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Researchers find 4,000-year-old coral species
Deep-sea corals are the oldest living animals with a skeleton in the seas
23 March 2009
Deep-sea fish found with "transparent head"
16 March 2009
Seven new species of deep sea coral discovered
9 March 2009
FAO report on high seas bottom fisheries released
A new report, "Worlwide Review of Bottom Fisheries in the High Seas", has been released by the FAO at the meeting of the FAO Committee on Fisheries in Rome.
Scientists
Find Deep-Sea Coral Dying
During deep-sea exploration off the coast of Tasmania, a team of US and Australian
scientists has discovered a range of previously unknown sea creatures.
However, the reefs the scientists encountered appeared to be dying, something
that has happened recently to most coral deeper than 1,300 metres.
Norwegian
Coral Reefs Threatened
A Greenpeace Media Release
Marine
Invasive Species Advance 50km per Decade
A rapid, climate change-induced northern migration of invasive marine is one
of many research results announced Tues. Nov. 11 during opening day presentations
at the First World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Ciudad de las Artes y las
Ciencias, in Valencia.
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Highlights from the Marine Census of Life
Eight years into the most comprehensive analysis of living things in the world's
oceans ever undertaken, scientists from 82 countries are giddy with excitement.
Begun in 2000, the Marine Census of Life is being carried out by more than 2,000
scientists from 82 different nations. |