea to shape climate A University of Utah study suggests something amazing: Periodic changes in winds 15 to 30 miles high in the stratosphere influence the seas by striking a vulnerable "Achilles heel" in the North Atlantic and changing mile-deep ocean circulation patterns, which in turn affect Earth's climate.
University of Utah
Contact: Lee Siegel
Public Release: 21-Sep-2012
ScienceUnusual symbiosis discovered in marine microorganisms Scientists have discovered an unusual symbiosis between tiny single-celled algae and highly specialized bacteria in the ocean. The partnership plays an important role in fertilizing the oceans by taking nitrogen from the atmosphere and "fixing" it into a form that other organisms can use.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 20-Sep-2012
PLOS ONENew turtle tracking technique may aid efforts to save loggerhead The old adage "you are what you eat" is helping scientists better understand the threatened loggerhead turtle, which is the primary nester on Central Florida's beaches.
Florida's Sea Turtle Grants Program
Contact: Zenaida Gonzalez Kotala
Public Release: 20-Sep-2012
Journal of PhycologyDNA analysis aids in classifying single-celled algae For nearly 260 years -- since Carl Linnaeus developed his system of naming plants and animals -- researchers classified species based on visual attributes like color, shape and size. In the past few decades, researchers found that sequencing DNA can more accurately identify species. A group of single-celled algae -- Symbiodinum -- that live inside corals and are critical to their survival -- are only now being separated into species using DNA analysis, according to biologists.
National Science Foundation
Contact: A'ndrea Elyse Messer
Public Release: 20-Sep-2012
Novel plastic-and-papyrus restoration project Environmental scheme funded by the German REWE Group aims to create "floating islands" of recycled plastic bottles, containing the plant used to make the first paper Contact: Dr. David M. Harper
Public Release: 19-Sep-2012
PLOS ONEThe 'slippery slope to slime': Overgrown algae causing coral reef declines Researchers for the first time have confirmed some of the mechanisms by which overfishing and nitrate pollution can help destroy coral reefs -- it appears they allow an overgrowth of algae that can bring with it unwanted pathogens, choke off oxygen and disrupt helpful bacteria.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Rebecca Vega-Thurber
Public Release: 19-Sep-2012
GeologyGEOLOGY adds 30 new articles online This month, GSA's top geoscience journal, Geology, has posted 30 new articles ahead of print. Locations studied include Bhutan; the James Bay Lowland of Canada; Mount Taranaki, New Zealand; Fort Stanton Cave and Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico, USA; the Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru; the Nile Delta; and Mars. Topics include methane hydrates, microbial micro-tunneling, fibrous diamonds, climate change, cosmic rays, and maars. Also in Geology: the first application of CARS microscopy to the geosciences. Contact: Kea Giles
Public Release: 19-Sep-2012
PalaeontologyCT scan and 3-D print help scientists reconstruct an ancient mollusk Using a combination of traditional and innovative model-building techniques, scientists in the US and a specialist in Denmark have created a lifelike reconstruction of an ancient mollusk, a multiplacophoran, offering a vivid portrait of a creature that lived about 390 million years ago, and answering questions about its place in the tree of life, as described in the Sept. 18 edition of the journal Palaeontology. A video on the reconstruction is available. Contact: J.B. Bird
Public Release: 19-Sep-2012
NatureOyster genome uncover the stress adaptation and complexity of shell formation Chinese scientists report oyster genome uncover the stress adaptation and complexity of shell formation. Contact: Jia Liu
Public Release: 19-Sep-2012
Journal Of Quaternary ScienceDid a 'forgotten' meteor have a deadly, icy double-punch? When a huge meteor collided with Earth about 2.5 million years ago and fell into the southern Pacific Ocean it not only could have generated a massive tsunami but also may have plunged the world into the Ice Ages, a new study suggests. Contact: Bob Beale
Public Release: 19-Sep-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesWarming ocean could start big shift of Antarctic ice Fast-flowing and narrow glaciers have the potential to trigger massive changes in the Antarctic ice sheet and contribute to rapid ice-sheet decay and sea-level rise, a new study has found. Contact: Bob Beale
Public Release: 18-Sep-2012
Physical Review ECU mathematicians show how shallow water may help explain tsunami power While wave watching is a favorite pastime of beach-goers, few notice what is happening in the shallowest water. A closer look by two University of Colorado Boulder applied mathematicians has led to the discovery of interacting X- and Y-shaped ocean waves that may help explain why some tsunamis are able to wreak so much havoc. Contact: Mark Ablowitz
Public Release: 18-Sep-2012
Sea surface temperatures reach record highs on Northeast continental shelf During the first six months of 2012, sea surface temperatures in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem were the highest ever recorded, according to the latest Ecosystem Advisory issued by NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center. The annual 2012 spring plankton bloom was intense, started earlier and lasted longer than average. This has implications for marine life from the smallest creatures to the largest marine mammals like whales. Atlantic cod continued to shift northeastward from its historic distribution center.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Contact: Shelley Dawicki
Public Release: 18-Sep-2012
Learning from each other -- growing together Kiel University and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada want to work more closely together in the future. With this benchmark partnership, which is part of Kiel's quality management and internationalization strategy, the two universities are trying out a completely new form of international collaboration. Contact: Dr. Boris Pawlowski
Public Release: 17-Sep-2012
Geological Society of America BulletinSummer Geoscience from GSA Bulletin GSA Bulletin papers posted online from 20 July through 14 September 2012 elaborate on geoscience from Algeria, Mexico, Spain, Turkey, Nova Scotia, Switzerland, New Mexico, and the U.S. Rocky Mountains. Topics include tectonics, mineral formation, the Moho, age dating using zircon crystals, the Code of Stratigraphic Nomenclature, atmospheric CO2, and early animal evolution. Contact: Kea Giles
Public Release: 17-Sep-2012
Studies of Desoto canyon and shelf in Gulf of Mexico uncover upwelling during Hurricane Isaac As Hurricane Isaac barreled toward New Orleans, a team led by University of Miami (UM) Professor and Deep-C (Deep Sea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico) Co-Principal Investigator Nick Shay was planning NOAA's P-3 aircraft missions to fly into the storm.
Deep-C - Gulf of Mexico Reserach Institute
Contact: Barbra Gonzalez, UM Rosenstiel School
Public Release: 16-Sep-2012
Nature Climate ChangeMost coral reefs are at risk unless climate change is drastically limited Coral reefs face severe challenges even if global warming is restricted to the two degrees Celsius commonly perceived as safe for many natural and man-made systems. Warmer sea surface temperatures are likely to trigger more frequent and more intense mass coral bleaching events. Contact: Mareike Schodder
Public Release: 13-Sep-2012
Biology LettersSurviving without ice Some crustaceans, previously thought to spend their entire lives on the underside of Arctic sea ice, were recently discovered to migrate deep underwater and follow ocean currents back to colder areas when the ice melts.
Research Council of Norway, US-Norway Fulbright Program
Contact: Andrea Boyle Tippett
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