Science news articles about 'sea grass'

  • Harvesting the Seeds in Hopes of a Sea Grass Revival

    They came to collect seeds - 20 million or more - to expand what organizers call "the largest sea grass restoration in the world." ... On Tuesday, Orth and a team of volunteers ...
  • Revealing the evolutionary history of threatened sea turtles

    ... are closely related to primarily herbivorous green sea turtles. New genetic research carried ... jellyfish and the green grazes mainly on algae or sea grass." Each of the species with specialized diets ...
  • Sea level rise alters bay's salinity

    ... to Potomac River flow, Atlantic Shelf salinity and winds. "Salt content affects jelly fish, oysters, sea grasses and many other forms of aquatic life," says Hilton. "The Chesapeake ...
  • Arabian "Sea Cows" Going Hungry?

    Along the coast of Abu Dhabi, development is spilling into the sea, smothering the sea grass beds that nourish rare marine mammals called dugongs. Video.
  • Genetics reveals big fish that almost got away

    ... Ocean. Was the massive fish hiding among the corals and sea grass to evade marine biologists? No, it was just a case of mistaken identity, as explained in a recent genetic study in ...
  • Nutrient pollution chokes marine and freshwater ecosystems

    ... the proliferation of undesirable plant growth; reductions in water quality; and the loss of important coastal fish habitat, such as sea grass and kelp beds. Likens stresses, "By focusing ...
  • Seahorses 'stood up' 25 million years ago

    ... 25 to 20 million years ago, when bodies of open water between Australia and Indonesia changed, leaving these horse-resembling bony fishes with shallow sea grass habitat, according to a new study.
  • Science Briefing

    Myanmar fossils may mean human roots in Asia / Crucial sea grass meadows found to be declining / Multiple genetic variations linked to schizophrenia / Deep-brain stimulators help some cerebral palsy p ...

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