Upcoming Events--Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences

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12 2014

Dec 30, 2014

Fiddler crab migrating north, possibly from climate change
David Johnson was standing in a salt marsh on the northern Massachusetts coast when he saw a fiddler crab, Uca pugnax, nearly 50 miles north of its supposed natural range. The migration north o...
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12 2014

Dec 30, 2014

Mining can damage fish habitats far downstream, study shows
Anglers across the nation wondering why luck at their favorite fishing spot seems to have dried up may have a surprising culprit: a mine miles away, even in a different state.
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12 2014

Dec 30, 2014

Better forecasts for sea ice under climate change: Effect of waves
University of Adelaide-led research will help pinpoint the impact of waves on sea ice, which is vulnerable to climate change, particularly in the Arctic where it is rapidly retreating.
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11 2014

Nov 28, 2014

Virulent bacteria affecting oysters found to be a case of mistaken identity
The bacteria that helped cause the near-ruin of two large oyster hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest have been mistakenly identified for years, researchers say in a recent report.
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Nov 28, 2014

Evolutionary constraints revealed in diversity of fish skulls
"When you look at the skulls of biters, the diversity is astounding compared to suction feeders," said Rita Mehta, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz.
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11 2014

Nov 28, 2014

Virus devastating sea stars on Pacific Coast identified
In a paper published Monday, November 17, 2014 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cornell University microbiologist Ian Hewson and colleagues identify the Sea Star ...
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11 2014

Nov 28, 2014

Volcanic ash clouds can cross Atlantic Ocean
The discovery, which was made in partnership with an international team of academics and has been published in the journal Geology, is the first evidence that ash clouds can travel across the A...
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11 2014

Nov 28, 2014

Environmental bleaching impairs long-term coral reproduction
Professor Don Levitan, chair of the Department of Biological Science, writes in the latest issue of Marine Ecology Progress Series that bleaching -- a process where high water temperatures or U...
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11 2014

Nov 28, 2014

'Aquatic osteoporosis' jellifying lakes

　　A plague of "aquatic osteoporosis" is spreading throughout many North American soft-water lakes due to declining calcium levels in the water and hindering the survival of some organisms, s...
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Nov 28, 2014

Time-lapse photos and synched weather data unlock Antarctic secrets
Brown researchers use remote data-gathering equipment to study long-term meteorological and geological forces at work in Antarctica. Time-lapse photography synched with weather data also helps ...