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08 2014

Aug 25, 2014

Snow has thinned on Arctic sea ice, study finds
From research stations drifting on ice floes to high-tech aircraft radar, scientists have been tracking the depth of snow that accumulates on Arctic sea ice for almost a century. Now that peopl...
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08 2014

Aug 25, 2014

Noise pollution impacts fish species differently
Acoustic disturbance has different effects on different species of fish, according to a new study from the Universities of Bristol and Exeter which tested fish anti-predator behaviour.
　　Thre...
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08 2014

Aug 25, 2014

Research charts ecological impact of microbial respiration in oxygen-starved ocean
A sulfur-oxidizing bacterial group called SUP05 will play an increasingly important role in carbon and nutrient cycling in the world's oceans as oxygen minimum zones expand, according to resear...
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08 2014

Aug 25, 2014

Global temperature reaches record high in June following record warmth in May

　　According to NOAA scientists, the globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for June 2014 was the highest for June since record keeping began in 1880. It also marked the 3...
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08 2014

Aug 25, 2014

Synchronization of North Pacific and Greenland climates preceded abrupt deglacial warming
Science 25 July 2014:
　　Vol. 345 no. 6195 pp. 444-448
　　DOI: 10.1126/science.1252000
　　The regional climates of the North Pacific and North Atlantic fluttered between synchrony and asynch...
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07 2014

Jul 28, 2014

Microplastics worse for crabs and other marine life than previously thought: Enter through gills
The tiny plastic particles polluting our seas are not only orally ingested by marine creatures, but also enter their systems through their gills, according to a new study led by the University ...
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07 2014

Jul 28, 2014

Oceans vital for possibility for alien life
Researchers at the University of East Anglia have made an important step in the race to discover whether other planets could develop and sustain life.
　　New research published today in the jo...
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07 2014

Jul 28, 2014

Atlantic salmon show capacity to adapt to warmer waters
Populations of Atlantic salmon have a surprisingly good capacity to adjust to warmer temperatures that are being seen with climate change, a group of scientists at the University of Oslo and Un...
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07 2014

Jul 28, 2014

Mesophotic coral reef geology the focus of new study
A new study on biological erosion of mesophotic tropical coral reefs, which are low energy reef environments between 30-150 meters deep, provides new insights into processes that affect the ove...
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07 2014

Jul 28, 2014

Beautiful but a threat: Tropical fish invasion destroys kelp forests
The migration of tropical fish as a result of ocean warming poses a serious threat to the temperate areas they invade, because they overgraze on kelp forests and seagrass meadows, a new study c...