Ocean
Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation Completes Second Research Project
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- 12 December 2012 | By Living Oceans | 385
From Nov 13th to December 11th 2012 a team of scientists from the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, joined by visiting researchers, conducted hundreds of underwater survey dives on reefs in the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia. This study follows research the team did earlier in the Society Islands and has produced some noticeable differences between the two island groups.
Federal Scientists Map Man-Made Ocean Noise
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- 11 December 2012 | By Star Advertiser | 386
Today the ocean depths are a noisy place. The causes are human: the sonar of military exercises, the booms from air guns used in oil and gas exploration, and the whine from fleets of commercial ships that relentlessly crisscross the global seas. Nature has its own undersea noises, but the new ones are loud and ubiquitous.Marine experts say the rising clamor is particularly dangerous to whales, which depend on their acute hearing to locate food and one another. Read More
Lidar Confirms Sandy’s Dramatic Coastal Change Impacts and Future Coastal Vulnerability
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- 26 November 2012 | By USGS | 448
The extent of Hurricane Sandy's wrath -- and the future coastal vulnerability of the region -- is clear in a new U.S. Geological Survey analysis of recently collected lidar coastal data. The research documented particularly dramatic impacts within the Fire Island National Seashore on Long Island, NY.
Europe Must Not Lose Momentum in Marine Biodiversity Research
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- 27 November 2012 | By European Marine Board | 444
A new Marine Board Future Science Brief presents a roadmap for marine biodiversity science in Europe and warns against complacency.
Esri Supports Development of UCSB Ocean Use Application
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- 16 November 2012 | By Esri | 553
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), has now officially launched SeaSketch, an ocean planning tool supported by Esri, the world leader in GIS. Conservationists, planners, and ocean resource managers will use the GIS application and Esri's ArcGIS Online to plan sustainable ocean use management.
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