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Fish mucous cocoons: the mosquito nets of the sea
Researchers have found that fish have developed their own mosquito nets in order to get a good night's sleep. -
New Species of Squid Found
Scientists have discovered a new, large, species of squid in the Indian Ocean. The squid was found during a seamounts cruise in the southern Indian Ocean. Seamounts are typically deep, steep-sided, extinct volcanoes which are extremly important for life in the oceans. -
Climate Change Remains a Threat to Corals
Hopes that coral reefs might be able to survive, and recover from, bleaching caused by climate change have grown dimmer for certain coral species. It was previously thought that corals may be able to take up stress-tolerant algae to provide critical nutrients, but they cannot do this for any length of time. -
Study finds alarming increase in flow of water into oceans
Freshwater is flowing into Earth’s oceans in greater amounts every year, a team of researchers has found, thanks to more frequent and extreme storms linked to global warming. All told, 18 percent more water fed into the world’s oceans from rivers and melting polar ice sheets in 2006 than in 1994, with an average annual [...] -
Australia and Japan have most Diverse Marine Life
The Census for Marine Life has found that the most bio-diverse waters so far studied are around Australia and Japan. These each feature almost 33000 species. However, this could change as some highly diverse areas such as Indonesia and Madagascar have yet to report. Scientists combined information collected over centuries with data obtained during the [...] -
Submarine robots learn teamwork
Submarine robots will soon work together as a team. Studying the deep ocean floor is cumbersome, expensive and dangerous. The majority of exploration efforts have to employ an autonomous unmanned vehicle (AUV), which works without control cables. But many AUVs are specialised, they cannot travel far alone and they can only provide a narrow range [...] -
Aqua Lung America Recalls Apeks Power Inflators
Aqua Lung America are recalling Apeks WTX Power Inflators as the oral inflator button is not properly bonded to the oral stem and can fall off during use. This poses a leak of the buoyancy compensator contents and could result in drowning. The power inflator is the black mouthpiece with the two brass buttons at the [...] -
Scientists Call for More Antarctic Ocean-Observing
Oceanographers call for more Antarctic Ocean observations as Antarctica's climate is changing faster than anywhere else on the planet. -
Several species of Killer Whale, scientist say
It has long been thought that there were several types of killer whales. Now scientists are recommending that at least three be reclassified as separate species. -
Greenpeace confronts Mediterranean Tuna Fishermen
The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior has headed off to sea on a campaign to defend the Mediterranean and halt destructive bluefin tuna fishing operations. Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishing has brought the species to the brink of extinction and is the most visible example of how oceans and fishery management are leading to disaster, says Greenpeace. [...]
