http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Oceanography"  everywhere Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:19:00 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 94298 | Scientists are first to 'unlock' the mystery of creating cultured pearls from the queen conch http://en.redtram.com/go/229058560/top100/ 229058560 Florida Atlantic University) In their natural form, conch pearls are among the rarest pearls in the world. For more than 25 years, all attempts at culturing pearls from the queen conch have been unsuccessful -- until now. For the first Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:53 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229058560/top100/ 94298 | Tags reveal white sharks have neighborhoods in the north Pacific, say Stanford researchers http://en.redtram.com/go/229058557/top100/ 229058557 Stanford University) A tracking study of white sharks in the northeastern Pacific Ocean shows they adhere to a rigid route of migration across the sea, returning to precisely the same spot along the California coast each time they come back, Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:50 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229058557/top100/ 94298 | SMOS forms 3-pointed star in the sky http://en.redtram.com/go/229058554/top100/ 229058554 European Space Agency) Following the launch of ESA's SMOS satellite on Nov. 2, the French space agency CNES, which is responsible for operating the satellite, has confirmed that the instrument's three antenna arms have deployed as planned, and that the Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229058554/top100/ 94298 | K-State engineers strive to make algae oil production more feasible http://en.redtram.com/go/229058553/top100/ 229058553 Kansas State University) The idea by Kansas State University's Wenqiao "Wayne" Yuan and Zhijian "Z.J." Pei is to grow algae in the ocean on very large, supporting platforms. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229058553/top100/ 94298 | Mapping nutrient distributions over the Atlantic Ocean http://en.redtram.com/go/229058551/top100/ 229058551 National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)) Large-scale distributions of two important nutrient pools -- dissolved organic nitrogen and dissolved organic phosphorus (DON and DOP) have been systematically mapped for the first time over the Atlantic Ocean in a study led by Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:42 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229058551/top100/ 94298 | Deep-sea ecosystems affected by climate change http://en.redtram.com/go/229058547/top100/ 229058547 Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) The vast muddy expanses of the abyssal plains occupy about 60 percent of the Earth's surface and are important in global carbon cycling. Based on long-term studies of two such areas, a new paper in Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:38 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229058547/top100/ 94298 | North Atlantic fish populations shifting as ocean temperatures warm http://en.redtram.com/go/229058544/top100/ 229058544 NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center) About half of 36 fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, many of them commercially valuable species, have been shifting northward over the last four decades, with some stocks nearly disappearing from US waters Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:36 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229058544/top100/ 94298 | African desert rift confirmed as new ocean in the making http://en.redtram.com/go/229058542/top100/ 229058542 University of Rochester) In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia. At the time, some geologists believed the rift was the beginning of a new ocean as two parts of the African continent pulled apart, Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:33 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229058542/top100/ 94298 | Climate variability impacts the deep sea http://en.redtram.com/go/229058539/top100/ 229058539 National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)) Deep-sea ecosystems occupying 60 percent of the Earth's surface could be vulnerable to the effects of global warming warn scientists writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229058539/top100/ 94298 | Iron controls patterns of nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic http://en.redtram.com/go/229058536/top100/ 229058536 National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)) Scientists including researchers from the National Oceanography Center, Southampton and the University of Essex have discovered that interactions between iron supply, transported through the atmosphere from deserts, and large-scale oceanic circulation control the availability of Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229058536/top100/ 94298 | SMOS satellite successfully launched http://en.redtram.com/go/229058533/top100/ 229058533 National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)) A rocket carrying the European Space Agency's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite blasted off successfully today. Professor Meric Srokosz of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton has been involved in the project since its inception. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229058533/top100/ 94298 | NOAA and Smithsonian project to improve Chesapeake and Delaware bays' nearshore habitat management http://en.redtram.com/go/229058530/top100/ 229058530 NOAA Headquarters) NOAA has awarded the Smithsonian Institution's Environmental Research Center and several partner organizations $946,000 for the first year of an anticipated five-year, $5 million collaborative project to study the degradation of nearshore coastal habitats in the Chesapeake and Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:19 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229058530/top100/ 94298 | NOAA, the Nature Conservancy address coral reef threats http://en.redtram.com/go/229058526/top100/ 229058526 NOAA Headquarters) NOAA and the Nature Conservancy have entered into an agreement to protect the health of the nation's valuable but increasingly vulnerable coral reef ecosystems in the Caribbean, Florida, Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. The four-year agreement will dedicate Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229058526/top100/ 94298 | NOAA awards $2.4 million to refine management strategies for the northern Gulf of Mexico dead zone http://en.redtram.com/go/229058525/top100/ 229058525 NOAA Headquarters) Scientists researching the causes and impacts of the dead zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico have been awarded more than $2.4 million for the first year of an anticipated $12 million multi-year NOAA research investment. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:02:15 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229058525/top100/