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  • ONW: Week of March 15, 2010 - Number 84
    ONW: Week of March 15, 2010 - Number 84
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  • Registration Now Open For Small Sea Changes: BIG California Impacts Workshop
    Registration Now Open For Small Sea Changes: BIG California Impacts Workshop
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  • Mission San Jose Takes First at Sea Lion Bowl
    Mission San Jose Takes First at Sea Lion Bowl
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  • Antarctica Once had Tropical Climate, Scientists Say
    Antarctica Once had Tropical Climate, Scientists Say
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  • Impacts of Changing Climate on Ocean Biology
    Impacts of Changing Climate on Ocean Biology
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    Hurricane Forecasters Bring Preparedness Message to Atlantic, Mexico and Caribbean
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  • US-Canada Partnership Expands Innovative Ocean Research
    US-Canada Partnership Expands Innovative Ocean Research
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  • Undersea Mountains Exposed in Oceanography Magazine
    Undersea Mountains Exposed in Oceanography Magazine
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  • Buried Alive: Half of Earth's Life May Lie Below Land, Sea
    Buried Alive: Half of Earth's Life May Lie Below Land, Sea
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  • Calif. May Ban Cos. from Using Ocean as Coolant
    Calif. May Ban Cos. from Using Ocean as Coolant
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The Census of Marine Life: Photo of the Week - Tagged Green Sturgeon
March 19, 2010 – 1:12 pm | No Comment

(Click to enlarge image) Tagged green sturgeon. (Photo: Yurok Tribal Fisheries Department, POST)

Yurok Tribal Biologists with tagged green sturgeon in the lower Klamath River.

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The Role of Science in a National Ocean Policy
March 19, 2010 – 11:12 am | No Comment
The Role of Science in a National Ocean Policy On February 23, 2010, Bob Gagosian, President and CEO of Consortium for Ocean Leadership, delivered the keynote address during an event sponsored by The Oceanographic Society at the Ocean Sciences meeting in Portland Oregon.
Climate 'Fix' Could Poison Sea Life
March 19, 2010 – 7:09 am | No Comment
Climate 'Fix' Could Poison Sea Life Fertilising the oceans with iron to absorb carbon dioxide could increase concentrations of a chemical that can kill marine mammals, a study has found.
EPA to Allow States Address Rising Ocean Acidity
March 19, 2010 – 6:58 am | No Comment
EPA to Allow States Address Rising Ocean Acidity The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will consider ways the states can address rising acidity levels in oceans, which pose a serious threat to shellfish and other marine life.
Jaws - 4 Million BC: How an Extinct Shark Attacked Its Prey
March 19, 2010 – 6:51 am | No Comment
Jaws - 4 Million BC: How an Extinct Shark Attacked Its Prey It might sound like a mashup of monster movies, but palaeontologists have discovered evidence of how an extinct shark attacked its prey, reconstructing a killing that took place 4 million years ago.
Southern Ocean Winds Open Window to the Deep Sea
March 19, 2010 – 6:31 am | No Comment
Southern Ocean Winds Open Window to the Deep Sea Australian and US scientists have discovered how changes in winds blowing on the Southern Ocean drive variations in the depth of the surface layer of sea water responsible for regulating exchanges of heat and carbon dioxide between the ocean and the atmosphere.
New NOAA Web Site Emphasizes Broader Impacts of Sea Ice Loss
March 19, 2010 – 6:21 am | No Comment
New NOAA Web Site Emphasizes Broader Impacts of Sea Ice Loss Melting sea ice may sound like a regional or local problem, but NOAA’s new Arctic Future Web site shows that changes in the Arctic can also influence weather in the mid-latitudes, where a large part of the global human population lives.
UN Rejects Export Ban on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
March 18, 2010 – 2:48 pm | No Comment
UN Rejects Export Ban on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna A U.S.-backed proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi was rejected Thursday by a U.N. wildlife meeting, with scores of developing nations joining Japan in opposing a measure they feared would devastate fishing economies.
Sturgeon More Critically Endangered Than Any Other Group of Species
March 18, 2010 – 2:38 pm | No Comment
Sturgeon More Critically Endangered Than Any Other Group of Species 85 percent of sturgeon, one of the oldest families of bony fishes in existence, valued around the world for their precious roe, are at risk of extinction, making them the most threatened group of animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Proposed ESA Listing Changes for the Loggerhead Sea Turtle
March 17, 2010 – 1:28 pm | No Comment
Proposed ESA Listing Changes for the Loggerhead Sea Turtle NOAA’s Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), jointly referred to as the Services, announced today their joint determination that the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is globally comprised of nine distinct population segments (DPSs) that qualify as “species” for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Shark Fin Soup Demand Feeding Extinctions
March 17, 2010 – 1:21 pm | No Comment
Shark Fin Soup Demand Feeding Extinctions Ocean Group Says 73 Million Sharks Are Killed Annually, Mostly for Fins Catering to Surge in Asian Consumer Demand
VEMCO VR4-Global Prototype Receivers Deployed Off Western Australian Beaches
March 17, 2010 – 10:31 am | No Comment
VEMCO VR4-Global Prototype Receivers Deployed Off Western Australian Beaches A research group in Australia recently deployed 20 VR4-Global prototype receivers to complement an existing network of deployed VEMCO receivers to collect information on the movements and behaviour of white sharks in the region.
Penguins Snowed in at the Pittsburgh Zoo
March 15, 2010 – 3:12 pm | No Comment
Penguins Snowed in at the Pittsburgh Zoo The eighth annual Penguin Bowl lived up to its name as Antarctic conditions hit the Three Rivers region and dumped over 53 centimeters of snow on the Pittsburgh Zoo.
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