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Learning from cod collapse to save tuna

Continued mismanagement could force some tuna populations to quickly go the way of cod, a highly threatened fishery that once helped shape economies of whole…

Cryptic Marine Ecosystem Could Break Age Record

A new microbial ecosystem existed in bubbles of 400 million year old volcanic rocks and may well be found in three billion year old rocks: That is the gist of…

Ocean's fiercest predators now vulnerable to extinction

Now, the global status of large sharks has been assessed by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), which is widely recognized as the most comprehensive,…

Small sea creatures may be the 'canaries in the coal mine' of climate change

Gretchen Hofmann, associate professor of biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has just returned from a research mission to Antarctica where…

Past greenhouse warming events provide clues to what the future may hold

Scientists studying the PETM are piecing together an increasingly detailed picture of its causes and consequences. Their findings describe what may be the best…

The key to quieter Atlantic hurricane seasons may be blowing in the wind

“At least one third of the recent increase in Atlantic Ocean temperatures is due to a decrease in dust storms,” says lead author Amato Evan, a researcher at…

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