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Lessons From Deepwater

But though gulf residents fear that they will be forgotten as cleanup crews pack up and leave, the inquiry into the oil leak is only beginning on scientific…

Understaning a Vulnerable Species

Hunted for centuries for their oil (and until the 1970s for dog food), there may be only 160 of these gentle giants in the population found off Nova Scotia. In…

Widely adopted indicator of fisheries health questioned

The most widely adopted measure for assessing the state of the world's oceans and fisheries led to inaccurate conclusions in nearly half the ecosystems where…

Faster water flow means greater diversity of invertebrate marine life

One of biggest factors promoting the diversity of coastal ocean life is how fast the water flows, according to new research by ecologists at Brown University….

Slow Flow: New Wind Tunnel is Largest of Its Type

The University of New Hampshire is now home to a wind tunnel that is the largest of its type in the world. At 300 feet long, the new Flow Physics Facility…

Listening for ocean spills and their ecological effects

Scientists who study acoustics (the “science of sound”) have over the years developed a variety of techniques to probe the hidden depths of oceans. This week,…

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