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Ocean Leadership Delivers Support Letter to Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:15:44 +0000

After a month long delay over amendments regarding the census and trying terrorists, the Senate approved the FY10 Commerce-Justice-Science spending bill last Thursday night.

Ocean Leadership: Science Requirements for Marine Spatial Planning

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:22:49 +0000

President Obama charged the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force with recommending a framework for effective coastal and marine spatial planning by December 2009.

Deep-Sea Ecosystems Affected By Climate Change

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:26:26 +0000

The vast muddy expanses of the abyssal plains occupy about 60 percent of the Earth's surface and are important in global carbon cycling

Christopher Scholin Appointed MBARI President and CEO

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:13:27 +0000

Molecular biologist Christopher Scholin has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, the institute's Board of Directors announced on November 3, 2009.

The Agenda for the OOI Science Community Workshop Now Online

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:05:19 +0000

The Agenda for the OOI Science Community Workshop, November 11-12, 2009 in Baltimore, MD is Now Available

Great Whites Near Shore More Often Than Believed

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:53:10 +0000

For years, humans have thought of great white sharks wandering the sea at random, only occasionally venturing close to shore. We were wrong.

NOAA, The Nature Conservancy Address Coral Reef Threats

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:34:04 +0000

NOAA and The Nature Conservancy have entered into an agreement to protect the health of the nation’s valuable but increasingly vulnerable coral reef ecosystems in the Caribbean, Florida, Hawaii and the Pacific Islands.

Remote Albatrosses Feed on Ocean Garbage Patch

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:22:22 +0000

Laysan albatross chicks living on one of the world's most remote islands, Kure Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, ingest 10 times more plastic than chicks living on Oahu, according to a new study published in the journal PLoS One.

Ghostly 'Dance of a Sea Dragon'

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:50:22 +0000

One of the most elegant courtship rituals in the animal kingdom has been captured on film by a BBC crew.

Economic Crisis Could Spread Invasive Species

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:37:36 +0000

The global economic crisis could worsen the spread of invasive species in the oceans, according to a new study.