Science news articles about 'coastal seas'

... endangered" and among the most threatened ecosystems; also critically endangered are estuaries and coastal seas, threatened by overfishing and runoff; continental shelves are "endangered" due to, ...

... reviews a series of studies that bolster initial observations that exploitation and pollution of estuaries and coastal seas, coral reef ecosystems, continental margins and the open ocean continue ...

An international group of scientists is linking nutrient pollution in the world's coastal seas to an increase in the number of harmful algal blooms reported in recent years. When harmful algal blooms ...

... waters," said Macko, "lends support to the hypothesis that demosponges arose in warm shallow coastal seas." Feeding on dissolved and particulate organic debris in the water, these animals eventually ...

... for ice-free summers with intermittent winter sea ice in the Arctic Ocean during the Late Cretaceous ... the sediment points to the formation of sea ice in shallow coastal seas during autumn storms but ...

... more and more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere," said Mathis. "Because of this, the acidity of Alaska's coastal seas will continue to increase, and likely accelerate, over the next decade." Mathis ...

... West Antarctic ice sheets and accelerating rates of sea level rise during the past 10-to- ... havoc in the environment, especially rivers, lakes and coastal seas. As a starting point they propose ten ...