ScienceDaily (2010-08-20) -- Despite growing awareness of the problem of plastic pollution in the world's oceans, little solid scientific information existed to illustrate the nature and scope of the issue. Now, a team of researchers has published a study of plastic marine debris based on data collected over 22 years by undergraduate students.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100819141915.htm
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sábado, 21 de agosto de 2010
sexta-feira, 20 de agosto de 2010
ScientificAmerican.com: Meet the Microbes Eating the Gulf Oil Spill [Slide Show]
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Meet the Microbes Eating the Gulf Oil Spill [Slide Show]
A biological process that consumes oil from spills.
By David Biello
These microscopic life forms are blooming as a result of the oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from the Macondo 252 deep-sea well
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terça-feira, 17 de agosto de 2010
Massive coral mortality following bleaching in Indonesia
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100816170839.htm
ScienceDaily (2010-08-17) -- Initial field observations indicate that a dramatic rise in the surface temperature in Indonesian waters has resulted in a large-scale bleaching event that has devastated coral populations.
ScienceDaily (2010-08-17) -- Initial field observations indicate that a dramatic rise in the surface temperature in Indonesian waters has resulted in a large-scale bleaching event that has devastated coral populations.
domingo, 15 de agosto de 2010
Cancer Killer Found In The Ocean -- Marine Biotechnologists Treat Cancer With Mud-loving Ocean Bacteria
Biomedicine scientists identified and sequenced the genes of a bacteria called Salinispora tropica. It produces anti-cancer compounds and can be found in ocean sediments off the Bahamas. A product called salinosporamide A has shown promise treating a bone marrow cancer called multiple myeloma, as well as solid tumors.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2007/1107-cancer_killer_found_in_the_ocean.htm#
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2007/1107-cancer_killer_found_in_the_ocean.htm#
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