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World closes in on consensus to regulate fishing on the high seas

The high seas — the vast roiling ocean that reaches beyond a coastal states' 320-kilometer exclusive economic zone, or EEZ — is Earth's largest biosphere. It represents about 58 percent of our planet’s oceans and is...

source: Scientific American

Scientists bring oxygen back to suffocating waters

Experts are well aware that many of our oceans are running out of oxygen. Sometimes it's a consequence of pollution. Other times we can blame climate change, both man- and nature-driven. However, what is certain is that it's not good for us or the fish and crustaceans that...

source: Nature World News

Corals face 'slow starvation' from ingesting plastics pollution, experts find

Corals such as those found on the Great Barrier Reef are at risk from the estimated 5tn pieces of plastic in the world's oceans because researchers have discovered they digest tiny fragments of plastic at a significant rate. A study...

source: The Guardian

Google Glass takes sharp look at plant health

Scientists in the U.S. have developed their very own pair of rose-tinted spectacles by adapting Google Glass to measure the chlorophyll concentration of leaves. Aydogan Ozcan and his research group at the University of California are passionate about creating new technologies...

source: Scientific American

Vaccines, climate change, Ebola: Should scientists be more outspoken on controversial policy issues?

A new poll finds that American researchers feel a responsibility to weigh in when their scientific field intersects with politics and policy. In fact, 87 percent of scientists say engaging with the public and policy...

source: International Business Times

Satellite images reveal ocean acidification from space

The depressing task of monitoring ocean acidification just got a little easier. A collection of scientists from Europe, the U.S. and India have developed a technique that could provide the first global and nearly real-time assessment of our rapidly acidifying seas. Their...

source: The Weather Channel

Why Americans still use Fahrenheit long after everyone else switched to Celsius

Virtually every country on earth aside from the United States measures temperature in Celsius. This makes sense; Celsius is a reasonable scale that assigns freezing and boiling points of water with round numbers, zero and 100....

source: Vox

Grads launch campaign to bike across America to teach pop-up science classes

Forget about the Tour de France — for Elizabeth Case and Rachel Woods-Robinson, it's time for Tour de U.S.A. On April 17, the two UCLA alums will embark on an eco-friendly cross-country road trip, pedaling their bicycles...

source: TakePart

Navy funds a small robot army to study the Arctic

The Navy is paying researchers to develop gliders and other gizmos, and stick them in and near the ice, because it needs to figure out how quickly the thaw is coming. At the moment it looks like it's happening faster than expected, according to Craig Lee, a University of...

source: NPR

Climate change: 'Uncertainty' and the hottest year on record

Recently, much has been said about 2014 being the hottest year on record. The first announcement came from the Japan Meteorological Agency during the first week of January. Later, a joint announcement by NASA and NOAA reinforced the finding: 2014 was the hottest year in...

source: IEAM Blog

Genetic flotsam offers clues to ocean biodiversity

When scientists want to know what life-forms live in deep water, they have to send submersibles or cast nets and grabs hung from long cables. These methods are expensive, however, and they offer only a hint of the biodiversity hidden far below the waves. "In the deep sea,"...

source: Scientific American

Study: Mercury levels rising in Pacific yellowfin tuna

Mercury levels in yellowfin tuna caught in the Pacific Ocean have been rising at a 3.8 percent annual rate since 1998, according to a new study. The findings, published online in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, add to evidence that air pollution, particularly...

source: Los Angeles Times

Scientists say the conquest of the Incas caused air pollution in South America to spike

The Spanish conquest of the Americas brought about the demise of such civilizations such as the mighty Incas and Aztecs, ravaged indigenous populations through disease, warfare and slavery, all but erased many important historic...

source: Fox News

Florida scientists develop way to detect mislabeled fish

A pair of Florida scientists have developed a device they say can genetically verify whether imported fish destined for dining tables are grouper or less expensive, potentially harmful Asian catfish often passed off for the popular firm-fleshed fillets. By early summer,...

source: Reuters

Atlantic corals: Colorful and vulnerable

A council that sets regulations for fishing off the mid-Atlantic coast will meet to consider protections for little known and fragile ecosystems of deep sea corals in and around 15 ocean sites. Environmental groups and sport fishermen are pushing for protection of these...

source: The New York Times

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World closes in on consensus to regulate fishing on the high seas

Scientists bring oxygen back to suffocating waters

Corals face 'slow starvation' from ingesting plastics pollution, experts find

Google Glass takes sharp look at plant health

Vaccines, climate change, Ebola: Should scientists be more outspoken on controversial policy issues?

Satellite images reveal ocean acidification from space

Why Americans still use Fahrenheit long after everyone else switched to Celsius

Grads launch campaign to bike across America to teach pop-up science classes

Navy funds a small robot army to study the Arctic

Climate change: 'Uncertainty' and the hottest year on record

Genetic flotsam offers clues to ocean biodiversity

Study: Mercury levels rising in Pacific yellowfin tuna

Scientists say the conquest of the Incas caused air pollution in South America to spike

Florida scientists develop way to detect mislabeled fish

Atlantic corals: Colorful and vulnerable

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