Upcoming Events--Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences

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01 2015

Jan 22, 2015

Recreational Fishing in the Mediterranean Is More Harmful than Previously Thought
Total of 10% of adults living in developed countries practice recreational fishing, which in the Mediterranean Sea represents around 10% of the total production of fisheries. Despite its import...
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01 2015

Jan 21, 2015

CAS-TWAS President’s Fellowship Programme for PhD Candidates——Call for Applications
Introduction
　　According to a new agreement between the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the advancement of science in developing countriep to 20...
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01 2015

Jan 16, 2015

Algae Blooms Create Their Own Favorable Conditions
Fertilizers are known to promote the growth of toxic cyanobacterial blooms in freshwater and oceans worldwide, but a new multi-institution study shows the aquatic microbes themselves can drive ...Fertilizers are known to promote the growth of toxic cyanobacterial blooms in freshwater and oceans worldwide, but a new multi-institution study shows the aquatic microbes themselves can drive ...
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12 2014

Dec 30, 2014

Global warming's influence on extreme weather
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12 2014

Dec 30, 2014

Mass extinction led to many new species of bony fish
Today, ray-finned fish, which belong to the bony fish, are by far the most biodiverse fish group in both salt- and freshwater. Their spectacular variety of forms ranges from eels, tuna, flounde...
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12 2014

Dec 30, 2014

Electric eels deliver taser-like shocks
The electric eel -- the scaleless Amazonian fish that can deliver an electrical jolt strong enough to knock down a full-grown horse -- possesses an electroshock system uncannily similar to a Ta...
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12 2014

Dec 30, 2014

A glimmer of hope for corals as baby reef builders cope with acidifying oceans
While the threat of coral bleaching as a result of climate change poses a serious risk to the future of coral reefs world wide, new research has found that some baby corals may be able to cope ...
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12 2014

Dec 30, 2014

Arabian sea humpback whales isolated for 70,000 years
Scientists from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), the Environment Society of Oman, and other organizations have made a fascinating discovery in...
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12 2014

Dec 30, 2014

Baltic sea: Climate change counteracts decline in eutrophication
Despite extensive measures to protect the Baltic Sea from anthropogenic activities since the late 1980s, oxygen concentrations continue to decrease. Rising temperatures in the bottom water laye...
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12 2014

Dec 30, 2014

Most of Earth's carbon may be hidden in the planet's inner core, new model suggests
In a paper scheduled for online publication in theProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week, University of Michigan researchers and their colleagues suggest that iron carbide, F...