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• Satellites collect data on sea temperatures
A mere 2-degree rise in typical summertime water temperature can stress corals, causing the tiny marine creatures that form reefs to expel algae living in their tissues. The so-called bleaching upsets the symbiotic nature of the ecosystem by exposing ...
• Court wrangles over Navy sonar, whales
Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled in February that the Navy must limit sonar use when ships get close to marine mammals. Richard Kendall, representing the Natural Resources Defense Council, told the justices that the Navy is managing ...
• Scientists confirm shark's ‘virgin birth’
In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center contained no genetic material from a male. The first ...
• Divers reach 'Titanic of New England'
It wasn't until 2002 that the ship's location in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, an area about the size of Rhode Island between Cape Ann and Cape Cod, was firmly established by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration team ...
• Economy takes toll on lobstering
Maine Marine Resources Commissioner George Lapointe said this is a time of year when lobstermen count on earning a lot of money and landing a lot of lobster, but "the price is bad and getting worse." "The prices are, from what I can tell, the lowest ...