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Persistent Man-made Chemical Pollutants Found in Deep-sea Octopods and Squids

New evidence that chemical contaminants are finding their way into the deep-sea food web has been found in deep-sea squids and octopods, including the…

Creating a Safe Zone for Right Whales

It’s called the “area to be avoided,”— 1,000 square nautical miles located in the Roseway Basin region of the Scotian Shelf, just south of Barrington, N.S. And…

Ocean bacteria absorb carbon dioxide

This can be compared to a simple form of photosynthesis, where marine bacteria use energy from sunlight to absorb carbon dioxide. It was previously known that…

For hurricanes, storms, raindrop size makes all the difference

New research from NASA has concluded that tropical cyclones like Gaston produce rain differently than another class of storms called “extra-tropical” cyclones….

Ocean life under threat from climate change

“Marine ecosystems are undoubtedly under-resourced, overlooked and under threat and our collective knowledge of impacts on marine life is a mere drop in the…

School of Robofish Provides Basis for Teams of Underwater Robots

In the world of underwater robots, this is a team of pioneers. While most ocean robots require periodic communication with scientist or satellite…

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