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 Shipwrecks on Coral Reefs Harbor Unwanted Species
Posted by: Cindy on Aug 23, 2008 AD - 03:18 PM
Shipwrecks on coral reefs may increase invasion of unwanted species, according to a recent U.S. Geological Survey study. These unwanted species can completely overtake the reef and eliminate all the native coral, dramatically decreasing the diversity of marine organisms on the reef. This study documents for the first time that a rapid change in the dominant biota on a coral reef is unambiguously associated with man-made structures...
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 Claimed by the Sea - Long Island Shipwrecks
Posted by: Cindy on Aug 23, 2008 AD - 03:18 PM
Author Adam Grohman has recently released his most ambitious project to date, "Claimed by the Sea - Long Island Shipwrecks", taking an in depth look at eleven shipwrecks situated in the waters around Long Island. The wrecks that are included in the book are the: Savannah, Lexington, U.S.S. Ohio, Circassian, Seawanhaka, Oregon, Louis V. Place, General Slocum, U.S.S. San Diego, Andrea Doria, and the Gwendoline Steers, and the history of the wrecks is included along with photographs of the sunken vessels and recovered artifacts...
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New National Survey Finds Economic Incentive for Protecting Ocean Resources
Posted by: Cindy on Aug 23, 2008 AD - 03:18 PM
Scuba Divers are Willing to Pay More to See Healthy Corals, Sharks and Sea Turtles
Washington, D.C. – Oceana released the results of a new survey today that finds a strong economic incentive for protecting living ocean resources. Sea the Value: Quantifying the Value of Marine Life to Divers shows that scuba divers are willing to pay more to see healthy corals, sharks and sea turtles...
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 NOAA Report Shows Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary In Fair Condition
Posted by: Cindy on Aug 23, 2008 AD - 03:18 PM
A new NOAA report on the health of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary indicates that the overall condition of the sanctuary’s marine life and habitats is fair. The report also identifies several emerging threats to sanctuary resources, including non-indigenous marine species, overfishing, waterborne chemicals from human coastal activities, and increased recreational use of the site...
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Genetics Reveals Big Fish That Almost Got Away
Posted by: Cindy on Aug 23, 2008 AD - 03:17 PM
DNA studies by scientists show one critically endangered grouper species is really two
Researchers from the University of Hawaii, the Wildlife Conservation Society, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, National Marine Fisheries Service and Projecto Meros do Brazil discovered a new species of fish—a grouper that reaches more than six feet in length and can weigh nearly 1,000 pounds. This newly discovered species can be found roaming the tropical reefs of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
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Unique Study Shows Oil, Gas Seismic Work Not Affecting Gulf Sperm Whales
Posted by: Cindy on Aug 23, 2008 AD - 03:17 PM
HOUSTON, Aug. 2008 – Noise can be irritating and possibly harmful for everything from mice to humans – and maybe even 60-foot whales in the Gulf of Mexico.
In recent years, there has been concern that man-made noise may be a cause of stress for dolphins, whales and other marine mammals, but the results of a five-year study show that noise pollution – especially noise generated by seismic airguns during geophysical exploration for oil and gas – seems to have minimal effect on endangered sperm whales in the Gulf of Mexico, say researchers from Texas A&M University who led the project and released their 323-page report today at the Houston Museum of Natural Science...
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Divers Find "Portal to Mythical Underworld" in Mexico
Posted by: Cindy on Aug 19, 2008 AD - 04:15 PM
MEXICO CITY, Aug, 2008 (Reuters) — Mexican archeologists have discovered a maze of stone temples in underground caves, some submerged in water and containing human bones, which ancient Mayans believed was a portal where dead souls entered the underworld...
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Myleene Klaas Goes Underwater for CNN
Posted by: Cindy on Aug 19, 2008 AD - 04:14 PM
Brits own Myleene Klass is making news playing in the water again for her monthly CNN film programme The Screening Room. Myleene's first famous 'water role' was wearing 'the white bikini' on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here, which won her a horde of (mostly male) fans due to repeated on-screen showering beneath a waterfall. Her latest underwater filming was a little more difficult however...
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Shipwreck Discovered off Kure Atoll
Posted by: Cindy on Aug 19, 2008 AD - 04:14 PM
NOAA Maritime Archaeologists Discover Shipwreck of British Whaling Ship Gledstanes that Sank off Kure Atoll in 1837
A team of maritime heritage archaeologists from NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuaries have discovered the shipwreck remains of the 1837 British whaling ship Gledstane. The shipwreck was foundoff Kure Atoll within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument during a month-long expedition to discover and document shipwrecks in monument waters...
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Snapshot of Bermuda's Coral reef
Posted by: Cindy on Aug 19, 2008 AD - 04:13 PM
The Bermuda Reef Ecosystem Assessment and Mapping (BREAM) project aims are to monitor the health of the reefs and record the distribution of coral and fish which inhabit it. The scientists have produced a 'road map' of the reefs which will help divers and also aid in the protection of the reefs for the future...
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