Articles Tagged “marine”
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Deep ocean creatures depend on surface weather
Since their discovery in the 1970s, submarine hydrothermal sources (structures on the ocean bottom, throwing hot water and dissolved minerals around) have been one from the hottest topics in marine biology. It supports populations of…
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Scientists Track Great Hammerhead Shark Migration
A study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science details the first scientific research to successfully track a great hammerhead shark using satellite tag technology. Rosenstiel…
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World-Class Protection Boosts Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is showing an extraordinary range of benefits from the network of protected marine reserves introduced there five years ago, according to a comprehensive new study published in the Proceedings of…
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A more balanced approach using marine spatial planning
The old balkanized approach to ocean management, in which different resources and activities are governed by different laws and administered by different agencies, has failed to protect ocean ecosystems or reduce conflicts between ocean users,…
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Satellite Detects Red Glow To Map Global Ocean Plant Health
Researchers from Oregon State University, NASA and other organizations said today that they have succeeded for the first time in measuring the physiology of marine phytoplankton through satellite measurements of its fluorescence – an accomplishment…
