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Google Street View takes you under the streets and deep into the sea
Google Street View is slowly but surely conquering Earth's land surfaces, but the oceans — which cover more than 70% of our planet — are still largely untapped territory. On Thursday, Google narrowed...
View ArticleGoogle Street View heads to the Barrier Reef
Google's Street View has visited to the Great Barrier Reef. Street View is notorious for capturing unexpected moments that are weird and wonderful. But in this case life under the sea appears...
View ArticleGoogle Releases Stunning Underwater Street View For World Oceans Day
This year, Google is marking World Oceans Day (June 8) with a very different Street View. You may want to grab your snorkel and wetsuit, we're going underwater. Collecting magnificent underwater...
View ArticleNew Study Could Pave Way for an Ocean Acidification Early Warning System for...
(Source: UCSD - University of California - San Diego) A new study on Australia's Great Barrier Reef showed that corals are continuously exposed to two key climate change-related stressors throughout...
View ArticleYou can now explore coral reefs with Google Street View
It’s fairly common knowledge that the world’s coral reefs are disappearing at a rather alarming rate due to factors ranging from polluted bodies of water to climate change. Over the past 30 years, 40...
View ArticleIn pictures: Australia's Great Barrier Reef
29 May 2015 From the section Australia As Unesco considers if the Great Barrier Reef should be listed as "in danger", scientists are tapping into a record of the reef created by a huge photographic...
View ArticleCoral reef research, video
A team of scientists from Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation and XL Catlin Seaview Survey sets sail on the world's largest coral reef expedition to gather ground-breaking images to reveal the...
View ArticleSediment from human activity increases disease levels in the Great Barrier...
Fish in the Great Barrier Reef are suffering from an increased rate of disease due to sediment thrown up by human activity, an Australian university study has found. Researchers from James Cook...
View ArticleSouth China Sea: Why not take up China on its words?
Reclamation: A Chinese vessel works on expanding the Johnson Reef in the Spratly Islands on May, 2014. Photo: AP Beijing has cast a peaceful light on its construction of airfields, ports and radar...
View ArticleSmall atoll islands may grow, not sink, as sea levels rise
Rising seas are eating away at small islands and will eventually turn their inhabitants into climate refugees, right? Not so for some of the world's most threatened islands, which have grown despite...
View ArticleFinding Amelia Earhart: New Expedition Could Solve Decades-Long Mystery
The search for Amelia Earhart is on (again). An organized search party called "The Earhart Project," led by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, also known as TIGHAR (pronounced...
View ArticleThe Race For Water Odyssey Arrives In Hawaii To Continue Its Fight Against...
(Source: ISAF - International Sailing Federation) The Race For Water Odyssey Arrives In Hawaii To Continue Its Fight Against Plastic Pollution In The Oceans The MOD70 Race for Water and her crew...
View ArticleCoral comeback: Reefs have secret weapon against climate change
(Image: Plainpicture/Minden Pictures) THE bleaching began in May. By September nearly one-sixth of the world's corals had turned white and...
View ArticleAIMS Open Day showcases Australian Marine Science in action (Department of...
(Source: Department of Industry and Science - Australian Government) The success of our marine scientists and the importance of their work supporting Australia's growing 'blue economy' is being...
View ArticleOcean garbage scoop study to start off Japan coast
Researchers are launching tests aimed at setting up a huge floating barrier off the Japanese coast, a project that could eventually help remove some of the 5.25 trillion pieces of rubbish polluting the...
View ArticleScientists from FAU hunt for sea sponges that fight cancer
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Think of it as drawing medicine from the sea. Florida Atlantic University scientists have developed a sophisticated device that allows them to inspect ocean reefs and...
View Article06/01/15 -Cause of Coral Mortality In Kaneohe Bay Different Than Originally...
(Source: State of Hawaii) 06/01/15 -Cause of Coral Mortality In Kaneohe Bay Different Than Originally Thought Posted on Jun 2, 2015 in Aquatic Resources, , slider DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL...
View ArticleUS research ship completes expedition in Mentawai
The R/V Falkor, a research ship owned by the US-based Schmidt Ocean Institute, has completed its oceanic research on a high seismic risk area in the Mentawai waters, West Sumatra. “The research team...
View ArticleIslands in focus: US ship researches tsunami in Mentawai
The R/V Falkor, a Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) ship, is currently conducting research under the sea in the Mentawai Islands regency, West Sumatra, to assess the risk of tsunamis triggered by...
View ArticleHuge floating barrier off Japan coast could help remove some of the 5...
Researchers are launching tests aimed at setting up a huge floating barrier off the Japanese coast, a project that could eventually help remove some of the 5.25 trillion pieces of rubbish polluting the...
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