In the News

Miami Dade fishing tournament to help rid area of invasive lion fish.

Check up the article at:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/11/02/2483441/divers-take-dead-aim-at-invasive.html

Marine Science In The News !

Lobsters dying in New York!

Read about chemicals flowing into the ocean that seems to be killing lobsters:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/27/taking-liberties-curious-case-dying-lobsters/

Leatherbacks are most endangered turtles! Read about them at:
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_
do/endangered_species/marine_
turtles/leatherback_turtle/

Hydrothermal Vents Move Species Hundreds of Miles!

Go to: http://www.eurekalert.org/marinescience/
Scroll to click on: Public Release: 13-Apr-2010
Long-distance larvae speed to new undersea vent homes

Polar Bear Dance!

Check out the 40 top Nature photos of all times. This one is the polar bear dance.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Eco/slideshow/top-nature-photos-time-10424830

Crustacean 2.5 feet long feeds on dead whales!

Check this out! They are found 5000 feet below the surface of the ocean! Ugh!
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/03/30/terrifying-sea-critter-from-oceans-depths/?test=faces.

Benthic explorer lost at sea!

This unmanned submersible was lost at sea this month. Check it out at:
http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/
viewArticle.do?id=70906&sectionid=1002

Creatures found living beneath 600 feet of Antarctic ice!

Scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet. Check it out at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100315/
ap_on_sc/us_sci_antarctica_sea_life

All black penguin found!!

Check it out at: http://green.yahoo.com/blog/
guest_bloggers/24/all-black-penguin-discovered.html

This is AMAZING!!!!

The first EVER photosynthetic ANIMAL has been found!!! Check it out at:
http://www.foxnews.com/
scitech/2010/01/13/
half-plant-half-animal-really/
?test=faces

Whale wars with Japan!

Check out this article and slideshow found on foxnews website:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/
0,2933,582666,00.html

Researchers Use New Acoustic Tools to Study Marine Mammals
and Fish

Check out this article from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute:
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/press_release
/2009/SciSpot/SS0919/index.html

Ten Ton fishing boat sunk by huge jellyfish off Japan

These are HUGE jellyfish that grow to be 6.5 feet in diameter! There is a great article about how hauling these in caused the sinking of a 10 ton ship! Check it out: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/
6483758/Japanese-fishing-trawler-sunk-
by-giant-jellyfish.html

Jellyfish movie!

http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=102729&sectionid=1021

1000's of new

This is a fish with a see through head!!! Check out the link below to see video of this fish and other new creatures recently found:
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/hd-video-shows-bizarre-deep-sea-creatures/267r725s

Low-oxygen zones in oceans worry scientists

Here's a great article about dead zones:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/
20100307/sc_mcclatchy/3444187

Tragedy at Sea World

A Sea World trainer attacked. http://www.foxnews.com/story/
0,2933,587368,00.html?test=latestnews
and
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4050716/
tragedy-at-seaworld

Deep Sea Dumbo and 1000's more newly found marine organisms.

Deep Sea 'Dumbo' From pole to pole, surface to frigid depths, researchers have discovered thousands of new ocean creatures in a decade-long effort now nearing completion, called the Census of Marine Life. And there may still be several times more strange creatures to be found.

Grimpoteuthis looks like a primitive "dumbo" fish; the creature moves by flapping its ear-like fins. Researchers with the project have found about 5,600 new species on top of the 230,000 known. They hope to add several thousand more by October 2010, when the census will be done
Source: David Shale
Check it out at:
http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/scitech/2009/11/23/deep-sea-oddiites-census-marine-life?test=faces

Oil spill at Texas port dumps 450,000 gallons into the ocean!

This is really sad! Check out this story. It talks about the methods of cleaning up oil spills that are discussed in module 3: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/
23/texas.oil.spill/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Florida Sea Turtles hit by cold temperatures are being released

200 Sea Turtles rescued from St. Joseph's Bay during the cold spell suffered "cold stun". They were treated and released:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/
0,2933,583113,00.html

Good news about the coral reefs!

Read the article at:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/
100109002310.htm

Tiny Ocean Robots to Study Nursery Habitats and Harmful Algae Blooms

Soccer-ball sized robots are being developed by Scripps Institution of Oceanography to study how smaller organisms are affected by tides, currents, etc. Check it out at:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,
573689,00.html

South Florida Marine Ecosystems study!

This is research is close to home!!
http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/
pressreleases/20091221-mares.html