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Beautiful Macro Photographs of Various Starfish Up Close - PetaPixel

Beautiful Macro Photographs of Various Starfish Up Close - PetaPixel | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
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Beautiful Macro Photographs of Various Starfish Up Close
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Alexander Semenov is an underwater photographer who doubles as a zoologist specializing in invertebrate animals.
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Death by Ctenophore

Death by Ctenophore | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
Benthic ctenophore on sea star captures and engulfs fish
March 2013, Halmahera, Indonesia ~ Oh no!
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Starfish Macro Shots! Up Close Tropical Edition!

Starfish Macro Shots! Up Close Tropical Edition! | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
This fantastic image by Tyson Jerry from North SulawesiBy now, a bunch of people have seen the incredible collection of close-up asteroid photos by Alexander Semenov and I reviewed them for the Smithsonian here.
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Marine Harvest agrees to limit pesticides and seal killings

Marine Harvest agrees to limit pesticides and seal killings | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
The company, which grows 25% of Scottish farmed salmon, will join Aquaculture Stewardship council's strict new scheme One of the world's largest fish farm companies, Marine Harvest, has voluntarily agreed to much tougher limits on its pesticides...
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Ocean scene: before and after overfishing

Ocean scene: before and after overfishing | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
What do emptier waters look like? This web aquarium shows declining fish populations over the past 100 years - and it uses more than 200 datasets to do it.
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Why Killer Whales Won’t Abandon Their Disabled Mates

Why Killer Whales Won’t Abandon Their Disabled Mates | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
A whale pod off the coast of South Africa was seen feeding one of its disabled members.
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Are unreasonably harsh reviewers retarding the pace of coral reef ...

Are unreasonably harsh reviewers retarding the pace of coral reef ... | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
Abstract: Identifying the baseline or natural state of an ecosystem is a critical step in effective conservation and restoration. Like most marine ecosystems, coral reefs are being degraded by human activities: corals and fish ...
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United Nations publishes first plan for deep sea mining - MINING.com

United Nations publishes first plan for deep sea mining - MINING.com | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
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United Nations publishes first plan for deep sea mining
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ISA also said that deep sea mining is on the threshold of a new era.
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Forested Arctic likely by middle of century

Forested Arctic likely by middle of century | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
Two independent groups of climatologists have predicted that the
Arctic will become ice-free and covered in trees by the middle of
the century.
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A Nobel Prize with help from sea slugs - fox2now.com

A Nobel Prize with help from sea slugs - fox2now.com | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
A Nobel Prize with help from sea slugs
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(CNN) — Neuroscientists love Aplysia. They are a type of sea slug that grows to be about a foot long.
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Natural variation, and the capacity to adapt to ocean acidification in the keystone sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Natural variation, and the capacity to adapt to ocean acidification in the keystone sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
A rapidly growing body of literature documents the potential negative effects of CO2-driven ocean acidification (OA) on marine organisms.
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Protests against deep sea oil drilling across the country - Radio New Zealand

Protests against deep sea oil drilling across the country - Radio New Zealand | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
Protests against deep sea oil drilling across the country
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Hundreds of campaigners have gathered at beaches across New Zealand today, as part of a global protest against deep sea oil drilling.
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Deep sea 'gold rush' moves closer - PakistanToday.com.pk

Deep sea 'gold rush' moves closer - PakistanToday.com.pk | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
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Deep sea 'gold rush' moves closer
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Saleemhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.pakistantoday.com.pk%2F%3Fp%3D275448. Sea gold.
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Development of a colorimetric microfluidic pH sensor for autonomous seawater measurements

Development of a colorimetric microfluidic pH sensor for autonomous seawater measurements | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
High quality carbonate chemistry measurements are required in order to fully understand the dynamics of the oceanic carbonate system.
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Study reveals how fishing gear can cause slow death of whales

Study reveals how fishing gear can cause slow death of whales | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
Using a "patient monitoring" device attached to a whale entangled in fishing gear, scientists showed for the first time how fishing lines changed a whale's diving and swimming behavior.
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Scientists excited about new lab at bottom of Pacific Ocean - KOMO News

Scientists excited about new lab at bottom of Pacific Ocean - KOMO News | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
KOMO News Scientists excited about new lab at bottom of Pacific Ocean KOMO News SEATTLE (AP) — Scientists are eager for access to information from a quarter-billion dollar lab at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that they hope will teach them about...
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Ocean Acidification: trouble for ocean ecosystems (video)

Ocean Acidification: trouble for ocean ecosystems (video) | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
Presentation by Dr. Richard A. Feely at “Toward a sustainable 21st century”, University of California, Irvine, 3 May 2013.
University of California, Irvine (Youtube), 14 May 2013. Video.
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Shipping emissions ‘rival CO2-driven ocean acidification’

Shipping emissions ‘rival CO2-driven ocean acidification’ | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
Shipping pollution from sulfur oxides (SOx) and nitrous oxides (NOx) along busy trade routes can equal carbon dioxide-driven ocean acidification, a study says.
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Australia seeks to outlaw any repeat of Canadian incident of 'ocean fertilization' - allvoices

Australia seeks to outlaw any repeat of Canadian incident of 'ocean fertilization' - allvoices | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
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Australia seeks to outlaw any repeat of Canadian incident of 'ocean fertilization'
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Earlier, in 2009, the scientific journal Nature reported on a study casting doubt on the whole concept of ocean fertilization.
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NZ Has No Capacity to Deal with Deep Sea Oil Drilling Leak - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

NZ Has No Capacity to Deal with Deep Sea Oil Drilling Leak - Scoop.co.nz (press release) | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
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NZ Has No Capacity to Deal with Deep Sea Oil Drilling Leak
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The Green Party launched a campaign yesterday to stop the Government's planned expansion of deep sea drilling in New Zealand.
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MCS re-rates mackerel caught outside Iceland and Faroe

MCS re-rates mackerel caught outside Iceland and Faroe | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has refined its ratings for mackerel to help consumers differentiate better between the various fisheries involved in catching this once-sustainable seafood favourite.
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Blue whale protection may need to increase - New Zealand Herald

Blue whale protection may need to increase - New Zealand Herald | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
New Zealand Herald Blue whale protection may need to increase New Zealand Herald The protection afforded to blue whales in New Zealand waters may need to be increased, now a study has found they may be more regular visitors to the South Taranaki...
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Thousands of Jellies Descend Upon Vancouver

Thousands of Jellies Descend Upon Vancouver | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
Did you know that jellyfishes poop out of their mouths? Or that they are composed of 95 per cent water? Surprisingly, these brainless, heartless creatures are proliferating, and some say they are poised to “take over” the oceans.
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Endangered Ocean Creatures Beyond the Cute and Cuddly ...

Endangered Ocean Creatures Beyond the Cute and Cuddly ... | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
Marine species threatened with extinction aren't just whales, seals and turtles--they include fish, corals, mollusks, birds, and a lone seagrass.
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Sea Turtle Numbers Rebound!

Sea Turtle Numbers Rebound! | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
GRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad — Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the...
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Ocean acidification from 1997 to 2011 in the subarctic western North Pacific Ocean

Ocean acidification from 1997 to 2011 in the subarctic western North Pacific Ocean | Amocean OceanScoops | Scoop.it
Rising atmospheric CO2 contents have led to greater CO2 uptake by the oceans, lowering both pH due to increasing hydrogen ions and CaCO3 saturation states due to declining carbonate ion (CO32−).
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