Patterns in genome organization may partially explain how microbial cells work
... such as significant warming of the surface of the ocean off South America that causes El NiƱo climatic events. The wavelet analysis of bacterial genomes yielded "scalograms," maps colored to elucidate the strength of a variety of periodicities associated with chromosome position. Just as the wavelet analy...Tropical Atlantic cooling and African deforestation correlate to drought, report scientists
...t the effects of global climate change. Tropical ocean temperatures and land vegetation have an important... the ocean, there is a larger gradient between the ocean temperature and the land causing less moisture to be pulled from the ocean air toward the land. Wel...Odd energy mechanism in bacteria analyzed
...the life and survival of SAR11, and how it affects ocean ecology.The findings are being published today in ...emergencies. But it may still be very important to ocean life, and that's what we need to find out more about." ...Asleep in the deep: Model helps assess ocean-injection strategy for combating greenhouse effect
...lume and erupt---a potential hazard. Small-scale ocean experiments have been done to investigate how the ... time consuming to carry out under a wide range of ocean conditions. However, a new theoretical model developed by University of Michigan researcher Youxue Z...Overfishing may drive endangered seabird to rely upon lower quality food
...ets, typical modern pre-breeding diets during cool ocean conditions are composed of 42 percent less high-nu... prey. In contrast, prior to breeding during cool ocean years, contemporary murrelets rely more upon krill and mid-level prey, such as sand lance and young ...Compound from marine bacteria shows potential as multiple myeloma therapy
...e bacteria identified in sediment samples from the ocean floor. The substance has shown strong anticancer properties in laboratory tests. Nereus Pharmaceuticals holds an exclusive license to the compound for drug development. Experiments with NPI-0052 began at Dana-Farber in 2003, said Dharminder Chauh...Missing fossil link 'Dallasaurus' found
...d by seas. Remains were quick to deteriorate under ocean currents; their bodies often fell victim to the ravages of other sea life, such as sharks, who would pick away at carcasses for food. Because of their mostly shallow sea and seaside habitats, the remains of early mosasaurs are even more rare and much...Envisat radar surveillance protects endangered prehistoric fish
...EEZ totals nearby one million square kilometres of ocean ?too great an area for naval vessels to police effectively. So the French maritime authority turned to satellite surveillance ?employing ESA's Envisat satellite in conjunction with Canada's Radarsat-1. The radar sensors aboard these spacecraft ca...Science's Breakthrough of the Year: Watching evolution in action
...ans began to take notice. From the warming of deep ocean waters and increased frequencies of the most intense tropical cyclones to continued reductions in ice cover in the Arctic Ocean and altered bird migratory patterns, scientific evidence for climate change built up in 2005 and non-scientists seem to ha...U. of Colorado researcher identifies tracks of swimming dinosaur in Wyoming
...nd reveal that some sea lilies can creep along the ocean floor, apparently to escape from sea urchins that ... eat bits of dead sea lilies that they find on the ocean floor but rather bite pieces right off their prey, giving sea lilies plenty of incentive to shed the...Creeping crinoids! Sea lilies crawl to escape predators, new video shows
...nd reveal that some sea lilies can creep along the ocean floor, apparently to escape from sea urchins that ... eat bits of dead sea lilies that they find on the ocean floor but rather bite pieces right off their prey, giving sea lilies plenty of incentive to shed the...Gene therapy may protect normal tissues during radiation retreatment for lung cancer
... shallow water animals were retreating to the deep ocean and then returning to recolonise Antartica's shelf seas. Clues to how these two very different communities could have achieved this may lie in the animals' DNA. Sven Thatje continued: 'Our work means that the text books will need to be rewritten. Ou...Seafloor creatures destroyed by ice action during ice ages
... shallow water animals were retreating to the deep ocean and then returning to recolonise Antartica's shelf seas. Clues to how these two very different communities could have achieved this may lie in the animals' DNA. Sven Thatje continued: 'Our work means that the text books will need to be rewritten. Ou...The biodiversity of the seas and the ocean floors is a mystery for science yet to unravel. Wi...ign to study this biodiversity of the seas and the ocean floors of the Antarctic. Bellingshausen Sea The expedition, aboard the oceanographic vessel, He...Restaurant seafood prices since 1850s help plot marine harvests through history
...imes startling changes in marine communities along ocean shorelines and in the open seas. By extending tren...conference will add greatly to what is known about ocean life in the past, and delineate what is unknown but discoverable, and what may be unknowable about t...How 'Dirt' Could Educate The Immune System And Help Treat Asthma
... best location to store carbon dioxide in the deep ocean will change with climate change. The direct injection of carbon dioxide deep into the ocean has been suggested as one method to help control rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and ...Climate change will affect carbon sequestration in oceans, model shows
... best location to store carbon dioxide in the deep ocean will change with climate change. The direct injection of carbon dioxide deep into the ocean has been suggested as one method to help control rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and ...Oceans turning to acid from rise in CO2
...al Ecology in Stanford, California.* The report on ocean acidification was released today by the Royal Soci...eira and colleagues shows that too much CO2 in the ocean could lead to ecological disruption and extinctions in the marine environment. When CO2 gas dissolv...Carnegie Mellon cyLab researchers work to develop new red tide monitoring
...spatiotemporal data mining system to track harmful ocean objects from NASA's SeaWiFS satellite images and NOAA's oceanographic data. These harmful ocean objects, known as red tide, include a naturally occurring microscopic algae Karenia brevis, which fo...