TIM CHAPMAN / MIAMI HERALD STAFF By SUSAN COCKING A fish-farming research facility on Virginia Key is nearing a breakthrough with tuna, and the University of Miami program is having success with other species, too. Sasa Miralao, feeds 20-pound Cobia being raised at the aquaculture project at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine […]
Underwatertimes.com News Service – May 12, 2011 20:39 EST HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — When they dive together, sperm whales make patterns of clicks to each other known as “codas”. Recent findings suggest that, not only do different codas mean different things, but that whales can also tell which member of their community is speaking based […]
Coral Reef Fact: Two species of macroalga, sargassum (S. natans and S. fluitans) are holopelagic. This means that they reproduce only “vegetatively and never attaching to the seafloor during their lifecycle.” Fact source: Wikipedia Join Reef Relief today and help protect our amazing marine environment.
ScienceDaily (May 11, 2011) — Scientists have discovered that marine diatoms, tiny phytoplankton abundant in the sea, have an animal-like urea cycle, and that this cycle enables the diatoms to efficiently use carbon and nitrogen from their environment. Read the full article
May 11, 2011 Wired By Dave Mosher The simple-sounding grunts and hoots of the toadfish contain surprisingly complex information. Sounds hidden within the toadfish calls may communicate everything from, “It’s me again, can we spawn?” to, “It’s your neighbor, but get away from my nest.” Birds, amphibians and mammals often use hard-to-discern sounds to add […]
Source: Radio Australia News April 13, 2011 “The US Justice Department says its first conviction in American Samoa against a shipping company for polluting its waters is a big milestone in protecting the Pacific’s environment. Earlier in April, the Koo’s Shipping Company of Taiwan, was fined $US1 million after pleading guilty to knowingly discharging oily […]
Jatinder Kaur Source: ABC Live April 12, 2011 “The World Bank in association with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and wetland specialists ESA PWA, calls for coastal wetlands to be protected and incentives for avoiding their degradation and improving their restoration to be included into carbon emission reduction strategies and in […]