Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
The World Ocean Day Film Festival is an opportunity to share ocean-related films on or around the June 8 World Ocean Day. Any film with a connection to the ocean is welcomed at this annual film festival. Festival is open for the submission to the following sections: Short ocean comedy, Short surfing film, Environmental Educational, Ocean animation, Ocean art, Ocean sports films, Short ocean documentary. Call for Entries Deadline: May 1, 2009
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Scientists are celebrating the first successful deployment and retrieval in Australia of a remotely controlled, deep ocean-going robotic submarine destined to play a central role in measuring changes in two of Australia's most influential ocean currents.
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
A system that gauges how long an underwater earthquake rumbles could provide tsunami warnings within minutes.
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Biologists have shown that the uptake of CO2 by marine plankton will be reduced if oceans warm, thereby potentially feeding back and making climate change even worse.
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
Some scientists have put forward that humans descended from a sponge-like organism. New research shows that we didn't have a sponge ancestor, but that all sponges are descended from one unique ancestor.
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Friday, April 10th, 2009
Whale sharks, the world's largest fish, are imperiled by over-fishing in parts of its ocean range. New research shows little genetic variation across widely separated tropical oceans, underscoring the need for wider protection against over-fishing. "Our data show that whale sharks found in different oceans are genetically quite similar, which means that animals move and interbreed between populations," said Schmidt, one of the researchers. "From a conservation standpoint, it means that whale sharks in protected waters cannot be assumed to stay in those waters, but may move into areas where they may be in danger."
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