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Public Release: 31-Jul-2012
 Endangered Species ResearchCritically endangered whales sing like birds; New recordings hint at rebound A University of Washington researcher and colleagues discovered the critically endangered bowhead whales singing like birds in the Fram Strait, indicating that the whales might be more populous than previously thought or that they sing a wide repertoire of songs, unlike other whales. 
NOAA
Contact: Nancy Gohring
Public Release: 31-Jul-2012
mBioAn avian flu that jumps from birds to mammals is killing New England's baby seals A novel avian influenza virus has acquired the ability to infect aquatic mammals and was responsible for an outbreak of fatal pneumonia that recently struck harbor seals in New England, according to scientists at the Center for Infection & Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, New England Aquarium, USGS National Wildlife Health Center, SeaWorld and EcoHealth Alliance.
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Contact: Stephanie Berger
Public Release: 31-Jul-2012
GeologyCoral reef thriving in sediment-laden waters Rapid rates of coral reef growth have been identified in sediment-laden marine environments, conditions previously believed to be detrimental to reef growth. A new study has established that Middle Reef – part of Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef – has grown more rapidly than many other reefs in areas with lower levels of sediment stress.
Natural Environment Research Council, Leverhulme Trust
Contact: Sarah Hoyle
Public Release: 30-Jul-2012
Endangered Species ResearchHumpback whales staying in Antarctic bays later into autumn Large numbers of humpback whales are remaining in bays along the Western Antarctic Peninsula to feast on krill late into the austral autumn, long after scientists thought their annual migrations to distant breeding grounds would begin, according to a new Duke University study.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Tim Lucas
Public Release: 30-Jul-2012
Environmental Science & Technology1 in 5 streams damaged by mine pollution in southern West Virginia Water pollution from surface coal mining has degraded more than 22 percent of streams and rivers in southern West Virginia to the point they may now qualify as impaired under state criteria, according to a new study by scientists at Duke and Baylor.
Sierra Club, Foundation for the Carolinas, Appalachian Voices
Contact: Tim Lucas
Public Release: 29-Jul-2012
Nature GeoscienceNew discovery of how carbon is stored in the Southern Ocean A team of British and Australian scientists has discovered an important method of how carbon is drawn down from the surface of the Southern Ocean to the deep waters beneath. The Southern Ocean is an important carbon sink in the world – around 40 percent of the annual global CO2 emissions absorbed by the world's oceans enter through this region. Contact: Audrey Stevens
Public Release: 27-Jul-2012
Researchers monitor 'red tides' in Chesapeake Bay Researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science continue to monitor the algal blooms that have been discoloring Chesapeake Bay waters during the last few weeks. These "red tides" occur in the lower Bay every summer, but have appeared earlier and across a wider area than in years past, likely due to last winter's warmth and this summer's heat. Contact: David Malmquist
Public Release: 27-Jul-2012
GSA TodayMartian polygons and deep-sea polygons on Earth: More evidence for ancient Martian oceans? Debate over the origin of large-scale polygons (hundreds of meters to kilometers in diameter) on Mars remains active even after several decades of detailed observations. Similarity in geometric patterns on Mars and Earth has long captured the imagination. In this new article from GSA Today, geologists at The University of Texas at Austin examine these large-scale polygons and compare them to similar features on Earth's seafloor, which they believe may have formed via similar processes. Contact: Kea Giles
Public Release: 26-Jul-2012
ESA 97th Annual MeetingKen Bierly of the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board to receive ESA Regional Policy Award The Ecological Society of America (ESA) will present its fifth annual Regional Policy Award to Ken Bierly of the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board during the Society's upcoming conference in Portland, Oregon. The ESA award recognizes an elected or appointed local policymaker who has an outstanding record of informing political decision-making with ecological science. Contact: Nadine Lymn
Public Release: 26-Jul-2012
WHOI scientists/engineers partner with companies to market revolutionary new instruments Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) researchers have partnered with two companies to build and market undersea technology developed at WHOI: The Imaging FlowCytobot, an automated underwater microscope, and BlueComm, an underwater communications system that uses light to provide wireless transmission of data, including video imagery, in real or near-real time. Contact: Media Office
Public Release: 26-Jul-2012
Marine Mammal ScienceThe fin whale, under more threat in the Mediterranean than thought Until now it was thought that fin whales in the Strait of Gibraltar and the Alboran Sea made up part of the distribution of this species of whale in the Mediterranean. However, an international team of scientists led by a Spaniard has revealed that their population has been overestimated by including specimens from the Atlantic that visit at certain times the western Mediterranean, where the noise generated by human activity affects their survival. Contact: SINC Team
Public Release: 25-Jul-2012
URI names prominent ocean scientist to lead Graduate School of Oceanography Following an international search, the University of Rhode Island has appointed Bruce H. Corliss dean of its Graduate School of Oceanography, effective September 2012. Dean Corliss will have executive responsibility for the school and provide leadership for its academic, research and outreach activities. Contact: Todd McLeish
Public Release: 25-Jul-2012
New milestone book documents changes in the south Florida marine ecosystem A new book, "Tropical Connections: South Florida's Marine Environment," documents the dramatic changes in south Florida's marine ecosystem over the last few decades. Published by IAN Press, it is the culmination of an unprecedented effort to assemble a summary of the status and threats to south Florida marine habitats, a unique environment of the United States that is under severe pressure because of activities related to human development. Contact: Amy Pelsinsky
Public Release: 25-Jul-2012
PLOS ONEInternational regulation curbs illegal trade of caviar A team of scientists from the Institute for Conservation Science at Stony Brook University and the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics at the American Museum of Natural History repeated a market survey of commercially available caviar in the New York City area that was conducted before the protection was put in place, and the results showed nearly a 50 percent decrease in fraudulently labeled caviar.
Pew Charitable Trusts, J.F. Thye, P.R. Thye, and others
Contact: Cindy Yeast
Public Release: 24-Jul-2012
British Journal of MicropalaeontologyTropical plankton invade Arctic waters For the first time, scientists have identified tropical and subtropical species of marine protozoa living in the Arctic Ocean. Apparently, they traveled thousands of miles on Atlantic currents and ended up above Norway with an unusual -- but naturally cyclic -- pulse of warm water, not as a direct result of overall warming climate, say the researchers. On the other hand: arctic waters are warming rapidly, and such pulses are predicted to grow as global climate change causes shifts in long-distance currents. Contact: Kevin Krajick
Public Release: 24-Jul-2012
Blue Ribbon Panel unveils findings on logistical improvements to support Antarctic science Today, the 12-member US Antarctic Program Blue Ribbon Panel, commissioned by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation released their report, 'More and Better Science in Antarctica through Increased Logistical Effectiveness.' The report is a comprehensive document based on several months of research, containing numerous specific recommendations for the US logistics system for improved support of scientific research in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Contact: Deborah Wing
Public Release: 23-Jul-2012
GeologyRubbing boulders, fossil mammal teeth, barrier islands, and a change in volcanic behavior In Geology: Researchers experience an earthquake while studying the Atacama's rubbing boulders; information from fossil mammals, such as tooth crown height, is used to track aridity patterns; calibration of the plant transpiration of an ancient terrestrial ecosystem is presented; researchers chronicle the discovery of a new chain of barrier islands in one the highest wave-energy environments on Earth; and a change in volcanic behavior at Pisciarelli, Campi Flegrei, Italy, comes to light. Contact: Kea Giles
Public Release: 23-Jul-2012
Proceedings of the Royal Society BSuperfast evolution in sea stars How quickly can new species arise? In as little as 6,000 years, according to a study of Australian sea stars.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Andy Fell
Public Release: 23-Jul-2012
Climate of the PastRise in temperatures and CO2 follow each other closely in climate change The greatest climate change the world has seen in the last 100,000 years was the transition from the ice age to the warm interglacial period. New research from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen indicates that, contrary to previous opinion, the rise in temperature and the rise in the atmospheric CO2 follow each other closely in terms of time. The results have been published in the scientific journal, Climate of the Past. Contact: Sune Olander Rasmussen
Public Release: 23-Jul-2012
UConn researchers discover that 'red tide' species is deadlier than first thought Researchers at the University of Connecticut have discovered that the plankton species Alexandrium tamarense - prominent in harmful algal blooms - contains not one, but two deadly toxins, with potential consequences for marine food chains. Contact: Tom Breen
Public Release: 23-Jul-2012
ScienceAncient alteration of seawater chemistry linked with past climate change Scientists have discovered a potential cause of Earth's "icehouse climate" cooling trend of the past 45 million years. It has everything to do with the chemistry of the world's oceans.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Cheryl Dybas
Public Release: 23-Jul-2012
Marine Ecology Progress SeriesPublic sightings suggest increase in basking sharks in British waters The number of basking sharks recorded in Britain's seas could be increasing, decades after being protected from commercial hunting in the late 20th century. The most comprehensive analysis ever undertaken of basking shark sightings in UK waters shows a rise in the number of sightings from the 1980s through to the 2000s. It also suggests an increase in the proportion of medium and large-sized animals, suggesting an increase in the number of older sharks.
Natural Environment Research Council
Contact: Sarah Hoyle
Public Release: 23-Jul-2012
Return to the Japan Trench International team aboard Chikyu successfully completed installation of a temperature observatory in the borehole by reaching the fault that caused the Great East Japan Earthquake. Contact: Miyuki Otomo
Public Release: 23-Jul-2012
The largest research expedition of its kind near the site of Deepwater Horizon incident Scientists have embarked on a three-week expedition aboard the R/V Walton Smith in the Gulf of Mexico to understand how surface ocean currents near the site of the Deepwater Horizon influence the fate and transport of oil/dispersants, like those from the 2010 spill. In the past, only a handful of monitoring devices were set adrift along the currents. This summer, more than 300 custom-made buoys known as "drifters" will be released during the Grand Lagrangian Deployment.
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative/CARTHE
Contact: Barbra Gonzalez
Public Release: 23-Jul-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesScientists confirm existence of vitamin 'deserts' in the ocean Using a newly developed analytical technique, a team led by scientists at USC was the first to identify long-hypothesized vitamin B deficient zones in the ocean.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Robert Perkins
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