Deep in Biological News

AGU journal highlights -- Aug. 6, 2009

... These stronger winds bring more carbon-rich deep water to the surface, which reduces the ocean's ... generated primarily by infragravity waves in the deep ocean or along coastlines. To pinpoint the ... coasts, with no significant hum generation in the deep ocean. In particular, they find that the Pacific ...

Evolution: Crabs go deep to avoid hot water

... of millions of years of Earth's history. In deep seas all over the world, around 100 species of ... ancestors of current deep-sea groups had to go deep and adapt to the challenges of life in the deep sea. The process of adaptation to constant low ...

Desert rhubarb -- a self-irrigating plant

... The scientists explained that these deep and wide depressions in the leaves create a ... toward the ground surrounding the plant's deep root. Other desert plants simply suffice with the ... conditions, water penetrated the ground only as deep as 1 cm. "We know of no other plant in the ...

Deep-sea rocks point to early oxygen on Earth

... this rock forms around hydrothermal vents in the deep oceans today. "Many people have assumed that ... said Ohmoto. This could only happen if the deep ocean contained oxygen and the iron rich fluids ... into hematite using oxygen dissolved in the deep ocean water. "This explains why this hematite ...

New deep-sea coral discovered on NOAA-supported mission

... coral discovered on a NOAA-funded mission in the deep waters of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine ... do, and can provide a much-needed view of how deep ocean conditions change through time," said ... information about what has been going on in the deep ocean interior." "Studying these corals can ...

No consistent advantage for planting soybean early

... the Upper South (AR, KY, MO, and TN), and the deep South (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, and SC). Planting dates varied from mid-April (early April in the deep South) to July. The experiments included several ... conditions and varieties from the Midwest to the deep South, the response of yield to planting date was ...

AGU journal highlights -- March 12, 2009

... patterns Laboratory crystals give clues to deep Earth puzzle Spacecraft characterize ... transient. Given the challenges in measuring the deep circulation of Venus's atmosphere, the authors ... 4. Laboratory crystals give clues to deep Earth puzzle Perovskite is the major mineral ...

New deep-sea coral discovered on NOAA-supported mission

... coral discovered on a NOAA-funded mission in the deep waters of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine ... do, and can provide a much-needed view of how deep ocean conditions change through time," said ... information about what has been going on in the deep ocean interior." "Studying these corals can ...

Earth's highest known microbial systems fueled by volcanic gases

... Gases rising from deep within the Earth are fueling the world's ... as microbes living in hydrothermal vents in deep oceans, he said. The Socompa microbial ... Atacama Desert and are supported by gases from deep within the Earth," said Schmidt, a professor in ...

Ocean islands fuel productivity and carbon sequestration through natural iron fertilization

... enhanced the export of carbon to the deep ocean. The research was published January 29, ... have the potential to sequester carbon in the deep ocean," said Charette. The team conducted ... for winds to carry iron from the island to the deep water where the bloom occurs. While other studies ...

Carnegie Mellon to unveil new sequestration plan

... the safe and economical capture, transport and deep geological sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ... 2 into suitable rock formations over half a mile deep below the surface, must be resolved perhaps ... that there is no practical way to do that unless deep geological sequestration of CO 2 is part of a ...

January GEOLOGY media highlights

... cap rock to hold CO 2 in the injection zone deep underground for tens of thousand years. Lu et al. ... time scales much longer than required. deep mantle diamonds from South Australia: A record of ... of the Pacific plate, which was subducted deep beneath the former supercontinent Gondwana. ...

Unusual microbial ropes grow slowly in cave lake

... deep inside the Frasassi cave system in Italy and more ... were associated with organisms usually found in deep sea sediments and referred to as marine benthic ... have estimated the rate of cell growth in some deep sea sediments to a cell division every thousand ...

New deep-sea observatory goes live

... Central California, in the inky darkness of the deep sea, a bright orange metal pyramid about the size ... unforgiving, inhospitable environment of the deep sea was no easy task. But the tougher the ... connection" for scientific instruments in the deep sea. It will allow marine scientists to ...

MIT: Safe storage of greenhouse-gas carbon dioxide

... 2 at coal-burning power plants and storing it in deep geological basins will mitigate its negative ... and 1,000 kilometers wide and 5,000 kilometers deep that has filled over millennia with layers of ... Some of the layers contain brine and are called deep saline aquifers. CO 2 would be injected into the ...

Deep heat solution to 500-million year mystery

... is a paradox: the fossils have been buried deep in the Earth's crust and heated to over 300oC ... organic tissues of these fossils were heated deep within the Earth, they became the site for ... a whole new theory for how fossils form. The deep heating may not have cremated them, but it ...

Marine invasive species advance 50 km per decade, World Conference on Marine Biodiversity told

... in extreme ecosystems, particularly in the deep sea. DISCOVERIES IN THE deep SEA deep sea research has increased greatly in the last ...

Marine invasive species advance 50km per decade, World Conference on Marine Biodiversity told

... in extreme ecosystems, particularly in the deep sea. DISCOVERIES IN THE deep SEA deep sea research has increased greatly in the last ...

Ecologists use oceanographic data to predict future climate change

... periods have ended when the global ocean's deep circulation slowed in response to reductions in the formation of North Atlantic deep Water, or NADW, a large, deep mass of highly saline water in the North ....

Cold water corals conference to be held in Woods Hole

... Research during the past decade has shown that deep coral ecosystems host extremely high biological ... of how the temperature and chemistry of the deep ocean has changed in the past," said Laura ... carbonate skeletons. This threat is doubled for deep corals that rely on plankton for food, many of ...

AGU journal highlights -- Oct. 16, 2008

... warming ocean waters. Scientists have documented deep flooding over the Amundsen Sea's continental shelf by almost unmodified Circumpolar deep Water (CDW); though cold, this deep water is several degrees above freezing and ...

Deep biosphere research points to new methods for recovering petroleum

... Miles below us, deep within Earth's crust, life is astir. Organisms ... Earth. Although the biological diversity of these deep biosphere microorganisms may surpass that of the ... on short time-scales and at Earth's surface. deep biosphere microbes, like any living organism, ...

Galloping and breathing at high speed

... The second is work generated by the parallel deep digital flexor, which moves the horse forward ... forelimbs may be related to fatigue within the deep digital flexor resulting from stress and strain ... According to Dr. Hermanson, "Fatigue of the deep flexor muscle may overload the superficial ...

KAUST and IBM to build 1 of the fastest and most powerful supercomputers

... The project, known as the KAUST/IBM Center for deep Computing Research, is designed to "jumpstart" ... in September 2009. The KAUST/IBM Center for deep Computing Research project is unique because it ... "We see this as a superb way to animate deep computing techniques with practical and important ...

Complex ocean behavior studied with 'artificial upwelling'

... nature pumping cold, nutrient-rich water from deep within the Pacific Ocean and releasing it into ... using the up-and-down motion of waves to pump deep water to the surface. Their next step is to ... able to create stage-one diatom blooms by mixing deep and surface water in large incubation bottles, ...

September Geology and GSA Today media highlights

... Boulder, CO, USA - GEOLOGY topics reach deep into Earth and far into spacefrom magma and plate ... thousands of years, they collectively have left deep deposits of guano, once highly valued as ... Liverpool L69 7ZT, UK. Pages 727-730. The deep accumulations of wind-blown silt (loess) that ...

Unique study shows oil, gas seismic work not affecting Gulf sperm whales

... and fish and they have been known to dive as deep as 7,000 feet. Humans no longer hunt them for ... not often seen because they prefer to stay in the deep waters of the Gulf, usually in depths of 3,000 ... where their food source is, and that means very deep water. So folks that do see them are marine ...

Robot vehicle surveys deep sea off Pacific Northwest

... a newly developed robot capable of diving as deep as 5,000 meters (3.1 miles) into the ocean, has ... we got out here, but the steep terrain of the deep sea is quite a different matter." The AUV can ... is a true robot, functioning on its own in the deep water," said Rod Catanach, a WHOI engineer who ...

Successful series of measurements in Arctic sea ice

... the worldwide unique ecologically orientated deep sea long-term observatory in the Polar latitudes. It examines how the deep sea changes under the influence of constant ... and structure of life at the bottom of the Arctic deep sea. This monitoring of the environment ...

August 2008 Geology and GSA Today media highlights

... are caused by the Yellowstone hotspota hot region deep below Yellowstone National Park. But how hot is ... implies that the hotspot is an upwelling from deep within Earth, possibly coming from as deep as the boundary between Earth's core and mantle ...

Nature publishes new evidence about the deep biosphere written by biogeoscientists

... in terms of carbon massliving in the deep biosphere, in a research article published online ... (JAMSTEC) concluded that about 87 percent of the deep biosphere consists of Archaea. This finding is in ... investigations have proven the existence of the deep biosphere. "In general, life below the ...

'Cross fire' from the brain makes patients tremble

... a therapy for Parkinson's disease. A new deep brain pacemaker is to bring cells out of the ... Association, are on the right track. Their new deep brain pacemaker is to help Parkinson's patients ... scientists have assumed that the 5-Hz rhythm deep in the brain resulted from nerve signals, which ...

Deep sequencing study reveals new insights into human transcriptome

... unprecedented view at the human transcriptome. deep sequencing of transcripts from two human cell ... View of Gene Activity and Alternative Splicing by deep Sequencing of the Human Transcriptome", published ... MolGen and head scientist of the study states: " deep sequencing allows for the first time to explore ...

The good, the bad and the smelly: USGS at the 2008 Coral Reef Symposium

... . Underwater Sleuthing with deep ATRIS: A New Tool for Mapping Habitats and ... the U.S. Geological Survey has developed the deep Along-Track Reef-Imaging System (Deep ATRIS), a ... package deployable from boats of moderate size. deep ATRIS is a lightweight, computer-controlled, ...

July 2008 GEOLOGY and GSA Today media highlights

... Chemical fingerprinting of minerals in these deep roots has revealed dramatic changes in the ... uplift due to buoyancy forces, which act from the deep earth. These forces, however, are smoothed out by ... the slow shortening, ductile thickening in the deep crust, and the large elevation difference between ...

New study shows shallow water corals evolved from deep sea ancestors

... diverse group of hard corals first evolved in the deep sea, and not in shallow waters. Stylasterids, or lace corals, diversified in deep waters before launching at least three successful ... animals, we can trace how these transitions from deep water to shallow habitats have popped up in ...

Dinosaur diggers bring mobile lab, new techniques to Eastern Montana

... Schweitzer's hypothesis is that fossils can stay deep in the ground for 68 million years and because ... remain in nearly their original state. It was a deep sandstone environment that preserved the soft ... the best preservation comes when bones are buried deep in sandstone. ...

Brown to host conference on advances in neurotechnology

... retinal (eye) prosthetics; spinal cord injuries; deep brain stimulation; and paralyzed rehabilitation. ... Becoming a Part Computer Made Me More Human deep Brain Stimulation Benjamin D. Greenberg, ... who was the first in the United States to undergo deep brain stimulation surgery for obsessive ...

'Barren' seafloor teeming with microbial life

... many scientists believe that shallow water, not deep water, cradled the planets first life. They ... the seafloor. Some might even favor the deep ocean for the emergence of life since it was a ... suggested. Still, current knowledge of the deep biosphere can fit on the head of a pin, Edwards ...

Logging road threatens rare peat dome, tigers

... clearance of natural forest and destruction of deep peat soil at any time in a globally recognized ... peat at depths mostly over 10 meters extremely deep for a peatland, with an enormous store of carbon. ... would not be allowed as it is considered deep peat soil and is natural forest in good ....