Treasure Coast has successful turtle-nesting season Stuart News (subscription) FILE PHOTO Michael Watkins, a park ranger at Sebastian Inlet State Park, uses a red flashlight to illuminate a loggerhead turtle as she enters the ocean after laying a...
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Breeding birds find several ways to cope with summer's constant daylight 
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Life high above the Arctic Circle gets kind of trippy in summer. For months on end, it never becomes totally dark. The sun stops setting altogether for a while. Humans get a little weird—and so do birds. A new study examines the activity patterns of four birds that migrate to northern Alaska and finds that there's no single way they cope with 24-hour light. Some rest every night; some are active all the time. The patterns even vary within species and can change over time—apparently depending on whether the bird is caring for eggs. Animals have internal clocks, but they have to be synchronized by external cues like sunlight. Researchers have found a total absence of daily rhythms in some animals that live in the Arctic year-round.
It seemed like the ability to keep a daily schedule might have disappeared through evolution. But nobody knew what happened to migratory animals that go only to the far north in summer. Delete the scoop?
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Ocean acidification is considered a major threat to marine ecosystems and may particularly affect calcifying organisms such as corals, foraminifera and coccolithophores. Delete the scoop?
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He used to work as a beer rep, but now he’s inventing synthetic skin to help burn victims and other people with serious wounds. Delete the scoop?
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NORWEGIAN fishermen have found a rare langkløret mini crab which was pulled recently from the deep outer fjord at Sandefjord. Delete the scoop?
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June 17, 4:41 PM
A deep-sea shark spawning ground has been discovered on Scotland's only inshore coral reef.
It was found by the team from Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University which discovered the reef itself.
They discovered egg cases of the blackmouth catshark on the Mingulay Reef in the Outer Hebrides.
Deepwater sharks have long been a draw for anglers in the area, but this is the first time their spawning grounds have been found in Scotland.
The Mingulay Reef is waiting to find out if the European Union will designate the site as a marine protected area.
The Heriot-Watt scientists believe this would be essential to help safeguard local sharks and the millions of pounds generated by recreational anglers who visit Scotland.
"The sharks are choosing these sites because they're safe. The corals have lots of hard branches, which deter predators, and laying them away from the current in lower parts of the seabed reduces the risk of eggs drifting away.
"The height of the coral means the eggs receive plenty of air and that they're not suffocated by sediments and debris." Delete the scoop?
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Iron fertilization may shift the ecology of the ocean from a plankton bloom that is better at removing carbon to a bloom dominated by diatoms that are best at removing iron. Continue reading → Delete the scoop?
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Unique gas vent found in seabed and two new species of shellfish uncovered during survey near Scottish islet Fishing is expected to be banned near the Atlantic islet of Rockall after a rare methane gas vent in the seabed and two new shellfish... Delete the scoop?
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Blackfish director Gabriela Cowperthwaite talks to Henry Barnes about the performing whale industryCatherine ShoardHenry Barnes Delete the scoop?
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Proposals will go before a commission next month to help protect thousands of species in Antarctic waters An extraordinarily big thing might happen in the world of marine conservation next month at a meeting in Germany of a little known... Delete the scoop?
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An international research team working on the MedSeA project, coordinated by Patrizia Ziveri, of the UAB, in collaboration with IMEDEA, the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), the University of Cadiz, Medsea Partners, the Spanish Oceanographic... Delete the scoop?
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV today announced the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard will hold a hearing on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. Delete the scoop?
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Chinese firm to build and run $40bn trans-oceanic plan as opponents demand proper scrutiny of environmental impacts Nicaragua's parliament is due to vote on Thursday on one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Latin America's history – a... Delete the scoop?
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With the impending arrival of billions of dollars for restoration of environmental damage along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico caused by the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil spill, the 13th annual Capitol Hill Ocean Week, a gathering of federal, state and... Delete the scoop?
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Ocean acidification due to rising carbon dioxide levels will reduce the density of coral skeletons, making coral reefs more vulnerable to disruption and erosion, according to a new study of corals growing where submarine springs naturally lower the... Delete the scoop?
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Last week, I was teaching kindergarteners about animals using puppets, touch pools, and a smile so wide it hurts. Delete the scoop?
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The commercial value of spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) in the Caribbean reaches $1 billion annually, thus making it one of the most valuable fisheries in the region. In a new study of this iconic species, Ph.D. Delete the scoop?
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Terrestrial livestock are so different that they often have nicknames, but thousands of farmed fish look so similar that many are surprised to learn that biologists claim that fish may have different “personalities” too. Delete the scoop?
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Sea snakes could slither into bull sharks' turf if the Nicaraguan government succeeds in digging a canal between the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Delete the scoop?
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An ancient fish fossil shows surprising signs of having abdominal muscles, previously thought to have only developed in land animals. Delete the scoop?
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Calcifying foraminifera are expected to be endangered by ocean acidification, However, the response of a complete community kept in natural sediment and over multiple generations under controlled laboratory conditions has not been constrained to... Delete the scoop?
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Nicaragua's National Assembly has voted to approve the construction of a new Pacific-to-Atlantic canal to compete with Panama's. The £25bn Great Interoceanic Canal will be built by the Hong Kong-based company Nicaragua Canal Development Co Ltd... Delete the scoop?
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Presentation by Bill Dewey, Production Manager, Taylor Shellfish Farms. Delete the scoop?
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While in their eggs, turtle embryos move around to find the perfect spot that's not too hot, not too cold, but just right. Delete the scoop?
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