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Marine Conservation in the News [Google News]

SDNN: San Diego News Network

California's one chance to improve the ocean is days away
SDNN: San Diego News Network
Kate Hanley is the director of marine conservation for the San Diego Coastkeeper. That day, the Marine Life Protection Act Blue Ribbon Task Force heard ...
MLPA panel decision due Nov. 10Del Mar Times

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Steiner seen as major advocate for marine environment
Alaskajournal.com
In his 30 years on the faculty of the University of Alaska, Steiner has gained international prominence as a marine conservation specialist. ...
RDC speaker biosAlaskajournal.com

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From Shock to Taking Stock: Celebrating 50 years of Successful Sea Turtle ...
World-Wire (press release)
Earlier this year, the Smithsonian honored CCC's achievements by recognizing its Tortuguero program as one of the great marine conservation success stories. ...

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Bali told to promote marine conservation
Jakarta Post
Bali should prioritize community-based conservation in improving its marine tourism, in order to increase biodiversity and the welfare of local people, ...


stv.tv

Devolution-shaped hole in new marine access legislation
Scotsman
Scottish ministers will have responsibility for designating and administering both Marine Conservation Zones (the new conservation designation created by ...
Scottish Marine Bill moves closer to approvalFIS.com (Registro)

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Treehugger

Study Shows Coral Spawning Depends on Wind; Makes Local Conservation Imperative
Treehugger
This discovery places increased emphasis on the importance of localized marine conservation efforts for corals. Science Daily reports that Robert van Woesik ...
See the world's biggest orgasmThe Cairns Post

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Times Online

Australian Oil Industry Sees Blow to Reputation From Spill
Bloomberg
Darren Kindleysides, the director of the Brisbane-based Australian Marine Conservation Society, said the spill had “damaged the oil and gas industry's ...
Now It's Time to Find a Scape GoatThe Age
Timor Oil Well Fire Snuffed OutAsia Sentinel
Massive fire blazes on leaking Australian oil rigAFP
ABC Online -Australia Network News -WA Business News (subscription)
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Democracy Now

UAF Prof. Loses Grant Funding after Advocating Conservation.
UAA Northern Light
Instead Steiner joined a press conference with Alaska Marine Conservation Council and Friends of Bristol Bay, lending his expert opinion to calls to prevent ...
University of Alaska Scientist Rick Steiner Loses Federal Grant Funding After ...Democracy Now

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Montrose - Special Areas of Conservation (Management Regulations)
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (as amended) and the Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 2007 (as amended). ...
Montrose - Special Areas of Conservation (Inshore and Offshore Areas)DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)

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Los Angeles Times

Fishermen contest plans for Calif. ocean reserves
The Associated Press
Individual sites will receive various types of designation such as state marine reserve or marine conservation area. The California Fisheries Coalition, ...
REGION: Task force postpones ocean decisionNorth County Times
Panel delays vote on Southern California fishing restrictionsLos Angeles Times
Local Fishermen Worried About Marine Life Protection PlanKPBS
Bay Area Indymedia -89.3 KPCC
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Marine Biology News [ScienceDaily]

Boosting Coastal Economics With Crustacean Molting On Demand
Researchers are close to unraveling intricate cellular pathways that control molting in blue crabs. The discoveries could revolutionize the soft-shell crab industry, generating new jobs and additional profits for the US fishing industry along the coastal Southeast.

Seafloor Fossils Provide Clues On Climate Change
Deep under the sea, a fossil the size of a sand grain is nestled among a billion of its closest dead relatives. Known as foraminifera, these complex little shells of calcium carbonate can tell you the sea level, temperature, and ocean conditions of Earth millions of years ago. That is, if you know what to look for.

Creating Cultured Pearls From The Queen Conch: Scientists Unlock Mystery
In their natural form, conch pearls are among the rarest pearls in the world. For more than 25 years, all attempts at culturing pearls from the queen conch have been unsuccessful -- until now. For the first time, novel and proprietary seeding techniques to produce beaded and non-beaded high-quality cultured pearls from the queen conch have been developed by scientists.

Coral Reefs Inspire Rare Consensus -- Just Save Them
One of the first set of studies to examine what tourists and recreation enthusiasts actually think about coral reef ecosystems suggests they are a rare exception to controversies over human use versus environmental conservation -- their stunning beauty is so extraordinary that almost everyone wants them protected in perpetuity.

Calm Before The Spawn: Climate Change And Coral Spawning
Biologists have explained why corals spawn for just a few nights in some places but elsewhere string out their love life over many months. A new study shows that corals spawn when regional wind fields are light. When it is calm, the eggs and sperm have the chance to unite before they are dispersed.

North Atlantic Fish Populations Shifting As Ocean Temperatures Warm
About half of 36 fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, many of them commercially valuable species, have been shifting northward over the last four decades, with some stocks nearly disappearing from US waters as they move farther offshore, according to a new study.

Tags Reveal White Sharks Have Neighborhoods In The North Pacific
A tracking study of white sharks in the northeastern Pacific Ocean shows they adhere to a rigid route of migration across the sea, returning to precisely the same spot along the California coast each time they come back, according to a team of researchers. Over time, this behavior has made the population in the northeastern Pacific genetically distinct from other white shark populations.

Deep-sea Ecosystems Affected By Climate Change
Deep-sea ecosystems occupying 60 percent of the Earth's surface could be vulnerable to the effects of global warming, warn scientists.

SMOS Satellite Successfully Launched: First-ever Satellite To Attempt To Measure Ocean Salinity From Space
A rocket carrying the European Space Agency's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite blasted off successfully today. SMOS is the first-ever satellite to attempt to measure ocean salinity from space. It will provide global maps of soil moisture over land and surface salinity over the ocean.

Data Point To Some Improvements In China's Environment
A recent assessment finds some positive trends among indicators of biodiversity loss in China -- notably, growth in forest coverage and improvements in marine ecosystems. However, other indicators, such as the rate of discovery of invasive species, are worsening. Many animals are under growing threat.

Robot Fish Could Monitor Water Quality
Nature inspires technology as an engineer and an ecologist have teamed to develop robots that use advanced materials to swim like fish to probe underwater environments. Robotic fish -- perhaps schools of them operating autonomously for months -- could give researchers far more precise data on aquatic conditions, deepening our knowledge of critical water supplies and habitats.

Remotely Operated Vehicles And Satellite Tags Aid Turtle Studies
Researchers are using a remotely operated vehicle and satellite-linked data loggers to learn more about turtle behavior in commercial fishing areas and to develop new ways to avoid catching turtles in fishing gear. This marks the first time an ROV has been used to follow turtles in the wild to learn about their behavior and how they interact with their habitat

Why Do Animals, Especially Males, Have So Many Different Colors?
Why do so many animal species -- including fish, birds and insects -- display such rich diversity in coloration and other traits? New research offers an answer.

Dining Out In An Ocean Of Plastic: How Foraging Albatrosses Put Plastic On The Menu
Marine biologists examined whether Laysan albatrosses nesting on Kure Atoll and Oahu, Hawaii, 2,150 km away, ingested different amounts of plastic by putting miniaturized tracking devices on birds to follow them at sea and examining their regurgitated stomach contents. Surprisingly, birds from Kure Atoll ingested almost ten times the amount of plastic compared to birds from Oahu.

Fishery Impact Test Developed
Researchers have developed an 'ecological risk assessment' a three-step method that considers targeted and incidentally caught species, as well as threatened, endangered and protected species. Ongoing research is further developing the method for habitats and ecological communities.

What Are Coral Reef Services Worth? $130,000 To $1.2 Million Per Hectare, Per Year
Experts have revealed jaw-dropping dollar values of the "ecosystem services" of biomes like forests and coral reefs -- including food, pollution treatment and climate regulation.

Ocean Acidification May Contribute To Global Shellfish Decline
Relatively minor increases in ocean acidity brought about by high levels of carbon dioxide have significant detrimental effects on the growth, development, and survival of hard clams, bay scallops, and Eastern oysters, according to researchers.

Novel Evolutionary Theory For The Explosion Of Life
The Cambrian Explosion is widely regarded as one of the most relevant episodes in the history of life on Earth, when the vast majority of animal phyla first appear in the fossil record. However, the causes of its origin have been object of debate for decades. A novel theory formulates that the geologically induced increase on marine calcium, as a result of volcanic activity, might be the key for understanding this important stage in evolution.

Whales Are Polite Conversationalists: Rhythms Can Be Spotted In Ocean's Chatter
What do a West African drummer and a sperm whale have in common? According to some reports, they can both spot rhythms in the chatter of an ocean crowded with the calls of marine mammals -- a feat impossible for the untrained human ear.

Scientists Map Fish Habitat And Movements At Gray's Reef Marine Sanctuary
Two related research expeditions by NOAA scientists to track the habitat preferences and movements of fish at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary may help managers protect overfished species such as red snapper and grouper.

Marine Lab Team Seeks To Understand Coral Bleaching
With technology similar to that used by physicians to perform magnetic resonance imaging scans, researchers are studying the metabolic activity of a pathogen shown to cause coral bleaching, a serious threat to undersea reef ecosystems worldwide.

Mantis Shrimp Eyes Could Show Way To Better DVD And CD players
The remarkable eyes of a marine crustacean could inspire the next generation of DVD and CD players, according to a new study.

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Among Healthiest Coral Reefs In Gulf Of Mexico
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary is among the healthiest coral reef ecosystems in the tropical Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, according to NOAA researchers. Their report offers insights into the coral and fish communities within the sanctuary based on data collected in 2006 and 2007.

Finding The ASX200 For Marine Ecosystems
Researchers are building the environmental equivalent of the ASX200 as a means of monitoring the health of Australian marine ecosystems.

Salmon Migration Mystery Explored On Idaho's Clearwater River
Temperature differences and slow-moving water at the confluence of the Clearwater and Snake rivers in Idaho might delay the migration of threatened fall Chinook salmon salmon and allow them to grow larger before reaching the Pacific Ocean. To find out if that's the case, a team of researchers is implanting young fish with acoustic and radio tags to track their movement and using hydrological sensors to measure water temperature and speed.

Genome Of Microbe Silently Shaping Ecology Of Ocean Dead Zones Described
The expansion of oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) affects the processes by which carbon is captured and sequestered on the seafloor. Researchers describe the metagenome of an abundant but uncultivated microbe from a fjord on the coast of British Columbia, Canada that is silently helping to shape the ecology of OMZs worldwide.

Geologist Analyzes Earliest Shell-covered Fossil Animals
The fossil remains of some of the first animals with shells, ocean-dwelling creatures that measure a few centimeters in length and date to about 520 million years ago, provide a window on evolution at this time, according to scientists. Their research indicates that these animals were larger than previously thought.

New Genetic Material From Group B Streptococcus Identified
Group B Streptococcus is a versatile pathogen that affects a variety of animals. Now studies are revealing new information about this pathogen.

Shark Teeth Provide Key To North Sea’s Climatic Past
A team of German and British scientists have used fossilised shark teeth to reconstruct the climate of the North Sea during the Palaeogene period, between 40 and 60 million years ago. The results suggest that the North Sea was for a brief period isolated from surrounding oceans, resulting in surface-water freshening and a significant reduction in the diversity of life.

Eutrophication Affects Diversity Of Algae
Eutrophication of the seas may have an impact on genetic variation in algae, new research shows.

Predicting Seabed Response To Climate Change
Scientists have produced the first preliminary predictions of the potential impact of climate change on the Australian seabed.

New Insights Into Marine Ecosystems And Fisheries Production
NOAA and Norwegian researchers recently completed a comparative analysis of marine ecosystems in the North Atlantic and North Pacific to see what factors support fisheries production, leading to new insights that could improve fishery management plans and the ecosystems.

Seeing Blue: Fish Vision Discovery Makes Waves In Evolutionary Biology
Researchers have identified the first fish known to have switched from ultraviolet vision to violet vision, or the ability to see blue light. The discovery is also the first example of an animal deleting a molecule to change its visual spectrum. The findings on scabbardfish link molecular evolution to functional changes and the possible environmental factors driving them.

Chemical Imaging Of Deep-sea Microorganisms May Help Explain Lingering Nitrogen Mystery
Researchers have identified an unexpected metabolic ability within a symbiotic community of microorganisms that may help solve a lingering mystery about the world's nitrogen cycling budget.

Seaweed 'Super-Food' Flavoring Ingredients In Development By Irish Company
A range of natural flavorsome food products that rely neither on added salt or monosodium glutamate may soon be available thanks to a Cork-based company exploring the food potential of a major Irish natural resource – seaweed.

Whale-sized Genetic Study Largest Ever For Southern Hemisphere Humpbacks
After 15 years of research in the waters of the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, scientists have unveiled the largest genetic study of humpback whale populations ever conducted in the Southern Hemisphere.

Marine Research Is Key To 'Super Foods' Market
Milk drinks that lower blood pressure, meat products that reduce the risk of heart disease, chocolate that calms you down and a new range of foods that can fight obesity can be created from marine animals and plants. Japan already has several product ranges on the shelves and research programs are underway all over the world to create more. And now Ireland is well on the way to becoming a player in this worldwide multi-billion euro industry, according to recently presented research results.

Climate Change Boosts Scallop Stocks In UK Waters
A positive effect of climate change that is helping to support a £30m industry has been uncovered by new research. Ocean warming in UK waters is increasing stocks of the great scallop Pecten maximus, according to a study published in the journal Marine Biology. However the researchers have warned that further rises in water temperatures could have the opposite effect on scallops and better management of these fisheries is needed to protect sensitive seabed habitats.

Sex In The Caribbean: Environmental Change Drives Evolutionary Change, Eventually
Hungry, sexual organisms replaced well-fed, clonal organisms in the Caribbean Sea as the Isthmus of Panama arose, separating the Caribbean from the Pacific, report researchers. The fossil record shows that if a species could shift from clonal to sexual reproduction it survived. Otherwise it was destined for extinction, millions of years later.

Warmer Climate Not The Cause Of Oxygen Deficiency In The Baltic Sea
Oxygen deficiency in the Baltic Sea has never been greater than it is now. But it is not an effect of climate change but rather of increased inputs of nutrients and fertilizers.

Albatross Camera Reveals Fascinating Feeding Interaction With Killer Whale
Scientists from the UK and Japan have recorded the first observations of how albatrosses feed alongside marine mammals at sea.

Black Rat Does Not Bother Mediterranean Seabirds
Human activities have meant invasive species have been able to populate parts of the world to which they are not native and alter biodiversity there over thousands of years. Now, an international team of scientists has studied the impact of the black rat on bird populations on Mediterranean islands. Despite the rat's environmental impact, only the tiny European storm petrel has been affected over time by its enforced cohabitation with the rat.

Fish-Killing Toxin Could Kill Cancer Cells
A powerful fish-killing toxin could have cancer-killing properties as well. The toxin, called euglenophycin, has a molecular structure similar to that of solenopsin, an alkaloid from fire ant venom known to inhibit tumor development.

Coral Bleaching Increases Chances Of Coral Disease
Mass coral bleaching has devastated coral colonies around the world for almost three decades. Now scientists have found that bleaching can make corals more susceptible to disease and, in turn, coral disease can exacerbate the negative effects of bleaching. A new article shows that when they occur together, this combination of afflictions causes greater harm to corals than either does on its own.

Juvenile Bluefin Tuna Found To Dive To Depths Of More Than 1000 Meters
A bluefin tuna, tagged by researchers in August 2008, was caught a year later by a professional bait boat off the coast of northern Spain. The animal had internally implanted electronic tag which enabled its migratory movements and the depth of these, amongst other data, to be obtained. First estimations of the geographical location of the recovered tag revealed that this fish had undertaken migrations between the Azores and Portugal during the winter, later to return to the Gulf of Bizkaia in spring and also that it had dropped, during the winter, to depths of more than 1000 meters.

New Chemical Method For Distinguishing Between Farmed And Wild Salmon
Wild salmon and farmed salmon can now be distinguished from each other by a technique that examines the chemistry of their scales.

Mystery Solved: Marine Microbe Is Source Of Rare Nutrient
A new study of microscopic marine microbes, called phytoplankton, has solved a 10-year-old mystery about the source of an essential nutrient in the ocean.

Planet's Nitrogen Cycle Overturned By 'Tiny Ammonia Eater Of The Seas'
Tiny organisms known as archaea play a central role in the planet's nitrogen cycle, according to new research. Experiments show that archaea appear play a key ecological role in both upper and deep ocean ecosystems. This could affect calculations made by global climate models.

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Global Warming/Climate Change in the News [Google News]

CBS News

Back to square one on climate change
Examiner.com
The other side, including the World Wildlife Fund and the Center for Biological Diversity, excoriates what they see as dilution of the global warming alarm ...
Climate change legislation moves forwardPittsburgh Post Gazette
Research and Markets: SpeedBriefing: The Kerry-Boxer Climate Change Bill ...Reuters
Baucus votes no on climate-change bill, but says he supports the effortBillings Gazette
Washington Times -Greentech Media -Washington Post
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Financial Times

We Can Stop Global Warming Today
Scienceline (blog)
[Credit: openDemocracy, flickr.com] By Alex Liu | Posted November 7, 2009 In recent reports on climate change, scientists warn that unless humanity acts ...
Al Gore urges Philly group to fight climate changePhiladelphia Inquirer
Gore urges Obama to take lead on climate change89.3 KPCC
Civil unrest has a role in stopping climate change, says Goreguardian.co.uk
Manila Times -ABC Online -Brisbane Times
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Telegraph.co.uk

Daunting task ahead for Copenhagen after Barcelona talks on climate change
Xinhua
6 (Xinhua) -- The last negotiating session before the United Nations (UN) climate change conference in Copenhagen in December concluded Friday in Barcelona, ...
Talk can lead to action on climate change challengeWalesOnline
Hart: United, not divided, on climate changeGlobalPost
New climate change treaty could be ready in 2010, UN official saysCNN International
Voice of America -Mail & Guardian Online -Irish Times
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Examiner.com

Climate change is all about power
Examiner.com
Coming Global Warming. But it still was never really science. The "scientific consensus" was built on scientific conjecture and flawed computer modeling and ...
Can we really stop climate change?Tulsa World

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Expanding cities contribute to global warming
USA Today
Most scientists believe man-made climate change is primarily the result of increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases into ...

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Voice of America

Britain rallies G20 on climate change
AFP
ST ANDREWS — Hosts Britain urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding on Saturday despite fading hopes ...
The G20 wants to stop climate change – but who on earth will pay for it?Independent
G7 Source: G20 Progress On Climate Change Looks DifficultEasyBourse.com
Tackling climate change: G20 has task cut outMoneycontrol.com
Xinhua -Voice of America -Reuters
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Jets' trails suggest role in global warming
The Tennessean
They are drawing increasing attention in climate change discussions for their heat-trapping potential. Planes already are blamed for 13 percent of the ...

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Washington Post

Global warming messages take a new direction
Washington Post
Advertisements by these groups once carried overtones of doom and devastation from global warming. The most recent ads focus on jobs and energy independence ...

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Boston Globe

G-20 finance officials: Too early to end stimulus
The Associated Press
Officials are considering a finance package to help poorer nations develop green industries and adapt to climate change. The issue's priority on the agenda ...
Geithner, Brown Split on Tobin Tax as G-20 Seeks RebalancingBloomberg
G-20: French Fin Min: Not Sure Communique To Mention ClimateNASDAQ

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Straits Times

ASEAN secretariat holds workshop on climate change
Sin Chew Jit Poh
"ASEAN can provide the platform for further policy relevant research on climate change issues by connecting the academia and researchers with policy makers, ...
ASEAN Secretariat pledges convenience in dealing with climate changeXinhua

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Coral Reefs in the News [Google News]

PhysOrg.com

Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage
The Associated Press
He was among scientists gathered in Puerto Rico's capital for a meeting of the US Coral Reef Task Force. The worst coral bleaching in the region's recorded ...
Researchers study perceptions of saving coral reef ecosystems in HawaiiUH System Current News
USDA Launches New Coral Reef Conservation InitiativeHealthNewsDigest.com
Survey reveals massive public support for saving coral reefsLittle About (blog)

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Reef troubles warn of disaster
Baltimore Sun
But none of these are declining as rapidly as coral reefs. By revealing what could be in store for other natural systems, reefs resemble the proverbial ...

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Coral reefs threatened with extinction
Los Angeles Times
Coral reef species are facing an escalating danger of extinction as a result of rising temperatures. Up to one-third of the small animals could be wiped out ...
Petition filed in US to protect coral species from extinctionXinhua
Petition Seeks Protection for 83 Coral Species in US WatersEco Factory
ESA Protection Sought for 83 Coral SpeciesSustainableBusiness.com
The Associated Press
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Power Boat - World

Bullies evict Little Fish as the Reef warms
Power Boat - World
Small fish are at risk of being bullied to death by big ones as coral reef resources are hit by climate change. The finding from new research by a scientist ...

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Man, Grandson Arrested On Drug Charges
News4Jax.com
Investigators said when they a home on Coral Reef Road in Yulee, they found almost 750 illegal prescription pills, 165 grams of marijuana and drug ...
Nassau grandpa, grandson jailed for drugsFlorida Times-Union

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The Anthozoans Are Coming to Save Us! Corals Offer Concrete Solutions to Our ...
Reuters
But first, we'll look at how corals make their homes. Coral reef communities in general, and coral polyps in particular, exhibit that characteristic so ...

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Books On Brunei's Reef Biodiversity On Sale At Fisheries Dept Soon
Bru Direct
Bandar Seri Begawan - The two books recently launched on Brunei's coral reefs and reef fishes will soon be made available to the public, but they would not ...


Remarkable Creatures For Fish in Coral Reefs, It's Useful to Be Smart
New York Times
But in the colorful, diverse and dangerous world of coral reefs, fish must be able to recognize not only food, but also to discriminate friends from foes, ...

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GMA news.tv

Nabbed German pleads guilty to smuggling RP corals to the US
GMA news.tv
According to the Justice department, the removal of dead coral and live rock is of major concern for coral reefs, including those reefs protecting coastal ...


AFP

Taiwan coral reefs need 100 years to recover: scientists
AFP
TAIPEI — Coral reefs off Taiwan will need up to 100 years to recover from Typhoon Morakot, which lashed the island in early August killing more than 600 ...
Lanyu coral reefs will take 100 years to recovereTaiwan News
Coral reefs will need a century to recoverRadio Taiwan International

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Whales in the News [Google News]

Henning Compares Ginn to Jesus, Whale Poop
NBC Miami
Henning didn't stop there; he also compared Ginn to -- wait for it -- whale poop: "To me, there can be no better human story than what happened last week ...
Ted Ginn Jr.'s next chapter will be a must-readPalm Beach Post
Hyperbole by HenningBoston Globe
Ted Ginn Jr. tries to shake reputation as underachiever with DolphinsThe Canadian Press

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WWLP 22News

Study: Whale-watchers ignore speed limits
United Press International
5 (UPI) -- A study of whale-watching boats visiting Stellwagen Bank from Massachusetts ports found all of them exceeding voluntary speed limits. ...
Study: Whale tours don't harm baby humpbacksBoston Herald

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MyFox Atlanta

Georgia Aquarium beluga whale dies
CNN
The beluga whales have been a major attraction at the Georgia Aquarium since it opened in 2004. Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- A third beluga whale belonging to ...
Georgia Aquarium Loses 3rd Beluga WhaleMyFox Atlanta
Ga. Aquarium beluga dies on visit to Sea WorldHouston Chronicle
Aquarium beluga dies in TexasAtlanta Journal Constitution
The Chattanoogan -Augusta Chronicle -United Press International
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Music Review | Noah and the Whale
New York Times
“This is a song for anyone with a broken heart,” Charlie Fink sang to start the set by his band, Noah and the Whale, at the Mercury Lounge on ...
Noah and the Whale and Robert Francis at Mercury LoungeNew York Press
'First Days of Spring' brings art out of griefWhitman Pioneer

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National Parks Traveler (blog)

Glacier Bay National Park Rangers Use Satellite Technology to Help Tangled Whales
National Parks Traveler (blog)
A humpback whale that snared a fishing line with its tail towed the line and its buoy more than 60 miles before freeing itself. Glacier Bay National Park ...


Sea Shepherd's Paul Watson responds to 'South Park' episode on Japanese whaling
Los Angeles Times
I missed the now-famous "South Park" episode that premiered last week and offered a satirical portrayal of Japanese whaling and dolphin-killing tactics. ...


Joely Fisher And Friends Celebrate Whale Conservation Efforts
LA.com
Amber Valetta and Jolie Fisher at the Tails for Whales event hosted by Jolie Fisher and the International Fund for Animal Welfare. ...


By Scott Westerfeld Illustrated by Keith Thompson
New York Times
This marvelous creature makes a lovely entrance: “The Leviathan's body was made from the life threads of a whale, but a hundred other species were tangled ...


Blue Whale Beached -- Flipper to be Amputated?
National Geographic
October 22, 2009—The apparent victim of a ship collision, a dead 70-foot (20-meter) blue whale (pictured) washed ashore in a forbidding northern California ...
Endangered blue whale apparently killed by ocean survey shipExaminer.com
Whale of an opportunitySanta Rosa Press Democrat
What to Do With a 50-Ton WhaleNBC Bay Area
SFist -KSRO -The Press Association
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Tim Grobaty: Palos Verdes Peninsula history is a whale of a story
Long Beach Press-Telegram
And more changes: The company fired the Marineland employees, closed the park, transferred the beloved Bubbles pilot whale down south and during the course ...
Voter Response Mixed to Hikes in Hotel TaxesLos Angeles Business Journal

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Dolphins in the News [Google News]

BBC News

U.S. requests talks with Mexico over tuna dispute
Reuters
The United States bars the "dolphin-safe" label on tuna caught by boats using purse seine nets that also snare dolphins -- a technique used by Mexican ...
Proceedings resumed in 'Dolphin Safe' disputeFIS.com (Registro)

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New Zealand Herald

Cruising with the world's smallest dolphin
New Zealand Herald
... its human population of 570 or so, Akaroa - or at least its harbour - is home to about 900 of the world's smallest marine mammal, the Hector's dolphin. ...


Dolphin Integration readies dynamically self-configured cache controller
EETimes.com
PARIS — EDA and IP company Dolphin Integration SA (Meylan, France) has introduced I-Stratus-LP cache controller that is said to be dynamically ...
Dolphin Integration launches a new breed of cache controller, dynamically self ...Design and Reuse (press release)

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Florida Teacher Reportedly Suspended for Coercing 6-Year-Old Student to Clean ...
FOXNews
Despite her policy that students clean their own messes, Ensley said she told the girl to 'just clean it up,' then gave her Dolphin Dollars – play money ...
Port St. Lucie kindergarten student earns 'dolphin dollars' cleaning bathroom ...TCPalm
Student earns play money cleaning up urineSun-Sentinel.com
Teacher asks student to clean up urineWPTV
WPEC -The Smoking Gun
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Dolphin to be moved Sunday to Galveston
Corpus Christi Caller Times
The 3- to 4-year-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin has been at the Texas State Aquarium's sealab since stranding Tuesday on Mustang Island. ...


Examiner.com

Filmmaker & director Louie Psihoyos at film festival with his film The Cove
Examiner.com
The Cove acknowledges the risk of mercury poisoning to humans who consume dolphin meat while documenting the Japanese government's program to distribute ...

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Dolphin Integration: Creation of a Competency Center in Israel
Reuters
Additionally, the proximity of numerous traditional users of Dolphin products shall offers new opportunities for partaking in joint R&D projects. ...
Dolphin Integration opens competency center in IsraelEETimes.com

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Blue Dolphin Energy Company Reports Third Quarter Results
Reuters
Blue Dolphin announced a net loss of $321386 for the three months ended September 30, 2009, compared to a net loss of $442737 for the three months ended ...
Blue Dolphin Energy Company Reports Operating Results (10-Q)GuruFocus.com

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Seattle Post Intelligencer

Many Unhappy Dolphin Returns Sink Jets 30-25
NBC New York
You can be angry at the Jets for losing to the Dolphins on Sunday, but you can't say that they didn't do it colorfully? ...
A Recipe For Crow a la GinnBleacher Report

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Dolphin JV, ninth graders lose at PHS
Gulf Breeze News
The GBHS junior varsity and ninth grade football teams concluded their season with losses at ...
GBHS girls soccer season starts this weekGulf Breeze News
District champions!Gulf Breeze News

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Great White shark

Sharks in the News [Google News]

Pro surfer in California says shark broke his board — and his...
San Jose Mercury News
DAVENPORT — Pro surfer Eric Geiselman's surfboard was broken in half by what he thinks was a great white shark Thursday evening while he was ...

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Straits Times

Scientists: Pacific great white sharks often swim close to shore, beaches
New York Daily News
While humans have commonly thought that great white sharks rarely swim close to shore, a new study has discovered they do during several ...
Great white shark studySan Francisco Chronicle
Great white sharks lurk close to the shore in northern CaliforniaTimes Online
Researchers Study Great White Shark MigrationKITV.com
Discover Magazine -Telegraph.co.uk -KEZI TV
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Glow-in-the-Dark Shark Turned on by Hormones
Wired News
The safe answer to how a lantern shark turns its luminescence on and off is: “Any way it wants. ...

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Peter Greenberg.com Travel News

Monterey Bay Aquarium tags, releases its great white shark
Los Angeles Times
A female great white shark that had lived in the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Outer Bay exhibit since August was tagged and released today. ...
Aquarium Releases Fifth Tagged Great White Shark Back Into OceanFoxReno.com
Monterey Bay Aquarium tags, releases fifth white sharkThe Salinas Californian
Monterey Lets Another Big One Get AwayNBC Bay Area
Monterey County Herald -KSBW -Peter Greenberg.com Travel News
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Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)

Sebastian River 28, Martin County 13: Macon's 2 TD runs helps Sharks win 4th
Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)
Quarterback Wesley Wilson of Sebastian River fires off a pass in the first half of Friday's game against Martin County at Sharks Stadium ...


Dive Magazine

Great white shark migration
Dive Magazine
Scientist studying great white sharks have found they annually migrate from the California coast to the waters around Hawaii. ...
Great Whites Sometimes Visit San FranciscoOfficialWire

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Reuters

ICCAT`s Last Chance to Prove Capable of Controlling Fisheries
Reuters
ICCAT is also expected to take up the issue of controlling shark catches and finning as agreed upon at the Second Joint Meeting of Tuna Regional Fisheries ...
Bluefin tuna on edge of extinction, environmentalists warnAFP
Push to protect bluefin tuna from overfishing continuesAsbury Park Press
FISHING: RED TUNA, EU WANTS WORLDWIDE CATCH REDUCTIONANSAmed
Reuters India -Times and Transcript -Gov Monitor
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MiamiHerald.com

Virginia vs Miami 12-Noon Raycom/ESPN-GP
Sports-Odds.com
My NCAAF Picks say give the points as the Cane's will win big at the Shark! The NCAAF Picks experts at SPORTSBETTING.com have the college football odds on ...
College Football Predictions: Virginia vs Miami Week 10 Betting Odds & NCAAF PicksOnlineSportsHandicappers.com

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guardian.co.uk

Sharks deliver art with bite
guardian.co.uk
Watson and the Shark (1778) by John Singleton Copley Photograph: Burstein Collection/Corbis In John Singleton Copley's painting Watson and the Shark, ...

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CBC.ca

Mike Duffy jumps the shark
National Post
With his wild rant on a CBC national politics show this week, the television icon has accomplished the difficult feat of offending all those in his ...
Van Loan misfires, Duffy fakesGlobe and Mail

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guardian.co.uk

Food for Fort: On vinegar, curries, aluminium pots and squid
guardian.co.uk
The naked truth is that squid needs very little cooking. Photograph: Still Images/Getty Images I'd like to make chutneys with our home-grown veg, ...


The Wichita Eagle

82 sea turtles hatch at Sea World
Los Angeles Times
They eat a diet of squid, krill, shrimp and special turtle pellets. The growth rate for sea turtles varies depending on diet, but generally a sea turtle ...
82 healthy sea turtles hatch at San Diego SeaWorldThe Associated Press
82 New Sea Turtles Hatch At SeaWorld San DiegoRedOrbit
Newborn baby sea turtles!Ok! Magazine
SDNN: San Diego News Network
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Christian Science Monitor

Jim Carrey's website: creepy - and cool
Christian Science Monitor
The Jim Carrey website is full of surprises and odd imagery – from giant squid to giant, blinking eyes. It's an experience that may make some squeamish. ...

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Sound check: 78 decibels (Must speak with raised voice)
Washington Post
165 packs squid, pork skin, peanuts and ground beef with the steaming gruel; fresh ginger injects heat into the mix. The kitchen takes delicious advantage ...


Kayakers: catch dinner, don't be dinner
Sydney Morning Herald
I have first-hand reports of kings to 14 kilograms being taken on live squid, slimies and yellowtail. But, for fear of the concrete-shoe treatment, ...

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The vampire squid sinks its teeth into CIT
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc., referred to as a great "vampire squid" isn't going for the jugular in its ...

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Squid exports climb 500 pct
FIS.com (Registro)
Peru exported frozen squid products worth a total of USD 9.8 million between January and August of this year, 500 per cent more than in the same period of ...

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Orange banners baffle Bucyrus residents
Mansfield News Journal
The orange banners have black drawings resembling squid and other creatures. The signs, on residential streets including Lucas, Oakwood, and Clark, ...

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Thaindian.com

RARE PHOTOS: Giant Squid Eaten by Sperm Whale
National Geographic
October 29, 2009--Carrying the remains of a roughly 30-foot (9-meter) giant squid in her jaws, a female sperm whale, with a calf at her side, swims near the ...
New snaps show sperm whale eating 30-foot giant squidGaea Times

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Mirror.co.uk

New Zealand is the Zeal Deal
Mirror.co.uk
The highlight surely though must be the exhibit of the colossal squid which was snagged by a fishing boat in the Southern Ocean – possibly the most ...

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National Geographic News

PICTURES: 2012 Doomsday Myths Debunked
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Asteroids slamming into Earth, a planet sneaking up on us, an angry sun singing the planet—find out why these and other end-of-the-world events won't be happening in 2012.



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New Type of Supernova Discovered
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A star explosion that blazed as bright as ten billion suns but faded away within 20 days might be the first proof of a theoretical new class of supernova, astronomers suggest.



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2012: Six End-of-the-World Myths Debunked
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Supposed Maya predictions of the end of the world in 2012 have some people seriously scared. See what experts say about the unknown planet predicted to pummel Earth, the cataclysmic "galactic alignment," and more.



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APOCALYPSE PICTURES: 10 Failed Doomsday Prophecies
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Just as some people today believe a Maya calendar pinpoints 2012 as the end of the world as we know it, people through centuries and across cultures have long forecast our collective doom.



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Even Babies Have "Accents," Crying Study Finds
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Newborn babies start learning language in the womb—and are born with accent-like intonations, a new study of crying babies says.



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PICTURES: "Extraordinary" Ancient Skeletons Found
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Several graves dating as far back as the early Stone Age--complete with dog-tooth jewelry and even a sitting woman--have been discovered during extensive digs in central Germany, archaeologists say.



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Sesame Street Goes Global, From HIV+ Muppet to Iraq War
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Sesame Street character Cookie Monster is gobbling Google's logo for the show's 40th anniversary. But around the world it's other Muppets that steal the show—and reflect the cultures and conflicts of each region.



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GLOWING CORAL PHOTO: Fluorescence Found to Aid Healing
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Multicolored "scabs" that glow in daylight are filled with fluorescent proteins that help broken or wounded corals heal, a new study says.



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Mutant Diseases May Cripple Missions to Mars, Beyond
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Cosmic rays can mutate microbes and dampen immune systems—creating virulent diseases that may become a major hurdle in the quest to send humans into space, a new report says.



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SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Ares Dent, Moon Geyser, More
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NASA's Ares I-X rocket gets a cloud and a dent, astronomers peek into a cosmic jewel box, sunlight sparkles on a Saturn moon's plume, and more in the week's best space pictures.



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Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Previously unknown volcanic eruption revealed
Del Mar Times
Professor Jeremy Jackson of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD has been awarded the Paleontological Society Medal, the highest honor given to ...

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'You first' debate pits economies against each other
San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription)
Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a climate and atmospheric scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, is among a growing number of scientists ...


NOAA Scientists Fly to the Ends of the Earth to Measure Greenhouse Gases
Media Newswire (press release)
Steve Wofsy of Harvard University is leading HIPPO with a team of scientists from NOAA, NCAR, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...


Sea Research Foundation and University of Connecticut collaborate on new “DNA ...
Connecticut Plus
Working with colleagues at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the University of Maryland's Center of Marine Biotechnology and the Venter Institute, ...

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Society: Scripps honors Prince Albert II of Monaco
SDNN: San Diego News Network
On October 23, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla hosted environmental supporters including one royal guest, ...


Voice of San Diego

Algae Guru Heading to UCSD
Voice of San Diego
"Together with our colleagues at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, we have assembled one of the world's leading centers for algae biotechnology ...


Short takes
San Diego Union Tribune
LA JOLLA: Professor Jeremy Jackson cq at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla has won the Paleontological Society Medal, the highest honor ...

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Climate Change: India Plays Tough on Carbon Emissions
TIME
"Going eye for an eye on climate change is going to make us all blind," says V. Ramanathan, a climatologist with Scripps Institution of Oceanography who has ...

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Obama names architect Mayne, other arts notables to serve on president's arts ...
Chicago Tribune
... Panel for the San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture's Allocations Programs; and, currently, Scripps Institute of Oceanography's Advisory Council. ...

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Science reporting
Daily Times
... to distract predators while the worms escape, like squid ink does, according to Karen Osborn of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and her colleagues. ...

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