... carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the environment intensifies, a team of scientists has identified a process by which marine organisms influence the amount of atmospheric carbon ...
... older than once believed and some may be the oldest living marine organisms known to man. Researchers from Lawrence ... coral is the oldest living skeletal-accreting marine organism known. "And to the best of our knowledge, the oldest ...
... San Diego has deciphered the genome of a tropical marine organism known to produce substances potentially ... suggesting an enhanced ability of the organism to adapt to shifting conditions in the marine environment. Sequencing was done ...
... -based authors of a study published Jan. 20 in the journal PLoS ONE have observed toxicity to marine organisms resulting from exposure to a nanoparticle that had not previously ...
... warm, limiting the areas in which predatory fishes and other marine organisms can live or enter in search of food ... could lead to diminished biodiversity and to the expanded distributions of organisms that have adapted to live in hypoxic, or oxygen-poor ...
... team’s work focuses on the aerosol chemistry of the marine atmosphere. They are particularly interested in the long-range ... ’s photosynthesis by acting as fertilizers that stimulate the growth of marine organisms. Because of human activities, the emission ...
... dioxide by the oceans is causing inexorable acidification of sea water. But what impact is this phenomenon having on marine organisms and ecosystems ...
... , Fuhrman said, but have found it hard to do by studying higher organisms. Bacteria are ideal subjects because of their wide ... in the oceans. More than half the carbon dioxide respired by marine organisms comes from bacteria, Fuhrman said. Bacteria ...
... plants that are the base of the food chain in oceans and lakes. Some phytoplankton can produce toxins that are harmful to other marine organisms, including fish. Researchers have studied ...
... ," they said. The disparity in focus on land-based compared to marine impacts was highlighted in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ... is made more urgent as emerging evidence suggests marine organisms may be responding faster to climate change ...
... to tolerate environmental stress. These insights into the biology of marine organisms didn't come from observational ... , Massachusetts. Emerging research on the genomic structure of marine organisms is giving scientists new clues ...
Research into why a tea derived from an ancient crop from the western Pacific could be responsible for reducing the risk of cancer, is being conducted by Aberdeen experts.
... of the Ocean Genome Legacy Foundation. Another marine organism, Botryococcus braunii, is a colony-forming ... . reesei in cellulase production underscores the importance of this organism and the need for understanding the mechanisms behind enzyme ...
WASHINGTON, July 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service says it has identified three marine organisms that may be useful in biomedical research.
... by the mid-21st century. This acidification can damage marine organisms. Experiments have shown that changes of as little ... .3 units can hamper the ability of key marine organisms such as corals and some plankton to calcify their skeletons ...
